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Cristel Camacho, Ph.D.

Cristel Camacho, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Green Ctr for Reprod Bio Scncs | Obstetrics and Gynecology
Graduate Programs
Cancer Biology
  • Biography

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    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. 

    Her current research focuses on characterizing the molecular basis of breast cancer phenotypes with an emphasis on PARP biology.

  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Hardin-Simmons University (2005), Biology
    Graduate School
    Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct (2012), Cancer Biology
  • Research Interest
    • Cancer Biology
    • Genomics
  • Publications

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    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
    A PARP14/TARG1-Regulated RACK1 MARylation Cycle Drives Stress Granule Dynamics in Ovarian Cancer Cells.
    Challa S, Nandu T, Kim HB, Gong A, Renshaw CW, Li WC, Tan X, Camacho CV, Chen J, Kraus WL, bioRxiv 2023 Oct
    Simultaneous Nbs1 and p53 inactivation in neural progenitors triggers High-Grade Gliomas (HGG).
    Reuss DE, Downing SM, Camacho CV, Wang YD, Piro RM, Herold-Mende C, Wang ZQ, Hofmann TG, Sahm F, von Deimling A, McKinnon PJ, Frappart PO, Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2023 Jun e12915
    Functional Characterization of lncRNA152 as an Angiogenesis-Inhibiting Tumor Suppressor in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers.
    Kim DS, Camacho CV, Setlem R, Kim K, Malladi S, Hou TY, Nandu T, Gadad SS, Kraus WL, Mol Cancer Res 2022 Aug
    Development and characterization of new tools for detecting poly(ADP-ribose) in vitro and in vivo.
    Challa S, Ryu KW, Whitaker AL, Abshier JC, Camacho CV, Kraus WL, Elife 2022 Apr 11
    Ribosome ADP-ribosylation inhibits translation and maintains proteostasis in cancers.
    Challa S, Khulpateea BR, Nandu T, Camacho CV, Ryu KW, Chen H, Peng Y, Lea JS, Kraus WL, Cell 2021 Jul
    Alternate therapeutic pathways for PARP inhibitors and potential mechanisms of resistance.
    Kim DS, Camacho CV, Kraus WL, Exp Mol Med 2021 Jan
  • Honors & Awards
    • First Place RHIC & AGS Thesis Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2013
    • Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Hardin-Simmons University, 2016