ORCID #0000-0002-9629-1169 
B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry
Publications
Ramos G, Loperena Y, Ortiz G, Reyes F, Szeto A, Vera J, Vélez J, Morales J, Morrero D, Castillo L, Dharmawardhane S, Meléndez E, Washington V. The addition of a pregnenolone pendant group enhances the anticancer properties of titanocene dichloride in a mcf-7 xenograft model. Anticancer Res. 2014 Apr;34(4): 1609-15. PMID: 24692689.
Esponda OL, Loperena Y, Ramos G, Washington AV. The Platelet as an Immunomodulator: The Old Thespian with New Roles in Atherosclerosis, Sepsis and Autoimmune Disease. Inflammatory, Chronic Diseases and Cancer-Cell and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Clinical Bases. 2012. In Tech Publishing pg 97-120 Ed Mahin Khatami.
Presentations
Loperena-Álvarez Y, Leal-Álvarez D, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Ganoderma lucidum decreases the phosphorylation of STAT-3 in vitro and in a xenograft model of SUM-149. 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting. Philadelphia, PA (December 2014).
Bravo A, Loperena-Álvarez Y, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Effects of a Ganoderma Lucidum (Reishi) Methanolic Extract in Sum-149 Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cell Viability. 12th CMBC, NRC, SNRP Annual Retreat. Guaynabo, PR (May 2014).
Loperena-Álvarez Y, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Role of IL-6 in Inflammatory Breast Cancer and its Modulation by Ganoderma Lucidun (Reishi). 12th CMBC, NRC, SNRP Annual Retreat. Guaynabo, PR (May 2014).
Loperena-Álvarez Y, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Role of IL-6 in Inflammatory Breast Cancer and its Modulation by Ganoderma lucid (Reishi). 2014 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA (April 2014)
Loperena-Álvarez Y, Cubano LA, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Effects of Ganoderma Lucidum on Cytokine Expression in Inflammatory Breast Cancer. AACR Annual Meeting 2013. Washington, DC (April 2013).
Awards:
*Awarded 3rd Place in the ASCB Graduate Poster Competition at the ASCB/IFCB Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, which took place in December 2014.
Travel Awards:
*Nov 2012 – AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award – 2013 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
*Dec 2014 – MAC Travel Award – 2014 American Association for Cell Biology