Head
Pablo E. Vivas-Mejía, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Cancer Center
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Dr. Pablo E. Vivas-Mejía is a graduate of "Universidad Pedagógica Nacional" Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. Next, he attended the University of Puerto Rico (UPR, Río Piedras Campus), where he completed his M.S. and a Ph.D. Dr. Vivas-Mejía studied the mechanisms by which new benzazolo-derivatives induce cell death in cancer cells. He found that these agents bind to DNA and inhibit topoisomerase-II. On completion of his Ph.D, Dr. Vivas-Mejía was appointed as Post-Doctoral fellow for two years in the Microarrays Facility (Department of Biology, UPR, Río Piedras Campus). During this time, his work in Molecular Neurobiology. In 2006, Dr. Vivas-Mejía received a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDA CC) (Houston, Texas). During this four-year period, Dr. Vivas-Mejía acquired a strong background in Cancer Biology, with emphasis in cancer medicine and drug delivery systems. In August 2010, Dr. Vivas-Mejía returned to Puerto Rico as a Research Scientist at the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UPR Medical Sciences Campus.
Members
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Fatima Valiyeva Laboratory Manager |
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Victor Reyes, Ph.D. Student Ph.D. candidate. Molecular mechanisms of MMP3 regulation in ovarian cancer |
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Diego Garcia Ph.D. student |
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Stephanie Estrada Ph.D. candidates Targeting MMP3 during inflammatory process |
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Alannis Labeaga Undergraduate |
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Manuel Diaz Rubero Undergraduate
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Cristal Peña Vazquez Undergraduate
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Misael Rivera Garcia Undergraduate
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Joshua Nieves Ph.D. candidates Nanoparticle formulations for CRISPR delivery |
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Annelis Sanchez, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Drug delivery into the brain |
Alumni
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Academic level |
Ricardo Noriega |
Ph.D. student |
Eugenia Torres |
MS student |
Robert Rabelo |
Ph.D. student |
Nathalia Gomez |
Undergradaute |
Rohit Sharma |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Ginette Santiago |
Ph.D. |
Gabriel Martínez |
Undergraduate |
Nilmary Grafals |
Ph.D. |
Eunice Lozada |
Ph.D. |
Christian Ríos Vicil |
MD |
Janixa Del Valle |
Undergraduate |
Victoria Sánchez |
Undergraduate |
Nicole Lugo, MD |
Undergraduate |
Yacira González, MD |
Undergraduate |
Julio López, MD |
Undergraduate |
Moisés Sebastian, MD |
Undergraduate |
Alejandro Matos, MD |
Undergraduate |
Josean Flores, MD |
Undergraduate |
Ariel González, MD |
MD Student |
Rebecca Betances |
Undergraduate |
Erika Martínez |
M.S. |
Ashla Gaibi, MD |
MD Student |
Harumi Díaz |
Undergraduate |
Adrian Rivera |
Undergraduate |
Ileabett Echevarría, Ph.D |
Ph.D. Student |
Edgardo Alverio |
High School |
Adriana Román |
Undergraduate |
Daniel Soto |
Undergraduate |
Miguel A. Miranda |
Undergraduate |
Joel Encarnación Rosado |
Undergraduate |
Francisco Pujals |
Undergraduate |
Dariel Díaz |
Post-baccalaureate |
Mónica Rivera, Ph.D. |
Ph.D. Student |
Rodolfo Alcedo, MD |
Neurosurgery Rotation |
Andrea Guzmán |
Undergraduate |
Paola Comas |
Undergraduate |
Yalexly Ortega |
Undergraduate |
María Del Mar Zayas |
High School Student |
Alexandra Picó |
Undergraduate |
Gerardo Morell |
Undergradaute |
Carolina Fuentes |
Undergraduate |
Katerina Vázquez |
Lab Technician |
Perla Báez, Ph.D. |
PostDoctoral |
Ricardo Fernández, M.D. |
MD Student |
Frances Pietri, MD |
MD Student |
Juan Apiz |
Undergraduate |
Alexandra Torres |
Ph.D. Lab Rotation |
Luis Velázquez |
Ph.D. Lab Rotation |
Javier Moscoso |
High School Student |
Víctor Soto |
MD Student |
Jeyshka Reyes, Ph.D. |
PostDoctoral |
Blanca Quiñones |
Ph.D. |
Andrea Rosado |
Undergraduate |
Yasmarie Santana |
Undergraduate |
Jose Tous Beveraggi |
Undergraduate |
| Mariela Rivera | Ph.D. |
| Marienid Flores | Ph.D. |