The laboratory has been functional for a year and students have presented their research findings inside and outside Puerto Rico.

(Aguadilla, P.R. - February 22, 2024) Given the multiple proposals approved in the area of research in the sciences at the University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla (UPRAg), the Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory was inaugurated yesterday, thanks to the efforts of various grant funds directed by Dr. Juliana Pérez Laspiur, principal investigator and director of said space.

Under the leadership of Professor Ángel Acosta Colón, students from the UPR at Arecibo collaborate with diverse research on caves in Puerto Rico.

Arecibo - Under the leadership of Professor Ángel Acosta Colón, more than 100 students who have participated in his research course at the Physics-Chemistry Department of the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA) have immersed themselves in the past few years in projects ranging from mapping to the search for fossils, but above all they have dedicated themselves to understanding a mysterious world: the country's caves.

InterAguadilla team has been selected as one of 19 U.S. institutions to participate in the "2024 USDA Agricultural Export Market Challenge" competition organized by the Federal agency of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), in collaboration with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), both in Washington, DC. Among the 19 U.S. institutions selected to participate, we are the only ones from Puerto Rico.
 

The Cabo Rojo Salt Flats are among the most affected, and their restoration will begin in March.

Despite the importance of wetlands for humans and other species, these ecosystems - historically and erroneously considered wastelands - face threats from climate change and from the citizenry itself, with actions such as drainage and landfilling, compromising their vital functions.