The Workshop on Research Opportunities, coordinated by Dr. Jannette Gavillán-Suarez, will take place on March 27, 2007 at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. This workshop will talk about how to write a good personal statement and curriculum vitae, among other subjects; students will talk about their research experiences; and our page CienciaPR will be presented to the academic community.

In a recent trip to North Carolina, United Status, a group of trustees from the Science, Technology and Research Trust of Puerto Rico visited the Research Triangle Park and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, with the purpose of learning about the strategies of these important research and development centers and try to apply them in Puerto Rico. Among the most important lessons learned: the need to integrate entrepreneurship courses to college curriculums in science and biotechnology; the recruitment of professors and scientists from Puerto Rico and the world; the vitality of strengthening science education in K-12 grades; to promote the creation of new biotechnology companies making venture capitalism easier; and to continue training the existing workforce in bioprocesses.

A delegation from the Science, Technology and Research Trust of Puerto Rico traveled to North Carolina to learn more about the famous Research Triangle Park (RTP), the biggest research and development zone in the United States. Luis E. Rodríguez Rivera, executive director of the Trust, hopes to learn how a similar project can be established in San Juan. Puerto Rico hopes to establish the Knowledge Corridor which, like the RTP, would be a zone aimed to produce valuable knowledge, particularly in the research and development of new products for international markets.