Frances Michelle Zenón Meléndez

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Frances Michelle Zenón Meléndez

STEM Program Director

Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust

Sector & Position: Other Work Sector

Primary Scientific Interest: Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Parasitology, or Virology, Education, Teacher education or professional development, Education or instruction in scientific topic(s)

My Websites

Work Website: https://prsciencetrust.org/es/home-espanol/

Training Information

2014 - Ph.D., Microbiología/Virología, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus

2009 - B.S., Bachillerato con concentración en Microbiología, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

CV: frances_zenon_melendez_phd_resume_july_2020.pdf

Awards & Achievements

Awards

March 2014

Title: Young Investigator travel Award Recipient, Society of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

September 2013

Title: Young Investigator travel Award Recipient, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

August 2010

Title: Outstanding Award Recipient in Microbiology an Medical Zoology Department at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Mentoring, Entrepreneurship, and Volunteering

Entrepreneurial Interest: Very Interested

I am interested in mentoring : High School Students, Undergraduates, Graduate Students

About Me and Project Info

About Me:

* Científica apasionada por la educación STEM

Project Info:

Publicaciones:

1. 18O proteomics reveal increased human apolipoprotein CIII in Hispanic HIV-1+ women with HAART that use cocaine. Zenón F, Jorge I, Cruz A, Suárez E, Segarra AC, Vázquez J, Meléndez LM, Serrano H. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2016 Feb;10(2):144-55. doi: 10.1002/prca.201400204. Epub 2015 Nov 19. PMID: 26255783 2. HIV-infected microglia mediate cathepsin B-induced neurotoxicity. Zenón F, Cantres-Rosario Y, Adiga R, Gonzalez M, Rodriguez-Franco E, Langford D, Melendez LM. J Neurovirol. 2015 Oct;21(5):544-58. doi: 10.1007/s13365-015-0358-7. Epub 2015 Jun 20. PMID: 26092112 3.Cocaine potentiates cathepsin B secretion and neuronal apoptosis from HIV-infected macrophages. Zenón F, Segarra AC, Gonzalez M, Meléndez LM. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2014 Dec;9(5):703-15. doi: 10.1007/s11481-014-9563-z. Epub 2014 Sep 11. PMID: 25209871 4. Macrophage derived cystatin B/cathepsin B in HIV replication and neuropathogenesis. Rivera LE, Colon K, Cantres-Rosario YM, Zenon FM, Melendez LM. Curr HIV Res. 2014;12(2):111-20. Review. PMID: 24862331

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