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2021 NIDA Summer Research Internship Program

by NeuroID Program January 11, 2021January 11, 2021Comments are Disabled

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 UPRRP

by NeuroID Program January 8, 2021March 31, 2021Comments are Disabled

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” …

Women encourage volunteering for the South (Puerto Rico)

by NeuroID Program January 5, 2021January 8, 2021Comments are Disabled

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. …

SfN Global Connectome panel: Power and Privilege – Underrepresented Groups in STEM and Allies Navigating the Landmines on January 12, 2021

by NeuroID Program January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Comments are Disabled

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 …

BP-ENDURE Virtual Seminar Series ft. Dr. Kristina Nielson

by NeuroID Program December 14, 2020December 14, 2020Comments are Disabled

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 …

BP-ENDURE Virtual Seminar Series ft. Dr. Edith Brignoni from Standford University

by NeuroID Program December 9, 2020December 9, 2020Comments are Disabled

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 …

Neuro-ID current and former students awarded at the ABRCMS 2020

by NeuroID Program December 1, 2020December 4, 2020Comments are Disabled

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 …

BP-ENDURE Virtual Seminar Series ft. Dr. Hector de Jesús

by NeuroID Program November 30, 2020December 9, 2020Comments are Disabled

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” …

Neuro-ID student Paola Morales first publication

by NeuroID Program November 25, 2020December 1, 2020Comments are Disabled

[image animation=”left-to-right” size=”regular” align=”aligncenter” alt=”” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-26-at-11.11.27-AM.png[/image]Paola M. Morales CarvajalClass 2020-2022 The Neuro-ID Program is grateful to share with you this wonderful news. Last Wednesday, Paola M. Morales-Carvajal, with the contribution of five students, publish her first publication. Paola is a Neuro-ID student from the class of 2020 -2022. She is an undergraduate student from the …

Postdoc/postgrad positions available at Montalvo-Ortíz Lab at Yale

by NeuroID Program November 16, 2020November 16, 2020Comments are Disabled

“Postdoc and postgrad positions are available in Montalvo-Ortiz lab at Yale Department of Psychiatry, Division of Human Genetics. The primary research focus is the study of genomics and epigenomics of psychiatric disorders in human peripheral and postmortem brain tissue. We also investigate psychiatric genomics in admixed Latinx populations.” Access the lab website: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/montalvo-ortiz/ [image animation=”left-to-right” size=”dont_scale” …