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Why women leave science, you ask? THIS. This is why.

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[Puedes leer esta entrada en Español aquí]

Over the last 3 days or so, the science blogosphere has been a firestorm. Scientist, science writer and diversity advocate Dr. Danielle Lee aka The Urban Scientist aka @DNLee5 was attacked. She was attacked professionally and personally, in multiple ways.

Serpentinization... Microbial life in high pH fluids

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Serpentinization is the process in which the mineral olivine reacts with water and gets transformed to serpentinite. The process creates a high pH fluid enriched in electron donors and acceptors that can be used by microorganisms for food and energy source, although living in these serpentinizing fluids represent challenges to the cell. 

The mineral olivine is abundant in ultramafic rocks, rocks that are representative of the uper mantle. At Ophiolites these ultramafic rocks are uplifted and are exposed obove sea level in continents. Thus, serpentinization can ocurr at the sea floor, but also at these continental ophiolites.

Puerto Rican Ecology Mixer at the Annual ESA Conference

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About twenty Puerto Rican ecologists assisted to the first organized event convened by Ciencia Puerto Rico at the Ecological Society of America’s Annual Ecological meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Just like in the majority of these scientific meetings, a huge amount of researchers assisted to the general meeting. However, having around 4,000 attendees, it is not always easy to find fellow Puerto Rican scientists.  Because of this, a new idea was born: having a gathering of Puerto Rican scientist at the Ecological meeting.

Electron Microscopy Research Specialist

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Electron Microscopy Research Technician

 

A position of Electron Microscopy Research Technician is available in the Electron Microscopy Facility of the Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC).  UCC is a fast growing private Medical School in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Our research community investigates various ultrastructural aspects of synaptic transmission and neurological diseases.    

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