FACULTY PROFILES

Enrique I. Ramos

Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences

Office Building: Bioscience Research Building
Office Room: 5.146
Phone: (915) 747-5429
Email: eiramos6@utep.edu

Bio

Dr. Enrique Ramos is an Assistant Professor at UTEP specializing in the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of various cancer types, using bioinformatics and multi-omics approaches to investigate disease biology.

Awards and Honors

First-Time Principal Investigator: Pioneering Researchers Award - UTEP Research & Innovation (01/01/2026)
Guest Speaker at the 4th International Conference on Cancer Health Disparities and UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (11/01/2025)
American Association for Cancer Research Early-career Hill Day 2023 - American Association for Cancer Research (01/01/2023)
First place poster presentation for Post-Doctoral Researcher - Endocrine Society (06/01/2022)
First place poster presentation for Post-Doctoral Researcher - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (04/01/2022)
Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award - American Association for Cancer Research (03/01/2022)
American Association for Cancer Research Early-career Hill Day 2022 - American Association for Cancer Research (02/01/2022)
American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Training Award - American Association for Cancer Research (08/01/2021)
Early Career Special Interest Group Steering Committee - Endocrine Society (07/01/2021)
Early Career Forum and Travel Award 2020 - Endocrine Society (12/01/2019)
Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program - Endocrine Society (12/01/2019)
2012 Advances in Genomics Research Summer Program - National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) (08/01/2012)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research - National Institutes of Health (02/01/2012)
Research Excellence Undergraduate Student in Microbiology Science Award - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2008)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Exceptional Research Opportunities Program - Howard Hughes Medical Institute (06/01/2007)
Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award - American Society for Microbiology Rio Grande Branch (01/01/2007)
Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research - National Institutes of Health/ UTEP (06/01/2006)
Undergraduate Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Program - National Institutes of Health/ UTEP (05/01/2005)

Education

Ph D in Molecular Genetics and Genomics , Washington University in St. Louis (2015)
BS in Microbiology, The University of Texas at El Paso (2008)

