ORCID #0000-0003-2037-5881 
B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry
Publications
Moreira LG, Orellano EA, Rosado K, Guido RV, Andricopulo AD, Ortiz-Soto GO, Rodríguez JW, Sanabria-Ríos DJ, Carballeira NM. The (5Z)-5-Pentacosenoic and 5-Pentacosynoic Acids Inhibit the HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase. Lipids. 2015 Oct;50(10):1043-50. PMID: 26346647
Sanabria-Rios DJ, Rivera-Torres Y, Rosario J, Rios C, Gutierrez R, Carballeira NM, Velez C, Zayas B, Alvarez-Colon F, Ortiz-Soto G, Serrano V, Altieri-Rivera J, Rios-Olivares E, Rodriguez JW. Synthesis of novel C5-curcuminoid-fatty acid conjugates and mechanistic investigation of their anticancer activity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2015 May 15;25(10):2174-80. PMID: 25881826 PMCID: 4446575
Sanabria-Rios DJ, Rivera-Torres Y, Rosario J, Gutierrez R, Torres-Garcia Y, Montano N, Ortiz-Soto G, Rios-Olivares E, Rodríguez JW, Carballeira NM. Chemical conjugation of 2-hexadecynoic acid to C5-curcumin enhances its antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2015 Nov 15;(22):5067-71. PMID: 26483137 PMCID:4663078
Presentations
Ortiz-Soto G, Acevedo-Díaz A, Rios-Fuller TJ, Loperena-Á Effects of Ganoderma lucidum extract (GLE) in tripe-negative metastatic breast cancer migration and protein expression. 2016 ASCB Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA (December 2016)
Ortiz-Soto G, Acevedo-Díaz A, Rios-Fuller TJ, Loperena-Álvarez Y, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma lucidum extract (GLE) decreases cell migration in triple-negative metastatic breast cancer. Forward Research and Innovation Summit. San Juan, PR. (September 2016).
Ortiz-Soto G, Acevedo-Díaz A, Rios-Fuller TJ, Loperena-Álvarez Y, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Effects of Ganoderma lucidum extract (GLE) in tripe-negative metastatic breast cancer migration and protein expression. UCC Open House. Bayamon, PR (September 2016)
Ortiz-Soto G, Gherezghiher TB, Campbell C. Novel Drugs of Selectively Inducing DNA-Protein Cross-Links are Cytotoxic in Human Fibrosarcoma Cells. Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs Symposium from College of Biological Sciences University of Minnesota. Summer 2012
Ortiz-Soto G, Gherezghiher TB, Campbell C. Novel Drugs of Selectively Inducing DNA-Protein Cross-Links are Cytotoxic in Human Fibrosarcoma Cells. Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs Symposium from College of Biological Sciences University of Minnesota. Summer 2013
Travel Awards
*Sept 2016 – MAC Travel Award – 2016 ASCB Annual Meeting