Author: NeuroID Program

“Sexual Dimorphism in Vision: A Neuroethological Approach to Hormones, the Retina and Visual Processing” [one_half][image animaton=”scale” size=”regular” align=”alignleft” alt=”My image” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BP-ENDURE-SUMMER-VIRTUAL-SEMINARS-FLYER-July-1-2020.png[/image][/one_half] DATE: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Speaker: Hamilton Farris, Ph.D. Assistant Dean of Affairs and Records Associate Professor- Research Neuroscience Center Dept. Cell Biology and Anatomy Dept. Otorhinolaryngology and Biocommunication

We invite you to read Dr. Carmen S. Maldonado Vlaar’s article in El Nuevo Día newspaper. Dr. Carmen Maldonado is one of our principal investigators in the program. In here article, she talks about who we should repudiate the institutional racism in the island of Puerto Rico and more.  Entire for the article HERE. 

“Intranasal Inflammation in COVID 19: A Devil in Disguise?“ [one_half][image animaton=”scale” size=”regular” align=”alignleft” alt=”My image” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BP-ENDURE-SUMMER-VIRTUAL-SEMINARS-FLYER-JUNE-24-2020.png[/image][/one_half] DATE: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 TIME: 5:00PM-6:00PM PLATFORM: GOOGLE MEET Speaker: Diego Restrepo, Ph.D. Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Director of the Neuroscience Program University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

“Learning the brain’s visual language with machine learning” by Dr. Carlos Ponce [one_half][image animaton=”scale” size=”regular” align=”alignleft” alt=”My image” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BP-ENDURE-SUMMER-VIRTUAL-SEMINARS-FLYER-JUNE-17-2020.png[/image][/one_half] DATE: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 TIME: 5:00PM-6:00PM PLATFORM: GOOGLE MEET Speaker: Carlos Ponce, MD, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Washington University School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience

Title: “Nervous System Regeneration; as Viewed from a Different Phylum” by Dr. José E. García Arrarás [one_half][image animaton=”scale” size=”regular” align=”alignleft” alt=”My image” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BP-ENDURE-SUMMER-VIRTUAL-SEMINARS-FLYER-JUNE-10-2020.png[/image][/one_half] DATE: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 CANCELLED TIME: 17:00-18:00 (AST) Speaker: Dr. José E. García-Arrarás Professor of Biology Department of Biology University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus ***In response to the American Association …

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“Activating Endogenous Opioids for Pain Relief; Wishful Thinking or Reality?” [one_half][image animaton=”scale” size=”regular” align=”alignleft” alt=”My image” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BP-ENDURE-SUMMER-VIRTUAL-SEMINARS-FLYER-JUNE-3-2020.png[/image][/one_half] DATE: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 TIME: 5:00PM-6:00PM PLATFORM: GOOGLE MEET Speaker: Dr. Alan Gintzler Professor of Biochemistry Neurobiology of Pain and Addiction Research State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology  

[one_half][image animation=”left-to-right” size=”half” align=”alignnone” alt=”” title=”Dr. Carmen S. Maldonado-Vlaar”]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carmen_-copy.jpg[/image] Dr. Carmen Maldonado is a neuroscience professor at the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. She has mentored dozens of students from undergrads to graduates. She has also successfully graduated five PhD and three MS students in the field of behavioral …

Read more “Virtual Conference: Mitigating Implicit Bias: Tools for the Neuroscientist at SfN 2019”

[one_half] [image animaton=”” size=”small” align=”alignleft” alt=”Virtual Seminar Dr Paola Giusti” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FLYER-SEMINARIO-VIRTUAL-DRA.-Paola-Giusti.png[/image] [one_half][/one_half] SPEAKER: DR. PAOLA GIUSTI Professor Department of Genetics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill DATE: TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2020 TIME: 12:00PM – 2:00PM  PLATFORM: GOOGLE MEET  How to join in?  Via Hangout Meer: meet.google.com/uad-oxtm-uyg  LIVE Stream: stream.meet.google.com/stream/9c546e40-1a1b-4e4c-82b1-775ce1bf507b Via phone: ‪+1 810-328-3942‬ PIN: ‪414 949 990‬#

[one_half] [image animaton=”” size=”small” align=”alignleft” alt=”Virtual Seminar Dr Adriana Galvan” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FLYER-SEMINARIO-VIRTUAL-DRA.-ADRIANA-GALVAN.png[/image] [one_half][/one_half]   SPEAKER: DR. ADRIANA GALVAN Jeffrey and Wenzel Term Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience Professor Department of Psychology Brain Research Institute University of California, Los Angeles DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2020 TIME: 5:00PM – 7:00PM  PLATFORM:GOOGLE MEET  Join via Hangout Meer: meet.google.com/qiy-vgtq-pvf LIVE Stream: stream.meet.google.com/stream/332d3e60-af6c-4d2b-b807-f69fce66e23e  Join via …

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“From Puerto Rico Public Schools to Top Research Institutions: Two Students’ Academic Journey” By Brandon Cruz González from The Weekly Journal [one_half] [image animaton=”scale” size=”small” align=”alignleft” alt=”The Weenkly Journal” title=””]https://neuroid.uprrp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/YANILKA-SOTO-NEW.jpg[/image] [one_half][/one_half] The Weekyly Journal interviewed Yanilka Soto, scholarship holder of the Program “Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity” (NeuroID) and undergradstudent of Bachelor’s degree in Biology of the …

Read more “NeuroID Program student Yanilka Soto alongside her investigator partner Adriana Vélez share the trajectory of their investigation”