Publications

Molecular Effects of Glucose on MIR503HG-Regulated Genes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. British Journal of Biomedical Science 82 (2025), Victoria A. Reid, Barbara Yang, Kyle Russo, Melina J. Sedano, Ramesh Choudhari, Enrique I. Ramos, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Integrated multi-omics analyses of synaptosomes revealed synapse-associated novel targets in Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Psychiatry / Nature 30 (2025), Subodh Kumar, Enrique I. Ramos, Axel Hidalgo, Daniela Rodarte, Bhupender Sharma, Melissa M. Torres, Davin Devara, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Multiomic clocks to predict phenotypic age in mice The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 80 (2025), Daniel L. Vera, Patrick T. Griffin, David Leigh, Jason Kras, Enrique I. Ramos, Isaac Bishof, Anderson Butler, Karolina Chwalek, David S. Vogel, Alice Kane, David A. Sinclair.
Measuring technical variability in Illumina DNA methylation microarrays PLOS One (2025), Anderson A. Butler, Jason J. Kras, Karolina P. Chwalek, Enrique I. Ramos, Isaac J. Bishof, David S. Vogel, Daniel L. Vera.
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of mouse macrophages infected with live attenuated vaccine strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Frontiers in Immunology 16 (2025), Raja Veerapandian, Barbara Yang, Areanna Carmona, Melina J. Sedano, Victoria Reid, Rodrigo Jimenez, Jessica Chacon, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Enrique I. Ramos, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani.
A snapshot of the role of estrogen-regulated divergent non-coding transcripts Clinical and Translational Discovery 5 3 (2025), Barbara Yang, Melina J. Sedano, Kimberly Diwa, Johnathan Dominguez, Gabriela Boisselier, Alana L. Harrison, Victoria A. Reid, Enrique I. Ramos, Maria Jimenez, Laura A. Sanchez-Michael, Shreya Kolli, Jai Patel, Debra Lee, Mahalakshmi Vijayaraghavan, Jessica Chacon, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Characterization and expression of the microtubule associated protein tau gene isoforms and their impact on clinical outcomes in glioma patients Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports 1 (2024), Axel M. Hidalgo, Vipin Singh, Thenral D. Mangadu, Deblina Guha, Enrique I. Ramos, Chandrima Das, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Characterization and expression of the microtubule associated protein tau gene isoforms and their impact on clinical outcomes in glioma patients Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports 1 (2024), Axel M. Hidalgo, Vipin Singh, Thenral D. Mangadu, Deblina Guha, Enrique I. Ramos, Chandrima Das, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Differential Expression of lncRNAs in HIV Patients with TB and HIV-TB with Anti-Retroviral Treatment Non-Coding RNA 10 4 (2024), Victoria A. Reid, Enrique I. Ramos, Raja Veerapandian, Areanna Carmona, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani.
ZMYND8 Is a Regulator of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in ATRA-Mediated Differentiation of Neuroblastoma Cells. Biochemistry (2024), Enrique I. Ramos.
OR22-06 Functional Characterization Of X-linked Genes In Regulating Epigenetic Landscape In Endocrine-resistant Breast Cancer Journal of the Endocrine Society 7 Supplement_1 (2023), Enrique Ivan Ramos, Barbara Yang, Melina Sedano, Victoria Reid, Kimberly Diwa, Axel Hidalgo, Alexandra Beard, Jai Patel, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
THU489 The Role Of Noncoding Genes With The Bidirectional Promoter In Triple-negative Breast Cancer Journal of the Endocrine Society 7 Supplement_1 (2023), Barbara Yang, Melina Sedano, Maria V. Jimenez, Enrique I. Ramos, Shrikanth Gadad.
THU492 Functional Characterization Of Nuclear-enriched Non-coding Genes In Triple-negative Breast Cancer Journal of the Endocrine Society 7 Supplement_1 (2023), Victoria A. Reid, Ramesh Choudhari, Barbara Yang, Enrique I. Ramos, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani, Shrikanth Gadad.
Mycobacterium smegmatis secreting methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MsrA) modulates cellular processes in mouse macrophages Biochimie 211 (2023), Raja Veerapandian, Enrique I. Ramos, Mahalakshmi Vijayaraghavan, Melina J. Sedano, Areanna Carmona, Jessica A. Chacon, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani.
486. Protein-Coding Transcriptome in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicidality: Distinct Pathways Regulating Myelination, Lipid Biogenesis, and Extracellular Matrix Pathways Biological Psychiatry 93 9 (2023), Bharathi Gadad, Javier V. Medrano, Enrique I. Ramos, Alejandra Ruiz-Velasco, Ming-Ying Leung, Peter Thompson.
Abstract 6535: Identification of coding and non-coding genes associated with survival outcomes in uterine cancer Cancer Research 83 7_Supplement (2023), Enrique I. Ramos, Axel M. Hidalgo, Ken Y. Lin, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Pathogenic mycoplasmas of humans regulate the long noncoding RNAs in epithelial cells. Non-coding RNA research (2023), Enrique I. Ramos.
ZMYND8 suppresses MAPT213 LncRNA transcription to promote neuronal differentiation Cell Death & Disease 13 9 (2022), Santanu Adhikary, Vipin Singh, Ramesh Choudhari, Barbara Yang, Swagata Adhikari, Enrique I. Ramos, Soumi Chaudhuri, Siddhartha Roy, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Chandrima Das.
Abstract PO-144: Functional characterization of estrogen-regulated divergent long noncoding RNAs in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 31 1_Supplement (2022), Enrique I. Ramos, Laura A. Sanchez-Michael, Melina J. Sedano, Barbara Yang, Ramesh Choudhari, Alana L. Harrison, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Characterization of the Testis-specific LINC01016 Gene Reveals Isoform-specific Roles in Controlling Biological Processes Journal of the Endocrine Society 5 11 (2021), Enrique I. Ramos, Barbara Yang, Yasmin M. Vasquez, Ken Y. Lin, Ramesh Choudhari, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Mycoplasma genitalium and M. pneumoniae Regulate a Distinct Set of Protein-Coding Genes in Epithelial Cells. Frontiers in immunology (2021), Enrique I. Ramos.
TCF19 and p53 regulate transcription of TIGAR and SCO2 in HCC for mitochondrial energy metabolism and stress adaptation The FASEB Journal 35 9 (2021), Payel Mondal, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Swagata Adhikari, Enrique I. Ramos, Sabyasachi Sen, Parash Prasad, Chandrima Das.
Altered levels of interleukins and neurotrophic growth factors in mood disorders and suicidality: an analysis from periphery to central nervous system Translational Psychiatry 11 1 (2021), Bharathi S. Gadad, Javier Vargas-Medrano, Enrique I. Ramos, Katherine Najera, Matthew Fagan, Angelica Forero, Peter M. Thompson.
Gene structure, differential exon usage, and expression of the testis long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1016 in humans reveals isoform-specific roles in controlling biological processes bioRxiv (2021), Enrique I. Ramos.

