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• 2022 EE Just Award and Lecturship - American Society for Cell Biology (12/06/2022)
• 2022 Premio Anciano -Hispanic Elder Award - Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Basic Sciences (10/12/2022)
• 2019 SACNAS Distinguished Scientists Award - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (10/01/2019-10/31/2019)
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World - Marquis Who is Who (10/01/2017-10/31/2017)
• Elected as Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology - American Society for Cell Biology (10/01/2017)
• 2013 SACNAS Distinguished Mentor Award - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans inScience (10/01/2013-10/31/2013)
• 2013 Hispanos Triunfadores Award - Sponsored by McDonnald's Corporation in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. (10/06/2013)
• Outstanding Performance in Securing Extramural Funding Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (09/30/2013)
• Marshal of UTEP's Spring Commencement Ceremony - UTEP (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
• Millionaire Research Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (09/30/2012)
• Outstanding Service Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (09/30/2011)
• Biomedical Faces of Science - Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) -NCRR NIH (10/01/2010)
• William A. Hinton Research Training Award - American Society for Microbiology (01/25/2010)
• Nomiation for the ASM William A. Hinton Research Training Award - ASM William A. Hinton Research Training Award (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award - College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Nomination to Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship - Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Recipient of UT STARS Award - UT STARS Award (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
• Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals - Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals (01/01/2005-12/31/2005)
• Who's Who in Science Higher Education - Who's Who in Science Higher Education (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)
• Hispanic Power Hitter - Hispanic Engineer magazine (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering - Who's Who in Science and Engineering (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
• Faculty profile published - NIGMS Minority Programs Update (01/01/1999-12/31/1999)
• Who's Who in America - Who's Who in America (01/01/1999-12/31/1999)
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering - Who's Who in Science and Engineering (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)
• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award - Mol. Cell and Dev. Biology Department, University of California Los Angeles (01/01/1995-12/31/1995)
• Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges - Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges (01/01/1995-12/31/1995)
• Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans - Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans (01/01/1994-12/31/1994)
• Who's Who in Technology - Who's Who in Technology (01/01/1994-12/31/1994)
• Two Thousand Notable American Men - Two Thousand Notable American Men (01/01/1993-12/31/1993)
• President's Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of California (01/01/1987-12/31/1987)
• Disseration Fellowship - Ford Foundation (01/01/1986-12/31/1986)
• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship - National Science Foundation (01/01/1982-12/31/1982)
• Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges - Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges (01/01/1982-12/31/1982)

• Immunology, University of California at Berkeley (1989)
• Ph D in Immunology, University of California at Berkeley (1987)
• MS in Biology, University of Texas at El Paso (1982)
• BS in Microbiology, University of Texas at El Paso (1981)

• Research Infrastructure Core Facilities at Research Centers in Minority Institutions: Part I-Research Resources Management, Operation, and Best Practices. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 24 (2022), P B. Tchounwou, M Malouhi, E O. Ofili, E Fernández-Repollet, D F. Sarpong, R Yanagihara, Renato Aguilera, C Ayón, X Chen, A Dasmahapatra, S Gao, C V. Hinton, R Holt, V Kolesnichenko, M D. Powell, F Merchant, K K. Redda, A Roche-Lima, C M. Shikuma, J J. Stevens, J A. Torres, R T. Trotter, J Wachira, P Wang, K J. Wells, J White, Y Wu.
• A virus changed my life. Molecular biology of the cell 33 14 (2022), Renato Aguilera.
• Autoantibody against Tumor-Associated Antigens as Diagnostic Biomarkers in Hispanic Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cells 11 20 (2022), Y Ma, C Qiu, B Wang, X Zhang, X Wang, Renato Aguilera, Jianying Zhang.
• Autoantibody against Tumor-Associated Antigens as Diagnostic Biomarkers in Hispanic Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cells 11 20 (2022), Yangcheng Ma, Cuipeng Qiu, Xiaojun Zhang, Xiao Wang, Renato J. Aguilera, Jianying Zhang.
• Novel Unsymmetric 3,5-Bis(benzylidene)-4-piperidones That Display Tumor-Selective Toxicity. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 19 (2022), A Chhikara, P K. Roayapalley, H Sakagami, S Amano, K Satoh, Y Uesawa, U Das, Siddhartha Das, E A. Borrego, C D. Guerena, C R. Hernandez, Renato Aguilera, J R. Dimmock.
