La semana pasada (del 17 al 22 de febrero) tuve la oportunidad de participar en el primer taller de científicos en etapas tempranas de su carrera interesados en el estudio de las reservas de carbono en las profundidades de La Tierra o el carbono profundo. El taller fue auspiciado por el Observatorio de Carbono Profundo o DCO (por sus siglas en Inglés). El mismo reunió 40 científicos de 15 países envueltos en los diferentes aspectos del DCO: Vida en las Profundidades (Deep Life), Energía en las Profundidades (Deep Energy), Reservas y Flujos (Energy and Fluxes) y Física y Qímica Extrema (Extreme Physics and Chemistry).

UPRM Industrial Engineering Students Yaileen Méndez and Kasandra L. Ramirez named finalists in the 2013 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize. 

Every year the Institute for Operations Research & Management Science (INFORMS) holds a competition ‘to honor a student or group of students who conducted a significant applied project in operations research or management science, and/or important theoretical or applied research in operations research or management science, while enrolled as an undergraduate student.’ Participants submit their works from all around the globe, making this an international technical competition.

Postdoctoral Associate: Two year position available immediately in the Department of Biology at the University of Vermont to study the structural and biomechanical properties of thick filaments in combination with comparative proteomics and evolutionary approaches.  The ideal candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas: Molecular biology, Drosophila genetics, Phylogenetics, Electron microscopy, Atomic force microscopy, Protein biochemistry, Proteomics, Muscle physiology. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of three references to Jim.Vigoreaux@uvm.edu.  Address inquiries to Jim Vigoreaux or call 802-656-4627.