Presentations

Functional Characterization of X-Linked Genes in Regulating Epigenetic Landscape in Endocrine-Resistant Breast Cancer (2023), Volume Chicago, IL, Enrique I. Ramos.
Identification of coding and non-coding genes associated with survival outcomes in uterine cancer (2023), Volume Orlando, FL, Enrique I. Ramos.
Transcriptional regulation of immune-pathways by chromatin reader ZMYND8 in triple negative breast cancer (2022), Volume Atlanta, GA, Enrique I. Ramos.
Comprehensive Analysis of Estrogen-regulated Testis Specific lncRNAs in Breast Cancer (2022), Volume New Orleans, LA, Enrique I. Ramos.

Grants

UTEP/UTMDACC CPRIT-TREC (09/01/2024 - 08/30/2026) - The University of Texas at El Paso
UNDERSTANDING CADHERIN-11 IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF LUNG FIBROSIS (02/01/2025 - 01/31/2026) - NIH/Baylor College of Medicine R01

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2026	BINF 5110 - Biology Seminar/Bioinformatics	11700
Fall 2026	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	18383
Fall 2026	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	18477
Fall 2026	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	16424
Fall 2026	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	18382
Fall 2026	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	16423
Fall 2026	BIOL 5351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.	12684
Fall 2026	BIOL 6351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.	17152
Fall 2026	BINF 5351 - Intro. Bioinformatics I	11665

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	28198
Spring 2026	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	28212
Spring 2026	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	28199
Spring 2026	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	24560
Spring 2026	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	28217
Spring 2026	BIOL 6352 - Intro Bio II: Gene Find/Compar	26993
Spring 2026	BINF 5352 - Intro. Bioinformatics II	22319
Fall 2025	BIOL 3320 - Genetics	10455	Syllabus
Fall 2025	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	18104
Fall 2025	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	18103
Fall 2025	BIOL 5351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.	12950
Fall 2025	BIOL 6351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.	14056
Fall 2025	BINF 5351 - Intro. Bioinformatics I	11801
Spring 2025	BIOL 3320 - Genetics	27648	Syllabus
Spring 2025	CPS 6396 - Graduate Research	27886
Spring 2025	CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis	27885
Spring 2025	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	28266

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2026	BIOL 6352 - Intro Bio II: Gene Find/Compar	26993	Evaluation
Spring 2026	BINF 5352 - Intro. Bioinformatics II	22319	Evaluation
Fall 2025	BIOL 3320 - Genetics	10455	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 3320 - Genetics	27648	Evaluation

Bio

Awards and Honors

First-Time Principal Investigator: Pioneering Researchers Award - UTEP Research & Innovation (01/01/2026)
Guest Speaker at the 4th International Conference on Cancer Health Disparities and UTRGV School of Medicine Symposium - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (11/01/2025)
American Association for Cancer Research Early-career Hill Day 2023 - American Association for Cancer Research (01/01/2023)
First place poster presentation for Post-Doctoral Researcher - Endocrine Society (06/01/2022)
First place poster presentation for Post-Doctoral Researcher - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (04/01/2022)
Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award - American Association for Cancer Research (03/01/2022)
American Association for Cancer Research Early-career Hill Day 2022 - American Association for Cancer Research (02/01/2022)
American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Training Award - American Association for Cancer Research (08/01/2021)
Early Career Special Interest Group Steering Committee - Endocrine Society (07/01/2021)
Early Career Forum and Travel Award 2020 - Endocrine Society (12/01/2019)
Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program - Endocrine Society (12/01/2019)
2012 Advances in Genomics Research Summer Program - National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) (08/01/2012)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research - National Institutes of Health (02/01/2012)
Research Excellence Undergraduate Student in Microbiology Science Award - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2008)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Exceptional Research Opportunities Program - Howard Hughes Medical Institute (06/01/2007)
Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award - American Society for Microbiology Rio Grande Branch (01/01/2007)
Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research - National Institutes of Health/ UTEP (06/01/2006)
Undergraduate Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Program - National Institutes of Health/ UTEP (05/01/2005)

