CienciaPR: From the beginning

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 31 January 2017 - 1:24pm

Pasteur said that although science has no homeland, scientists do. Since I've been thinking of myself as a scientist, I’ve thought of myself as a Puerto Rican scientist. My concerns about science and Puerto Rico have always gone hand in hand and with them a deep interest and commitment to contribute, through science for the betterment of my country.

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Programa MD/PhD Yale y UPR

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 6 September 2016 - 4:31pm

Applications open for the Coperative Program between the University of Puerto Rico Medical School, Yale School of Medicine and the Yala Graduate School

Obtain a PhD from Yale and an MD from the University of Puerto Rico.

Apply here: http://medicine.yale.edu/mdphd/admissions/upr.aspx

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Job: Laboratory technician

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 6 September 2016 - 4:29pm

We are looking to hire an organized, systematic and motivated individual to work in the Laboratory of Dr. Daniel Colón-Ramos at Yale University in creating and analyzing transgenic nematode strains. This is part of a stimulating project focused on characterizing early neurodevelopmental events in C. elegans embryos.

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#CienciaBoricua

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 25 February 2016 - 10:15pm

"That does not exist", someone once told me. "There is no such thing. Science is from everywhere. What is Puerto Rican science?"

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Synaptic vesicle clustering requires a distinct MIG-10/Lamellipodin isoform and ABI-1 downstream from Netrin.

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 30 October 2012 - 1:07pm

A. K. H. Stavoe, Nelson, J. C., Martínez-Velázquez, L. A., Klein, M., Samuel, A. D. T., and Colón-Ramos, D. A., “Synaptic vesicle clustering requires a distinct MIG-10/Lamellipodin isoform and ABI-1 downstream from Netrin.”, Genes Dev, vol. 26, no. 19, pp. 2206-21, 2012.

Glia promote local synaptogenesis through UNC-6 (netrin) signaling in C. elegans.

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 17 August 2012 - 8:49pm

D. A. Colón-Ramos, Margeta, M. A., and Shen, K., “Glia promote local synaptogenesis through UNC-6 (netrin) signaling in C. elegans.”, Science, vol. 318, no. 5847, pp. 103-6, 2007.

Direct ribosomal binding by a cellular inhibitor of translation.

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 17 August 2012 - 8:49pm

D. A. Colón-Ramos, Shenvi, C. L., Weitzel, D. H., Gan, E. C., Matts, R., Cate, J., and Kornbluth, S., “Direct ribosomal binding by a cellular inhibitor of translation.”, Nat Struct Mol Biol, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 103-11, 2006.

Inhibition of translation and induction of apoptosis by Bunyaviral nonstructural proteins bearing sequence similarity to reaper.

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 17 August 2012 - 8:49pm

D. A. Colón-Ramos, Irusta, P. M., Gan, E. C., Olson, M. R., Song, J., Morimoto, R. I., Elliott, R. M., Lombard, M., Hollingsworth, R., Hardwick, M. J., Smith, G. K., and Kornbluth, S., “Inhibition of translation and induction of apoptosis by Bunyaviral nonstructural proteins bearing sequence similarity to reaper.”, Mol Biol Cell, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 4162-72, 2003.

A GH3-like domain in reaper is required for mitochondrial localization and induction of IAP degradation.

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 17 August 2012 - 8:49pm

M. R. Olson, Holley, C. L., Gan, E. C., Colón-Ramos, D. A., Kaplan, B., and Kornbluth, S., “A GH3-like domain in reaper is required for mitochondrial localization and induction of IAP degradation.”, J Biol Chem, vol. 278, no. 45, pp. 44758-68, 2003.

Asymmetric distribution of nuclear pore complexes and the cytoplasmic localization of beta2-tubulin mRNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Submitted by Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos on 17 August 2012 - 8:49pm

D. A. Colón-Ramos, Salisbury, J. L., Sanders, M. A., Shenoy, S. M., Singer, R. H., and García-Blanco, M. A., “Asymmetric distribution of nuclear pore complexes and the cytoplasmic localization of beta2-tubulin mRNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.”, Dev Cell, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 941-52, 2003.

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