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Our coral reefs: "touch with your eyes"

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Scientists from the Social and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) found that pre-trip messaging can dramatically reduce the impacts of snorkelers and divers to reefs.

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Workshops: Book ¡Ciencia Boricua!

Dr. Yaihara Fortis-Santiago and science teachers during one of the workshops on the book ¡Ciencia Boricua!
 
Throughout the course of the school year 2012 several members and contributors to the book ¡Ciencia Boricua! ensayos y anécdotas del científico puertorro came together to offer professional workshops for teachers of grades K-12 on how to use the book as a complementary tool to contextualize and enhance the science curriculum in Puerto Rican classrooms. The company Pfizer, Puerto Rico, facilitated several of these workshops.  

The workshops consisted of the following components:

Frontiers in Stem Cells in Cancer course, Ponce, PR

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NIH Sponsored Advanced Training Course Frontiers in Stem Cells in Cancer

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce School of Medicine

February 3-9, 2013

Application Deadline: Nov 5, 2012

Program Organizers:

  • Gerald P Schatten, PhD Pittsburgh Development Center
  • James Wyche, PhD Howard University
  • Idhaliz Flores, PhD Ponce School of Medicine

Sponsored by: National Institutes of Health

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Southern Science Symposium: Cell Biology and Careers, Nov 17, Ponce

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Southern Science Symposium: Cell Biology and Careers (an ASCB one-day local meeting)

 

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences

(Psychology building)

Ponce, Puerto Rico.

 

This meeting will provide undergraduate and graduate science students from Ponce and nearby universities, as

well as science department directors, faculty, and the local community, a unique opportunity to:

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Expecting gains in the millions with a scientific event in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 16 August 2012 - 7:01pm

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INTERPHEX, an international life sciences event, is projected to provide an economic benefit to Puerto Rico of $4.8 millones when it takes place this October 4th and 5th at the San Juan Convention Center. 

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