{"id":19124,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/?page_id=19124"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:41:37","slug":"bibiana-torres-colon-2023-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/bibiana-torres-colon-2023-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibiana Torres-Col\u00f3n (2023-2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19124\" class=\"elementor elementor-19124\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a301e6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a301e6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ceff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7ceff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Home Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12a3c74\" data-id=\"12a3c74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f66506f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c94fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2c94fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86589529 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86589529 BCX0\">TIPARP overexpression inhibits pro-oncogenic phenotypes in Triple Negative Breast Cancer<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1005ef9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1005ef9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10fa47b\" data-id=\"10fa47b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dbe407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dbe407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW233550703 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233550703 BCX0\">Project Title:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW233550703 BCX0\" 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project explores the role of TIPARP (TCDD-Inducible Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase) as a potential tumor suppressor in Triple-Negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer (TN-IBC), an aggressive and poorly understood cancer subtype. While TN-IBC lacks conventional therapeutic targets, emerging evidence suggests that alternative regulatory mechanisms may influence tumor progression. TIPARP, a gene involved in PARP-dependent signaling and cellular stress responses, has been implicated in DNA damage repair and tumor suppression. This study investigates how TIPARP overexpression influences oncogenic signaling pathways, particularly AKT and ERK, which play central roles in cancer cell survival, proliferation, and migration. By elucidating TIPARP\u2019s function in TN-IBC, this research aims to provide insights into its potential as a therapeutic target and its broader implications in inflammatory-driven tumorigenesis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c3e5f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c3e5f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-437da6a\" data-id=\"437da6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9d1091 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9d1091\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44ce22a\" data-id=\"44ce22a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12aab1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12aab1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mentor\/s:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f539214\" data-id=\"f539214\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053f21c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"053f21c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW195578490 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255117484 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255117484 BCX0\">Christopher Cowley, PhD; Karuna Ganesh, MD, PhD<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW255117484 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4971677 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4971677\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cddf1a\" data-id=\"9cddf1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b1446 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6b1446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW233550703 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233550703 BCX0\">Project Title:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW233550703 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f55a3b1\" data-id=\"f55a3b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2439566 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2439566\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258479404 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258479404 BCX0\">Assessing fetal and injury signatures in Colitis and Colitis-associated cancers<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff4a0e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff4a0e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6acf25\" data-id=\"f6acf25\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521358b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"521358b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW233550703 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233550703 BCX0\">Project Title:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW233550703 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51b61de\" data-id=\"51b61de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80e4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f80e4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232872080 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232872080 BCX0\">At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, my research focused on understanding the molecular signatures that drive tumor development in sporadic colorectal cancer (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW232872080 BCX0\">sCRC<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232872080 BCX0\">) and colitis-associated cancer (CAC) using patient-derived organoids (PDOs). Specifically, I assessed baseline and inflammatory-induced gene expression signatures in primary tumor PDOs from <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW232872080 BCX0\">sCRC<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232872080 BCX0\"> and CAC patients, as well as in normal and inflamed PDOs derived from colitis and CAC patients. To investigate how an inflammatory microenvironment influences tumor progression, I stimulated PDOs with pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW232872080 BCX0\">IFN\u03b3<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232872080 BCX0\">, TNF\u03b1, and IL-17A) and analyzed changes in gene expression. This project aimed to uncover the role of inflammatory signaling in driving fetal-like dedifferentiation in CAC, providing insights into potential therapeutic targets for inflammation-driven cancers.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW232872080 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66a28ba\" data-id=\"66a28ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1f066 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e1f066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/03\/IDGeNe-12-e1741974090108.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19233\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/03\/IDGeNe-12-e1741974090108.png 425w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/03\/IDGeNe-12-e1741974090108-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Research Mentor\/s: Esther A. Peterson Peguero, PhD\u00a0 Project Title:\u00a0 TIPARP overexpression inhibits pro-oncogenic phenotypes in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Project Title:\u00a0 This project explores the role of TIPARP (TCDD-Inducible Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase) as a potential tumor suppressor in Triple-Negative &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19124"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19250,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19124\/revisions\/19250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/idgene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}