• Two novel piperidones induce apoptosis and antiproliferative effects on human prostate and lymphoma cancer cell lines. Investigational new drugs 40 5 (2022), R M. Swain, L Contreras, A Varela-Ramirez, M Hossain, U Das, C A. Valenzuela, M L. Penichet, J R. Dimmock, Renato Aguilera.
• Ionic liquid-mediated delivery of a BCL-2 inhibitor for topical treatment of skin melanoma Journal of Controlled Release 349 (2022), Md N. Huda, Isaac G. Deaguero, Edgar A. Borrego, Raj Kumar, Tamanna Islam, Humayra Afrin, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera, Eden E. Tanner, Md Nurunnabi.
• Ionic liquid-mediated delivery of a BCL-2 inhibitor for topical treatment of skin melanoma. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 349 (2022), M N. Huda, I G. Deaguero, E A. Borrego, R Kumar, T Islam, H Afrin, A Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera, Tanner EEL, Md Nurunnabi.
• Identification of a Unique Cytotoxic Thieno[2,3-c]Pyrazole Derivative with Potent and Selective Anticancer Effects In Vitro. Biology 11 6 (2022), J D. Hess, L H. Macias, D A. Gutierrez, K Moran-Santibanez, L Contreras, S Medina, P J. Villanueva, Robert A. Kirken, A Varela-Ramirez, M L. Penichet, Renato Aguilera.
• Identification of a Potent Cytotoxic Pyrazole with Anti-Breast Cancer Activity That Alters Multiple Pathways Cells 11 2 (2022), Denisse A. Gutierrez, Lisett Contreras, Paulina J. Villanueva, Edgar A. Borrego, Karla Morán-Santibañez, Jessica D. Hess, Rebecca DeJesus, Manuel Larragoity, Ana P. Betancourt, Jonathon E. Mohl, Elisa Robles-Escajeda, Khodeza Begum, Sourav Roy, Robert A. Kirken, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera.
• Identification of a Potent Cytotoxic Pyrazole with Anti-Breast Cancer Activity That Alters Multiple Pathways Cells 11 2 (2022), Denisse A. Gutierrez, Lisett Contreras, Paulina J. Villanueva , Edgar A. Borrego, Karla Morán-Santibañez, Jessica D. Hess, Rebecca DeJesus, Manuel Larragoity , Ana P. Betancourt, Jonathon E. Mohl , Elisa Robles-Escajeda, Khodeza Begum, Sourav Roy, Robert A. Kirken, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Renato J. Aguilera.
• Identification of a Potent Cytotoxic Pyrazole with Anti-Breast Cancer Activity That Alters Multiple Pathways. Cells 11 2 (2022), D A. Gutierrez, L Contreras, P J. Villanueva, E A. Borrego, K Morán-Santibañez, J D. Hess, R DeJesus, M Larragoity, A P. Betancourt, Jonathon E. Mohl, E Robles-Escajeda, K Begum, Sourav Roy, Robert A. Kirken, A Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera.
• Cytotoxic Tumour-Selective 1,5-Diaryl-3-Oxo-1,4-Pentadienes Mounted on a Piperidine Ring. Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) 8 12 (2021), P K. Roayapalley, H Sakagami, K Satoh, S Amano, K Bandow, Renato Aguilera, Hernandez KGC, A Y. Schiaffino Bustamante, S G. Dimmock, R K. Sharma, U Das, J R. Dimmock.
• Design, Synthesis and Tumour-Selective Toxicity of Novel 1-[3-{3,5-Bis(benzylidene)-4-oxo-1-piperidino}-3-oxopropyl]-4-piperidone Oximes and Related Quaternary Ammonium Salts. Molecules 26 26 (2021), P. K. Roayapalley, J. R. Dimmock, L. Contreras , K. S. Balderrama, Renato Aguilera, H. Sakagami, S. Amano, R. K. Sharma, U. Das.
• Design, Synthesis and Tumour-Selective Toxicity of Novel 1-[3-{3,5-Bis(benzylidene)-4-oxo-1-piperidino}-3-oxopropyl]-4-piperidone Oximes and Related Quaternary Ammonium Salts. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 26 23 (2021), P K. Roayapalley, J R. Dimmock, L Contreras, K S. Balderrama, Renato Aguilera, H Sakagami, S Amano, R K. Sharma, U Das.
