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.
The topic she presented during the symposium is a research she is developing at the UPR-Molecular Center on the development of inhibitors -through medicinal chemistry- for the treatment of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus.
