ORCID #0000-0003-3914-3351 
B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry
Publications
Suárez-Arroyo IJ, Rosario-Acevedo R, Aguilar-Pérez A, Clemente PL, Cubano LA, Serrano J, Shneider RJ, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Anti-Tumor Effects of Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) in Inflammatory Breast Cancer in In Vivo and In Vitro Models. PLoS One 2013:8(2): e57431.
Gavillán-Suárez J, Aguilar-Pérez A, Rivera-Ortiz N, Rodríguez-Tirado K, Figueroa-Cuilan W, Morales-Santiago L, Maldonado-Martínez G, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Chemical profile and in vivo hypoglycemic effects of Syzygium jambos, Costus speciosus and Tapeinochilos ananassae plant extracts used as diabetes adjuvants in Puerto Rico. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015 Jul 22;15:244. PMID: 26198986
Herberg Samuel, Aguilar-Pérez A, Howie RN, Kondrikova G, Periyasamy-Thandavan S, Elsalanty ME, Shi Xingming, Hill WD, Gray JJ. Mesenchymal stem cell expression of SDF-1B synergizes with BMP-2 to augment cell-mediated healing of critical-sized mouse calvarial defects. J Tissue Regen Med. 2015. DOI: 10.1002/term.2078
Presentations
Aguilar-Pérez A, Periyasamy-Thandavan S, Herbers S, Volkman BF, Kondrikova G, Cubano L, Shi X, Hamrick MV, Isales CM, Hill WD. Modification of Systemic SDF-1 Levels or CXCR4 Signaling Alters Bone Formation with Age. ASBMR Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA (October 2015)
Aguilar-Pérez A, Herber S, Periyasamay-Thandavan S, Volkman BF, Kondrikova G, Shi X, Hamrick MV, Isales CM, Hill WD. Alternative Splice Variants of the Osteorganic Cytokine SDF-1 Differentially Mediate CXCR4 and CXCR7 Expression in Bone Marrow MSCs. Regenerative Medicine Workshop at Hilton Head-Discovery, Technology and Translation. Hilton Head Island, SC (May 2015)
Aguilar-Pérez A, Herber S, Periyasamy-Thandavan S, Volkman BF, Kondrikova G, Shi X, Hamrick MV, Isales CM, Hill WD. Alternative Splice Variants of the Osteogenic Cytokine SDF-1 Differentially Mediate CXCR4 and CXCR7 Expression in Bone Marrow MSCs. ASBMR 2014 Annual Meeting. Houston, TX (September 2014).
Aguilar-Pérez A, Gavillán-Suárez J, Colón-Rivera I, Maldonado-Martínez G, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. In Vivo Hypoglycemic Effects of Syzygium Jambos, Costus Speciosus and Tapeinochilos Ananassae Plant Extracts in the C57BLKS/J OB/OB Genetic Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 11th CMBC, NRC & SNRP Annual Retreat. Bayamón, PR. (May 2013)
Travel Awards:
*2015 – NSF Travel Award – Regenerative Medicine Workshop