ORCID #0000-0002-5252-9227 
B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry
Publications
Suárez-Arroyo IJ, Rios-Fuller TJ, Feliz-Mosquea YR, Lacourt-Ventura M, Leal-Alvarez DJ, Maldonado-Martinez G, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma lucidum combined with the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Erlotinib synergize to reduce inflammatory breast cancer progression. J Cancer. 2016 Feb 5;7(5):200-11. PMID: 26958085 PMCID: 4780125
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.
Presentations
Suárez-Arroyo I, Moraske M, Cubano L, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) chemosensitizes EGFR-overexpressing inflammatory breast cancer cells to erlotinib. NISBRE IDeA Symposium. Washington, DC (June 2014)
Suárez-Arroyo I, Moraske M, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) chemosentizes EGFR-overexpressing inflammatory breast cancer cells to erlotinib. 12th CMBC, NRC, SNRP Annual Retreat. Guaynabo, PR (May 2014)
Suárez-Arroyo I, Moraskie M, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) chemosensitizes EGFR-overexpressing inflammatory breast cancer cells to erlotinib. 2014 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA (April 2014)
Suárez-Arroyo I, Rosario-Acevedo R, Aguilar-Pérez A, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma Lucidum (Reishi) Downregulates Key Proteins Overexpressed in IBC and Chemosensitizes EGFR-Overexpressing Cells to Erlotinib. AACR Annual Meeting 2013. Washington, DC (April 2013).
Suárez-Arroyo I, Rosario-Acevedo R, Aguilar-Pérez A, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma Lucidum (Reishi) Downregulates Key Proteins Overexpressed in IBC and Chemosensitizes EGFR-Overexpressing Cells to Erlotinib. 11th CMBC, NRC & SNRP Annual Retreat. Bayamón, PR. (May 2013)
Awards:
*Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, titled “Role of Reishi on Cell Surface Proteins and Signaling Modulation in IBC”
*Awarded the ASCB Funding to create a local meeting, 1st Puerto Rico Cancer Research Meeting (October 3, 2014)
Travel Awards:
*Nov 2012 – AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award – 2013 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
*July 2013 – AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award – AACR Special Conference on Advances in Breast Cancer Research: Genetics, Biology and Clinical Applications.