• Three novel piperidones exhibit tumor-selective cytotoxicity on leukemia cells via protein degradation and stress-mediated mechanisms. Pharmacological reports : PR (2021), L Contreras, S Medina, A Y. Schiaffino Bustamante, E A. Borrego, C A. Valenzuela, U Das, S S. Karki, J R. Dimmock, Renato Aguilera.
• Preparing for tenure at a research-intensive university. BMC proceedings 15 Suppl 2 (2021), M Boyce, Renato Aguilera.
• Design, Syntheses, and Bioevaluations of Some Novel <i>N</i>²-Acryloylbenzohydrazides as Chemostimulants and Cytotoxic Agents. Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) 8 6 (2021), K Lakhani, E A. Borrego, K G. Cano, J R. Dimmock, Renato Aguilera, Siddhartha Das, P K. Roayapalley, R K. Sharma, U Das.
• Thiazolidinedione "Magic Bullets" Simultaneously Targeting PPARγ and HDACs: Design, Synthesis, and Investigations of their <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Vivo</i> Antitumor Effects. Journal of medicinal chemistry 64 10 (2021), K Tilekar, J D. Hess, N Upadhyay, A L. Bianco, M Schweipert, A Laghezza, F Loiodice, F J. Meyer-Almes, Renato Aguilera, A Lavecchia, Kelsy R. Mardis.
• Recombinant human lactoferrin carrying humanized glycosylation exhibits antileukemia selective cytotoxicity, microfilament disruption, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis activities. Investigational new drugs 39 2 (2021), S Nakamura-Bencomo, D A. Gutierrez, E Robles-Escajeda, B Iglesias-Figueroa, T S. Siqueiros-Cendón, E A. Espinoza-Sánchez, S Arévalo-Gallegos, Renato Aguilera, Q Rascón-Cruz, A Varela-Ramirez.
• Synthesis, Molecular Docking and Preliminary Antileukemic Activity of 4-Methoxybenzyl Derivatives Bearing Imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole. Chemistry & biodiversity 18 2 (2021), B Choodamani, K G. Cano Hernandez, Saurav Kumar, A M. Tony, A Y. Schiaffino Bustamante, Renato Aguilera, D Schols, C Gopi Mohan, S S. Karki.
• The Antimalarial Drug Pyronaridine Inhibits Topoisomerase II in Breast Cancer Cells and Hinders Tumor Progression In Vivo Clinical Cancer Drugs 8 (2021), P Villanueva, D A. Gutierrez, Contreras L, K Parra, A Segura-Cabrera, A Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera.
• Benefits and pitfalls: Epigenetic modulators in prostate cancer intervention Curr. Res. Chem. Biol. 1 (2021) 1 100006 (2021), N Upadhyay, K Tilekar, J D. Hess, V S. Pokrosvsky, Renato Aguilera, C S. Ramaa.
• Discovery of new AKT1 inhibitors by combination of in silico structure based virtual screening approaches and biological evaluations JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS 39 1 (2021), Filip Fratev, Denisse A. Gutierrez, Renato Aguilera, Ashish Tyagi, Chendil Damodaran, Suman Sirimulla.
• HDAC4 Inhibitors with Cyclic Linker and Non-hydroxamate Zinc Binding Group: Design, Synthesis, HDAC Screening and in vitro Cytotoxicity evaluation. CHEMISTRYSELECT 6 26 (2021), Kalpana Tilekar, Jessica D. Hess, Neha Upadhyay, Markus Schweipert, Felix Flath, Denisse A. Gutierrez, Fulvio Loiodice, Antonio Lavecchia, Franz-Josef Meyer-Almes, Renato Aguilera, C. S. Ramaa.
• Discovery of new AKT1 inhibitors by combination of in silico structure based virtual screening approaches and biological evaluations. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics 39 1 (2021), Filip F. Fratev, D A. Gutierrez, Renato Aguilera, A Tyagi, C Damodaran, Suman Sirimulla.
• Permuted 2,4-thiazolidinedione (TZD) analogs as GLUT inhibitors and their in-vitro evaluation in leukemic cells. European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences 154 (2020), K Tilekar, N Upadhyay, M Schweipert, J D. Hess, L H. Macias, P Mrowka, F J. Meyer-Almes, Renato Aguilera, C V. Iancu, J Y. Choe, C S. Ramaa.
