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Participating Students 2015-2016


Student Mentor Research Title e-mail Lab phone
Adlín R. Rodríguez Muñoz Carlos A. Torres Ramos Role of APE1 en the Repair of Azoxymethane-induced DNA Damage in Liver adlin.rodriguez1@upr.edu 1645
Agnes Acevedo Canabal Guillermo Yudowski Generation and analydis of cannabinoid cnr1 and cnr2 mutant zebrafish lines agnes.acevedo@upr.edu 721-4149 X229
Ailed Cruz Collazo Suranganie Dharmawardhane Molecular mechanisms of soy isoflavones in breast cancer progression ailed.cruzcollazo@upr.edu 1610
Aileen García Vargas Magaly Martínez Ferrer The Biological Role of BAT1 and BCAT2 for the Treatment of Recurrent Prostate Cancer aileen.garcia@upr.edu 1403
Ana Ortiz Colón María A. Sosa Effects of Urban River Pollutants in Modulating Prawn Behavior and Neural Function ana.ortiz1@upr.edu 1503
Ana Del Carmen Vaquer Alicea Carlos A. Jiménez Rivera PKMz involvement in cocaine sensitization ana.c.vaquer@upr.edu 1677
Bermary Santos Vera Carlos A. Jiménez Rivera Differential Expression of Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current Channel (HCN) subunits in the Mesocorticolimbic (MCL) System of SD male rats after cocaine sensitization bermary.santos@upr.edu 1677
Caleb Ruiz Jiménez Ana Espino Spectrum of action of Fasciola hepatica Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP) as anti-inflammatory drug caleb.ruiz@gmail.com 1312
Carihann Dominicci Cotto Bruno Marie Regulation of the activity-dependent synaptic plasticity: The role of the planar cell polarity pathway carihann.dominicci@upr.edu 724-1024, 721-4149
Carlos Rullán Lind Abel Baerga Ortiz Enhancing the production of microbially derived biodiesel by protein engineering carlos.rullan@upr.edu 523-5338 Edif. Molecular
Carolina Maldonado Diaz Bruno Marie Regulation of Calcium Channel Cacophony by the transcription factor Gooseberry during synaptic homeostasis plasticity carolina.maldonado@upr.edu 724-1024, 721-4149
Cristina Román Vendrell Guillermo Yudowski Regulation and function of Cannabinoid Receptor 1 cristina.roman4@upr.edu 721-4149 x251, 231
Eunice Lozada Delgado Pablo E. Vivas Mejía Targeting miR143 in Glioblastoma multiforme eunice.lozada@upr.edu 772-8300 x1404
Giam S. Vega Meléndez Rosa E. Blanco Janeiro Effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on axonal regeneration after optic nerve injury giam.vega@upr.edu 2269
Hector Bravo Rivera Gregory J. Quirk Variability in rhesus macaques’ fear reactions to a snake in a natural setting hector.bravo@upr.edu 2420
Jennifer M. Colón Mercado Jorge D. Miranda González Tamoxifen Neuroprotective Effects After Spinal Cord Injury jennifer.colon10@upr.edu 1615, 1631
Jeyshka M. Reyes González Pablo E. Vivas Mejía Targeting c-MYC in Cisplatin-Resistant Ovarian Cancer jeyshka.reyes@upr.edu 772-8300 x1404
José J. Rosado Franco Adelfa E. Serrano Targeting the glutathione pathway for development of novel antimalarial using new targets jose.rosado8@upr.edu 751-9486 1313
Karla Claudio Campos Jorge Duconge Identification and characterization of missed variants on the CYP2C9 and VKORC1 loci in warfarin-treated high-risk Puerto Rican patients karla.claudio2@upr.edu 1638
Kelvin Quiñones Laracuente Gregory J. Quirk Time-dependent recruitment of the paraventricular thalamus in fear memory neural circuits kelvinquinones@gmail.com 2420
Krizia Rohena Rivera Magaly Martínez Ferrer Differential expression of CCL4 and IL15 Modulates Prostate Cancer Progression krizia.rohena@gmail.com 772-8300 x1106
Luis D. Borrero García Suranganie Dharmawardhane Non-coding RNAs in EGFR therapy resistance in Breast Cancer luis.borrero1@upr.edu 1610
Marcos Ramos Benitez Ana Espino Role of Fasciola hepatica fatty acid binding protein in the induction of Th2 immune responses during the active infection and co-infection with gram negative bacteria marcos.ramos3@upr.edu 1312
Marina Martínez Vargas Carlos I. González Regulation of Interleukin-3 mRNA Expression by Adenosine/Uridine-Rich Elements and miRNAs in T-Cell Lymphomas marina.martinez1@upr.edu 764-0000 x81329
Melissa C. Ortiz Rosario Abel Baerga Molecular Strategies for Increasing Fatty Acid Production in E. coli melissa.ortiz6@upr.edu 523-5338 Edif. Molecular
Mónica Rivera Díaz Pablo E. Vivas Mejía Role of MicroRNAs in Astrocytoma Progression monica.rivera3@upr.edu 772-8300 x1404
Nelson Martínez Matías José Rodríguez Medina Deciphering stress signaling mechanisms in fungi nelson.martinez2@upr.edu 1633
Nilmary Grafals Ruiz Pablo E. Vivas Mejía Targeting microRNAs in brain tumors with oligonucleotide-nanoparticle conjugates nilmary.grafals1@upr.edu 772-8300 x1404
Noé Crespo Hernández Brauilo Jiménez Effects of Particulate Matter on Molecular Toxicological Responses in Human Lung Cells noe.crespo@upr.edu 1250, 1235
Omar Vélez López Loyda M. Meléndez Aponte The role of sigma-1 receptor/cocaine in mediating cathepsin B secretion in HIV infected macrophages omar.velez3@upr.edu 758-6395 x1313
Osmarie Martínez Guzmán Miguel Otero Adjuvant Effect of a Toll-like Receptor Agonist in Genetic Immunization against Smallpox osmarie.martinez@upr.edu 2098
Ramón Gómez Moreno Abel Baerga Pro-inflammatory bacterial genes in the intestinal microbiota as risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC) ramon.gomez@upr.edu 523-5338 Edif. Molecular
Rebecca M. Parodi Rullan Sabzali Javadov Mitochondrial protein acetylation control as a means to cardioprotection during heart ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice rebecca.parodi@upr.edu 2688
Tania J. González Robles Magaly Martínez Ferrer Modeling of prostate cancer transdifferentiation from adenocarcinoma to castration resistant small cell carcinoma vasti.aguayo@upr.edu 772-8300 X1403
Teresa Martínez Torres Iraida E. Robledo Burgos Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) and its identification and genetic background in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates teresa.martineztorres@upr.edu 1373
Tessa Humphries Bickley Suranganie Dharmawardhane Biochemical characterization of Rac inhibitor Ehop-016 and its Novel Derivatives tessahu888@gmail.com 1610
Vasti M. Aguayo Otero Ana Espino Assessing the Role of Fasciola hepatica Glutathione S-transferase in Inflammatory Responses vasti.aguayo@upr.edu 1312
Yacidzohara Rodríguez Carmen L. Cadilla Vázquez Functional Characterization of the N-terminal Region of bHLH Twist proteins in Protein-Protein Interactions yacidzohara.rodriguez@upr.edu 1372, 1638
Yisel M. Cantres Rosario Loyda M. Meléndez Aponte Role of macrophage-secreted cathepsin B and interacting proteins in HIV-1 associated neuronal apoptosis yisel.m.cantres@upr.edu 758-6395 x1313