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Accomplishments by CienciaPR members!

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We are going to develop a section where we can share accomplishments achieved by the CienciaPR community. However, while that new section is being developed, lets please use this message board to share news regarding publications, grants, conference talks or other accomplishments. Please do NOT be modest or shy!! It is important we share these accomplishments for multiple reasons:

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Successful start for the new Pridco fellowship program

Submitted on 9 August 2006 - 2:15pm

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Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company announced that its new fellowship program for teachers was well received. There have been 39 applications from high school teachers interested in furthering their training and completing masters and PhD degrees in math and sciences

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Ample Monkeys and Money Nurture Robust Research

Submitted on 2 August 2006 - 3:04pm

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Because of the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), Science magazine released a special edition about the epidemics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cayo Santiago is a 38 acre island 1km of the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico. In this island lives a free-ranging colony of rhesus monkeys, used mainly for the scientific research of behavior, demographics, genetics and physiology, as well as non-invasive data collection on types of biomedical research. The Caribbean Primate Research Center, in Cayo Santiago, has established several collaborations with leading HIV/AIDS researchers in the US mainland.

Rich Port, Poor Port

Submitted on 2 August 2006 - 2:03pm

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Because of the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), Science magazine released a special edition about the epidemics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Good HIV/AIDS care and strong research in this U.S. commonwealth often mean little to the island's many heroin addicts

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