martes, 10 de octubre de 2023 | por Camila I. Cobo Ortiz El tema de salud mental es un tópico de discusión que ha cobrado mayor vigencia en Puerto Rico en los años recientes, dadas las altas tazas de violencia, criminalidad y suicidios en la isla. La Asosciación Americana de Psiquiatría establece que una enfermedad …
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 …
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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 …
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, …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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