Article by Charlene Nicole Rivera BonetPublished: 19 January 2021 – 12:38pmCiencia PR “What would be ideal is for gender and race equality to exist in science, for everyone to be represented equally.” That is the biggest goal of Puerto Rican scientist, Dr. Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar, who is a distinguished researcher and mentor in the field of neuroscience. …
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Article by Claudia López LloredaGraduate student at University of PennsylvaniaFreelance Science Writer(NeuroID former student of Class 2013)Published: January 13, 2021 by Es Mental (English Version) One year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic , we are getting closer to understanding the complexities of this disease. Despite being a respiratory disease, the neurological symptoms that have emerged …
The NIDA Summer Research Internship Program introduces undergraduate students from underrepresented populations to substance abuse research through internships with NIDA scientists at universities across the United States. The experience may include laboratory experiments, formal courses, data collection activities, data analysis, patient recruitment, patient interviews, manuscript preparation, literature reviews and library research. Internships include a paid 8-week intensive, hands-on …
For Women In Science L’Oréal and the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus is a virtual event that will take place on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 4:00 pm via Zoom. At this event, Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano will share her story, academic background, and recent investigation. In addition, her journey with “For Women in Science” …
They became a communication vehicle for non-profit organizations. 2020 began with the south of Puerto Rico shaking, causing the collapse of schools, homes, and families that lost everything. Then the Covid-19 pandemic arrived, but the needs were still there. Given this, five women came together to create the “Network of Volunteers” so that help continued to arrive. …
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Society for Neurosciences (SfN) will have the virtual event Global Connectome, from January 11-13, 2021, where there will feature a variety of panel sessions, “a discussion of science and culture focusing on how to continue to enhance the work of science” (SfN,2021). On Tuesday, January 12 at 1:15–2 p.m. (EST), our co-principal investigator, Dr. Carmen …
Our last BP-EVSS of this semester is this Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at 5:00 pm (AST) via Google Meet. For this seminar, join us as a guest speaker is Dr. Kristine Nielson, is an associate professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the title of her seminar is: ” Development of …
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Today’s BP-ENDURE VirtualSeminar Series will be offered by a guest speaker, Dr. Edith Brignoni-Peréz, a postdoctoral fellow at the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics research unit at Standford University, School of Medicine. Join her, is Kalai Diamond, for the second part of the seminar recruitment contact offering information about Standford and its programs. Kalai is the Sr. student …
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This year, the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students 2020 (ABRCMS), was held virtually between 9 and 13 November 2020, as a security measure by the COVID-19. However, this didn’t stop the students to participate in this great conference. Among the hundreds of students, one current and one former Neuro-ID members were awarded: Andrea …
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This week we are back again with BP-ENDURE VirtualSeminar Series. For this week’s seminar, our guest speaker is Hector de Jesús from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After Dr. de Jesús seminar, the recruitment information for MIT will be offered by Dr. Mandana Sassanfar, she is the director of Diversity and Science Outreach. [image animation=”left-to-right” …
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