Graduates

Beca para Estudiantes Graduados en Microbiología (Solicita antes 1 mayo)

Submitted by Samuel L Díaz Muñoz on 19 April 2013 - 2:25pm

American Society for Microbiology Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: May 1, 2013

Applicants must:

Be an ASM student member
Be a senior-level doctoral graduate student conducting research in microbiology
Be from an underrepresented group in the sciences
General Information on the ASM

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11 Puerto Rican students will participate in a robotics competition

Submitted on 18 April 2013 - 5:18pm

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Eleven Puerto Rican students from the Escuela Especializada Central de Artes Visuales will participate in the Robo Games Competition in robotics in California.

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Fellowship opportunities at Universia

Submitted on 18 April 2013 - 1:20pm

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Universia has posted over 300 opportunities related to fellowships at becas.universia.pr

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Science Policy Fellowship for Marine Scientists

Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 16 April 2013 - 11:25pm

A fellowship for marine science postdoctoral scholars and doctoral candidates interested in bridging the gap between science and policy by spending a year in Washington DC researching, developing and advocating for research and sound ocean policy.

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2013 Travel Award Application Now Available-Soil Sciences Meeting

Submitted by Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz on 16 April 2013 - 4:18pm

The Association of Women Soil Scientists (AWSS) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization of women and men in soil science

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Undergrad & Postbac

Before getting to the manufacturing site: Merck executives visit Puerto Rican drug discoverers

Submitted on 14 April 2013 - 11:42pm

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Marie Custodio Collazo; mcustodio@elnuevodia.com

Executives from Merck Pharmaceuticals met with all the scientist and other professionals involved in getting to market a new drug product, from discovery to product launch. The product is called sitagliptin and is known in the market by the trade names Januvia and Janumet, depending on the formulation and is used for the treatment of type II diabetes.