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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Francine Marques is a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, and a former National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Heart Foundation Early Career Fellow (2013-2017). She completed a BSc with first class Honours in Genetics and a Masters in Molecular Biology and Genetics, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. She then moved to Australia, where she was offered a competitive Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS) to complete a PhD at the University of Sydney. Dr Marques was awarded her PhD in 2012, in the field of the molecular genetics of hypertension. Her research interests include finding new therapies and early markers to prevent cardiovascular disease, in particular high blood pressure and heart failure. Her research has shown that a diet reach in fibre is able to lower blood pressure and improve heart function through the modulation of the bacteria in our gut. Dr Marques has published >55 peer-reviewed papers, including in the journals Circulation, Molecular Psychiatry and Nature Reviews Cardiology. She receives funding from the NHMRC, the National Heart Foundation and the Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research. She is part of the executive committee of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia as a co-program manager and part of the mentoring committee of the International Society of Hypertension. She is also an adjunct senior lecturer at Federation University Australia.
External positions
Group leader, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
2015 → …Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Federation University Australia
2011 → …Research area keywords
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
- Gut microbiome
- gut microbiota
- Gut metabolites
- MicroRNAs
- genomics
- mechanisms
- Blood pressure
- Translation
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Projects
The role of gut pH in blood pressure regulation through G-coupled protein receptors
Coelho Marques, F. & Mackay, C.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
High blood pressure and gut microbiota: mechanisms and therapeutic potential
Coelho Marques, F. & Kaye, D. M.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Early biomarkers and new therapies for prevention of hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure
1/11/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
ICON: ICON Collaboration-Tracing health impacts of natural and added nutrients in foods – approach for next-generation validation of the function of foods
Bennett, L., Bucking, M., McCaffrey, T., Robinson, A., Haynes, J., Williamson, G., Murray, M., Selby-Pham, S. & Coelho Marques, F.
1/08/18 → 1/08/21
Project: Research
Research Output
Circulating microRNAs, Vascular Risk, and Physical Activity in Spinal Cord-Injured Subjects
Paim, L. R., Schreiber, R., de Rossi, G., Matos-Souza, J. R., de A. Costa e Silva, A., Calegari, D. R., Cheng, S., Coelho Marques, F., Sposito, A. C., Gorla, J. I., Cliquet, Jr, A. & Nadruz, JR, W., 2019, In : Journal of Neurotrauma. 36, 6, p. 845-852 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citations
(Scopus)
Global deletion of MicroRNA-181A results in increased salt sensitivity in mice
Head, G., Paterson, M., Jackson, K., Evans, R., Charchar, F. & Marques, F., Jul 2019, In : Journal of Hypertension. 37, p. e27-e28 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › Other › peer-review
Guidelines for Transparency on Gut Microbiome Studies in Essential and Experimental Hypertension
Marques, F. Z., Jama, H. A., Tsyganov, K., Gill, P. A., Rhys-Jones, D., Muralitharan, R. R., Muir, J., Holmes, A. & Mackay, C. R., Dec 2019, In : Hypertension. 74, 6, p. 1279-1293 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Intergenerational Prevention Of Heart Failure Through Maternal Intake Of High Fibre
Jama, H. A., Shihata, W., Ziemann, M. D., Donner, D. G., Kiriazis, H., Du, X-J., El-Osta, A., Mackay, C. R., Kaye, D. M. & Coelho Marques, F., Feb 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Mechanisms responsible for Genetic Hypertension in Schlager BPH/2 Mice
Jackson, K. L., Head, G. A., Gueguen, C., Stevenson, E. R., Lim, K. & Marques, F. Z., 2019, In : Frontiers in Physiology. 10, OCT, 1311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct Biomedical Research Early-Career Researcher Best Paper Award
Francine Coelho Marques (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
American Heart Association Hypertension Council 2019 Harry Goldblatt Award for New Investigators
Francine Coelho Marques (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Baker Institute’s Monthly Research Prize (January)
Francine Coelho Marques (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Baker Institute’s Monthly Research Prize (March)
Francine Coelho Marques (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best basic science paper published at the Baker Institute in 2017
Francine Coelho Marques (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
Twitter profile and mentions
31/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Social Media Mentions
Gut health: Investigating the role a high-fibre diet can play in controlling high blood pressure
18/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
New natural hypertension treatment to be tested
6/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature