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NeuroID Student Glen Wickersham García goes to SACNAS 2023

by NeuroID Program November 16, 2023November 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Glen Wickersham presented his research poster at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. Glen Wickersham García, an undergraduate student at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and member of the NeuroID program, participated in the annual conference of SACNAS 2023 National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM). This year, the conference took place …

Viviana Valentin receives Gilliam Fellowships | HHMI

by NeuroID Program August 22, 2023August 22, 2023Comments are Disabled

Our former and graduate student, Viviana Valentín, was recognized with the prestigious Gilliam graduate scholarship from the Howard Hugues Medical Institute at Emory University. Viviana worked with Dr. Gregory Quirk and Christian Bravo. She is the second NeuroID student to receive this distinction. The first to receive it was the Thibaut Pardo of the 2014 …

Public Thesis Seminar by NeuroID Former Student

by NeuroID Program March 15, 2023August 14, 2023Comments are Disabled

Gian Carlo Molina-Castro, Ph.D. is a NeuroID former student from class #5 (2015-2017) who worked under the mentorship of the program’s Co-PI, Dr. Carmen S. Maldonado-Vlaar at the Biology Research Center in Julio García Díaz Building (JGD-222), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Dr. Molina-Castro successfully defended his doctoral thesis in February 2023 and …

Screening of the film “Seizing Hope” and Panel

by NeuroID Program December 1, 2022August 14, 2023Comments are Disabled

The NeuroID Program invites you to attend the screening of the mini-documentary “Seizing Hope – High Tech Journeys in Pediatric Epilepsy“. After the film, we will have a panel with special guest, Dr. Judy Illes, from Neuroethics Canda and who is also one of the executive producers of the film. These event is next Wednesday, …

30th Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference

by NeuroID Program November 11, 2022August 14, 2023Comments are Disabled

The biggest Neuroscience Conference in Puerto Rico is back! This year we are celebrating 30 years of supporting research in neuroscience training. The event will be hosted by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico at Ponce on December 3rd, 2022. Register TODAY: Registration Form Event’s official website: 30th PR Neuroscience ConferenceFor more information, please contact the host:Phone: 787-841-2000 Ext. 2550Fax: 787-987-7456E-mail: cinvestigacion@pucpr.edu

Article about the struggle of researchers after Hurricane Fiona passed the island of Puerto Rico

by NeuroID Program September 28, 2022September 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

We want to share with the community and gratefully acknowledge the former NeuroID student from Class 2013, Claudia I.ópez Lloreda, for her published article titled: Researchers in Puerto Rico struggle to adapt in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, in the journal Science. “With an islandwide power outage, scientists lose money and time trying to recover their …

NeuroID students wins Hovard Award

by NeuroID Program August 22, 2022June 23, 2025Comments are Disabled

We want to congratulate our NeuroID student, Gabriela Hernández, who participated at the The 39th Annual Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society, that was held in person in Atlanta, Georgia on June 26-29, 2022. Miss Hernández presented her investigation and fell among the top 20 abstracts. Among the top, she had the chance to compete, and …

Of Sea Stars And Stem Cells

by NeuroID Program July 6, 2022September 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

By Stephanie DemarcoSource: DDNews Here we share an exciting article by Stephanie Demarco about marine life and the study of stem cell biology and neural regeneration. “Echinoderms, with their close evolutionary similarity to humans, provide insight into fundamental stem cell biology and neural regeneration that will inform human health.” – Demarco, S. “Humans cannot completely …

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Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research

by NeuroID Program June 23, 2022June 23, 2022Comments are Disabled

Source: NEURONLINE SfN has partnered with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and members of the scientific community to develop a multimodal training program aiming to inform and empower neuroscientists at all career stages to enhance the rigor and reproducibility of their research. SfN has partnered with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders …

Spring Workshop in Drug Addiction | May 10 -11, 2022

by NeuroID Program April 5, 2022May 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Learn about the neurobiology of addiction, network with UPR and MUSC investigatorsand find out about collaborative, academic and research opportunities. The NeuroID program in collaboration with the Medical University of South Carolina will be offering a workshop on addiction next May. The workshop will be held at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. …