• Structure guided design and synthesis of furyl thiazolidinedione derivatives as inhibitors of GLUT 1 and GLUT 4, and evaluation of their anti-leukemic potential. European journal of medicinal chemistry 202 (2020), K Tilekar, N Upadhyay, J D. Hess, L H. Macias, P Mrowka, Renato Aguilera, F J. Meyer-Almes, C V. Iancu, J Y. Choe, C S. Ramaa.
• Association between tumor mutation profile and clinical outcomes among Hispanic Latina women with triple-negative breast cancer. PloS one 15 9 (2020), A Philipovskiy, A K. Dwivedi, R Gamez, R McCallum, D Mukherjee, Z Nahleh, Renato Aguilera, S Gaur.
• An acylhydroquinone derivative produces OXPHOS uncoupling and sensitization to BH3 mimetic ABT-199 (Venetoclax) in human promyelocytic leukemia cells. Bioorganic chemistry 100 (2020), V Donoso-Bustamante, E A. Borrego, Y Schiaffino-Bustamante, D A. Gutiérrez, J P. Millas-Vargas, S Fuentes-Retamal, P Correa, I Carrillo, Renato Aguilera, D Miranda, I Chávez-Báez, R Pulgar, F A. Urra, A Varela-Ramírez, R Araya-Maturana.
• Discovery of novel N-substituted thiazolidinediones (TZDs) as HDAC8 inhibitors: in-silico studies, synthesis, and biological evaluation. Bioorganic chemistry 100 (2020), N Upadhyay, K Tilekar, N Jänsch, M Schweipert, J D. Hess, L Henze Macias, P Mrowka, Renato Aguilera, J Y. Choe, F J. Meyer-Almes, C S. Ramaa.
• Scientific Societies Advancing STEM Workforce Diversity: Lessons and Outcomes from the Minorities Affairs Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology. Journal of microbiology & biology education 21 1 (2020), V A. Segarra, S Blatch, M Boyce, F Carrero-Martinez, Renato Aguilera, M J. Leibowitz, M Zavala, L Hammonds-Odie, A Edwards.
• Discovery of new AKT1 inhibitors by combination of in silico structure based virtual screening approaches and biological evaluations JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS (2020), Filip Fratev, Denisse A. Gutierrez, Renato Aguilera, Ashish Tyagi, Chendil Damodaran, Suman Sirimulla.
• Adherence to Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy Among Postmenopausal Hispanic/Latino Women With Breast Cancer. Anticancer research 40 2 (2020), A Philipovskiy, Aaron S. Campbell, R Heydarian, B Castillo, A K. Dwivedi, R McCallum, Renato Aguilera, S Gaur, Z Nahleh.
• Synthesis and Evaluations of "1,4-Triazolyl Combretacoumarins" and Desmethoxy Analogues. European journal of organic chemistry 2019 33 (2019), T A. Khandaker, J D. Hess, Renato Aguilera, G Andrei, R Snoeck, D Schols, P Pradhan, M K. Lakshman.
• Recombinant human lactoferrin induces apoptosis, disruption of F-actin structure and cell cycle arrest with selective cytotoxicity on human triple negative breast cancer cells. Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death 24 7-8 (2019), B F. Iglesias-Figueroa, T S. Siqueiros-Cendón, D A. Gutierrez, Renato Aguilera, E A. Espinoza-Sánchez, S Arévalo-Gallegos, A Varela-Ramirez, Q Rascón-Cruz.
• Thermal inkjet bioprinting triggers the activation of the VEGF pathway in human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro. Biofabrication 11 4 (2019), L H. Solis, Y Ayala, S Portillo, A Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera, Thomas Boland.
• The beta adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol alters mitogenic and apoptotic signaling in late stage breast cancer. Biomedical journal 42 3 (2019), Alberto Montoya, A Varela-Ramirez, E Dickerson, E Pasquier, A Torabi, Renato Aguilera, Z Nahleh, B Bryan.
• Green barley mitigates cytotoxicity in human lymphocytes undergoing aggressive oxidative stress, via activation of both the Lyn/PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK pathways. Scientific reports 9 1 (2019), B E. Ruiz-Medina, Daniela Lerma, M Hwang, Jeremy Ross, Rachid Skouta, Renato Aguilera, Robert A. Kirken, A Varela-Ramirez, E Robles-Escajeda.
• Green barley mitigates cytotoxicity in human lymphocytes undergoing aggressive oxidative stress, via activation of both the Lyn/PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK pathways. Scientific reports 9 1 (2019), B E. Ruiz-Medina, Daniela Lerma, M Hwang, Jeremy Ross, Rachid Skouta, Renato Aguilera, Robert A. Kirken, A Varela-Ramirez, E Robles-Escajeda.
• A new pyridazinone exhibits potent cytotoxicity on human cancer cells via apoptosis and poly-ubiquitinated protein accumulation. Cell biology and toxicology (2019), D A. Gutierrez, R E. DeJesus, L Contreras, I A. Rodriguez-Palomares, P J. Villanueva, K S. Balderrama, L Monterroza, M Larragoity, A Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera.
• Thermal inkjet bioprinting triggers the activation of the VEGF pathway in human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro Biofabrication 11 4 (2019), Luis H. Solis, Yoshira Ayala, Susana Portillo, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera, Thomas Boland.
• Induction of apoptosis via proteasome inhibition in leukemia/lymphoma cells by two potent piperidones. Cellular oncology (Dordrecht) 41 6 (2018), L Contreras, R I. Calderon, Armando Varela, H Y. Zhang, Y Quan, U Das, J R. Dimmock, Rachid Skouta, Renato Aguilera.
• Pyronaridine exerts potent cytotoxicity on human breast and hematological cancer cells through induction of apoptosis. PloS one 13 11 (2018), P J. Villanueva, Alejandro Martinez, S T. Baca, R E. DeJesus, M Larragoity, L Contreras, D A. Gutierrez, Armando Varela, Renato Aguilera.
• Atomic switch networks as complex adaptive systems JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 57 3 (2018), Kelsey S. Scharnhorst, Juan P. Carbajal, Renato Aguilera, Eric J. Sandouk, Masakazu Aono, Adam Z. Stieg, James K. Gimzewski.
• A new family of fullerene derivatives: Fullerene-curcumin conjugates for biological and photovoltaic applications. RSC advances 8 73 (2018), Edison A. Castro, M R. Cerón, A H. Garcia, Q Kim, A Etcheverry-Berríos, M Morel, R Díaz-Torres, Wei Qian, Z Martinez, Luis J. Mendez, Frank G. Perez, C A. Santoyo, R Gimeno-Muñoz, R Esper, D A. Gutierrez, A Varela-Ramirez, Renato Aguilera, Manuel Llano, M Soler, N Aliaga-Alcalde, Luis A. Echegoyen.

• From the Study of DNases to Cancer Research: an Unexpected Scientific Journey (2022), Volume Washington, DC, Renato Aguilera.
• From the Study of DNases to Cancer Research: an Unexpected Scientific Journey (2022), Volume Nashville, TN, Renato Aguilera.
• Faculty Research and Education Development. Perform Grant Reviews of Junior Faculty Proposals (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Renato Aguilera.
• Writing Successful Grant Proposals in STEM - Sciences, Math & Engineering (2019), Volume San Juan, Puerto Rico, Renato Aguilera.
• Faculty Research and Education Development. (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Renato Aguilera.
• From the Study of DNases to Cancer Research: An Unexpected Scientific Journey (2019), Volume Laredo, Texas, Renato Aguilera.
• Faculty Research and Education Development. Perform Grant Reviews of Junior Faculty Proposals (2018), Volume San Francisco, CA, Renato Aguilera.
• Writing Successful Grant Proposals in STEM - Sciences, Math & Engineering (2018), Volume Newport Beach, CA, Renato Aguilera.
• Faculty Research and Education Development Workshop. Presented talks on the Tenure Process and Grant Writing (2018), Volume Seattle, WA, Renato Aguilera.
• From the Study of Dnases to Cancer Research; An Unexpected Scientific Journey (2018), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Renato Aguilera.

• Border Biomedical Research Center-Research Infrastructure Core
• UTEP Building Scholars Program (Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity: Southwest Consortium of Health-Oriented education Leaders and Research Scholars)
• Faculty Research Education and Development (FRED) Program