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CienciaPR celebrates its first Noche de Ciencia Boricua

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Alongside friends, colleagues, and sponsors, CienciaPR celebrated its first Noche de Ciencia Boricua on October 24. The event highlighted the most notable achievements of the organization since its foundation as a community in 2006. The activity also served to officially welcome the new executive director of the organization, Dr. Greetchen Díaz Muñoz, who took office in September 2024. 

Mónica Feliú Mójer se estrena como miembro de la Academia de Ciencias de California

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By César R. Candelario Febles | El Nuevo Día

Mónica Feliú Mójer, Director of Public Engagement with Science at the Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) collective, was selected as a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences in recognition of her contributions to research, education, and science communication.

Meet Our YCA 2024 Fellows

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YCA is pleased to welcome 24 talented biomedical or health sciences PhD students from 23 different institutions across the US  as our new class of YCA Fellows!

The new cohort is incredibly rich in terms of scientific accomplishments, diversity of interests and backgrounds, and leadership experience. We can't wait to see all they will grow and accomplish over the upcoming year.

#CerebrosBoricuas receive prestigious scholarships for research

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On July 9, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced the new 2024 cohort of the Gilliam Fellows Program, composed of 50 scientists. Fellows in this cohort, recognized for their research and commitment to equity and inclusion in science, belong to 43 institutions in the United States and include scientists specializing in biomedical areas, brain development, molecular etiology, among others. This program prepares leaders in science and awards $53,000 annually to each student and their thesis advisor, up to a maximum of 3 years.

If we are what we eat, what will we be with climate change?

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This opinion column was published in El Nuevo Día on July 12, 2024, you can access the column at this link. 

 

I grew up in the 1980s, wanting to eat chips, cheetos and other bags full of junk food while my mom tried to push a plate of rice and beans down my throat. Today, as a scientist, I study why we eat what we eat, and how it affects our health.

STUDENT-RESEARCHER AT MOLECULAR-UPR CENTER WINS PRIZE IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

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La joven Kaitlyn Nieves Serra recibió un reconocimiento de la Sociedad Americana de Química (ACS) de EE. UU.

 

Kaitlyn Nieves Serra, a student researcher at the Molecular Center, was recently honored at the thirty-eighth annual American Chemical Society (ACS) National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium held in Seattle, Washington.

Kaitlyn's presentation was recognized for the novelty of her research, the way she presented her data and how she answered the judges' questions. The award was “Best Poster Presentation,” organized and judged by Dr. Juhienah Khalaf of GlaxoSmithKline. With more than 100 entries, nine students were awarded, and only one Puerto Rican.

Egresada de UPRH reconocida con el premio de Excelencia en Farmacia de Salud Pública de los Estados Unidos

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(Humacao, P.R.) - Sindy Canales Díaz, a graduate of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH), recently completed her doctoral degree in pharmacy with a certification in strategic leadership from the University of Charleston. The doctor, also, was a recipient of the prestigious U.S. Public Health Excellence in Pharmacy Award.

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