Ph D in Molecular Genetics and Genomics , Washington University in St. Louis (2015)
BS in Microbiology, The University of Texas at El Paso (2008)

Publications

Molecular Effects of Glucose on MIR503HG-Regulated Genes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. British Journal of Biomedical Science 82 (2025), Victoria A. Reid, Barbara Yang, Kyle Russo, Melina J. Sedano, Ramesh Choudhari, Enrique I. Ramos, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Integrated multi-omics analyses of synaptosomes revealed synapse-associated novel targets in Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Psychiatry / Nature 30 (2025), Subodh Kumar, Enrique I. Ramos, Axel Hidalgo, Daniela Rodarte, Bhupender Sharma, Melissa M. Torres, Davin Devara, Shrikanth S. Gadad.
Multiomic clocks to predict phenotypic age in mice The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 80 (2025), Daniel L. Vera, Patrick T. Griffin, David Leigh, Jason Kras, Enrique I. Ramos, Isaac Bishof, Anderson Butler, Karolina Chwalek, David S. Vogel, Alice Kane, David A. Sinclair.
Measuring technical variability in Illumina DNA methylation microarrays PLOS One (2025), Anderson A. Butler, Jason J. Kras, Karolina P. Chwalek, Enrique I. Ramos, Isaac J. Bishof, David S. Vogel, Daniel L. Vera.
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of mouse macrophages infected with live attenuated vaccine strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Frontiers in Immunology 16 (2025), Raja Veerapandian, Barbara Yang, Areanna Carmona, Melina J. Sedano, Victoria Reid, Rodrigo Jimenez, Jessica Chacon, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Enrique I. Ramos, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Subramanian Dhandayuthapani.

Presentations

Functional Characterization of X-Linked Genes in Regulating Epigenetic Landscape in Endocrine-Resistant Breast Cancer (2023), Volume Chicago, IL, Enrique I. Ramos.
Identification of coding and non-coding genes associated with survival outcomes in uterine cancer (2023), Volume Orlando, FL, Enrique I. Ramos.
Transcriptional regulation of immune-pathways by chromatin reader ZMYND8 in triple negative breast cancer (2022), Volume Atlanta, GA, Enrique I. Ramos.
Comprehensive Analysis of Estrogen-regulated Testis Specific lncRNAs in Breast Cancer (2022), Volume New Orleans, LA, Enrique I. Ramos.

UTEP/UTMDACC CPRIT-TREC (09/01/2024 - 08/30/2026) The University of Texas at El Paso
UNDERSTANDING CADHERIN-11 IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF LUNG FIBROSIS (02/01/2025 - 01/31/2026) NIH/Baylor College of Medicine R01

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BINF 5110 - Biology Seminar/Bioinformatics

Section

11700

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

Section

18383

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

18477

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

16424

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

18382

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

16423

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 5351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.

Section

12684

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 6351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.

Section

17152

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BINF 5351 - Intro. Bioinformatics I

Section

11665

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

28198

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

28212

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

Section

28199

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

24560

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

28217

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6352 - Intro Bio II: Gene Find/Compar

Section

26993

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BINF 5352 - Intro. Bioinformatics II

Section

22319

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 3320 - Genetics

Section

10455

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

18104

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

18103

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 5351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.

Section

12950

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6351 - Intro Bio I:Basic Seq. Comp.

Section

14056

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BINF 5351 - Intro. Bioinformatics I

Section

11801

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 3320 - Genetics

Section

27648

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CPS 6396 - Graduate Research

Section

27886

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis

Section

27885

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

28266

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6352 - Intro Bio II: Gene Find/Compar

Section

26993

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BINF 5352 - Intro. Bioinformatics II

Section

22319

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 3320 - Genetics

Section

10455

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 3320 - Genetics

Section

27648

Evaluation

Enrique I. Ramos

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Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations