Cristel Camacho, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School | Graduate School Departments Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences | Obstetrics and Gynecology Graduate Programs Cancer Biology Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Cristel Camacho is an Assistant Professor in the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Camacho received a B.S. in Biology from Hardin-Simmons University in 2005 and completed her graduate research on the genetic events underlying radiation-induced gliomagenesis in the laboratory of Dr. Sandeep Burma at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2012. She completed her postdoctoral research on the tumorigenic impact of DNA repair deficiency in the developing central nervous system in the laboratory of Dr. Peter J. McKinnon at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN in 2017. Dr. Camacho's long-term goal is to expand our knowledge of the role of PARPs and ADP-ribosylation in cancer biology by employing an array of biochemical, molecular, genomic and proteomic approaches using cell-based and transgenic mouse models of human gynecological cancers. Education Undergraduate Hardin-Simmons University (2005), Biology Graduate School Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct (2012), Cancer Biology Research Interest Cancer Biology Genomics Publications Featured Publications ADP-ribosylation: An emerging regulator of the epigenome. Camacho CV, Liu C, Kraus WL, Mol Oncol 2026 Aug Mapping the Subtype-Specific PARP1 ADP-ribosylated Proteome in Breast Cancer Cells. Koul S, Kwon M, Tapadar P, Dai Y, Song W, Dasovich M, Nandu T, Huang D, Camacho CV, Kraus WL, Mol Cancer Res 2026 May Development and Characterization of Recombinant ADP-Ribose Binding Reagents that Allow Simultaneous Detection of Mono and Poly ADP-Ribose. Chiu SP, Camacho CV, Kraus WL, J Biol Chem 2024 Jul 107609 Nucleolar Localization of the RNA Helicase DDX21 Predicts Survival Outcomes in Gynecological Cancers. Aljardali MW, Kremer KM, Parker JE, Fleming E, Chen H, Lea JS, Kraus WL, Camacho CV, Cancer Res Commun 2024 May Dose-dependent hormone actions at estrogen receptor enhancers specify distinct molecular and biological outcomes. Kim HB, Nandu T, Kim YJ, Camacho CV, Kraus WL, Sci Adv 2026 Jun 12 23 eaec2424 X-linked cancer-associated polypeptide (XCP) from lncRNA1456 modulates PHF8 histone demethylase activity to regulate the epigenome, gene expression, and cellular pathways in breast cancer. Gadad SS, Camacho CV, Gong X, Thornton M, Malladi VS, Nagari A, Sundaresan A, Nandu T, Koul S, Peng Y, Kraus WL, Oncogene 2026 May 45 17 1557-1571 NAD+ sensing by PARP7 regulates the C/EBPβ-dependent transcription program during adipogenesis. Stokes MS, Kim YJ, Kim Y, Koul S, Chiu SP, Liu C, Dasovich M, Zuniga J, Nandu T, Huang D, Mathews TP, Solmonson A, Camacho CV, Kraus WL, Cell Rep 2026 Feb 45 2 116929 RACK1 MARylation regulates translation and stress granules in ovarian cancer cells. Challa S, Nandu T, Kim HB, Gong X, Renshaw CW, Li WC, Tan X, Aljardali MW, Camacho CV, Chen J, Kraus WL, J Cell Biol 2025 Feb 224 2 Relaxin Modulates the Genomic Actions and Biological Effects of Estrogen in the Myometrium. Tripathy S, Nagari A, Chiu SP, Nandu T, Camacho CV, Mahendroo M, Kraus WL, Endocrinology 2024 Sep Relaxin Modulates the Genomic Actions and Biological Effects of Estrogen in the Myometrium by Reducing Estrogen Receptor Alpha Phosphorylation. Tripathy S, Nagari A, Chiu SP, Nandu T, Camacho CV, Mahendroo M, Kraus WL, bioRxiv 2024 Apr Results 1-10 of 29 1 2 3 Next Last Honors & Awards First Place RHIC & AGS Thesis Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Hardin-Simmons University, 2016
