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Award for Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet

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Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, RCMI Principal Investigator at the Medical Sciences Campus was recognized by G Works and the Amgen Foundation as Distinguished Puerto Rican Women in STEM during the opening of the third PR STEM’s Up to the Challenge Education Submit held on March 7, 2017. The award was presented by Ms. Gretchen B. Guzmán, President of G Works, Inc. Dr. Fernández-Repollet shared this distinction with Dr. Álida Ortiz, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao and an educator in aspects of use, conservation and management of coastal and marine resources of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Biotechnology conference cycle begins at UPR-Bayamon

Submitted on 18 March 2017 - 3:39am

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The University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus, in an educational alliance with the biotechnology company Amgen, will initiate a biotechnology conference cycle as part of the education program Amgen Biotechnology Lecture Series (ABLS).

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Efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV in Puerto Rico

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Even before its discovery in the mid-80s, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was already responsible for one of the most devastating pandemics in the history of humankind. Since then there have been significant advances, ranging from the approval by the FDA ("Food and Drug Administration") of the first antiretroviral drug, zidovudine (AZT) in 19871; to the launch in 2015 by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the recommendation that all HIV-infected individuals should receive antiretroviral therapy immediately after being diagnosed.2  

Biotechnology Conference at UPR Bayamon

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The University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon (UPRB) hosted the education program Amgen Biotechnology Lecture Series (ABLS). With the name “Professional Careers in Industrial Biotechnology”, the conference took place last February 18 in the Student Center on campus.

Future ABLS Conferences will be held:

March 3 at UPR at Arecibo
April 7 at UPR at Humacao

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Science for Girls

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The ambassadors of the Ciencia Puerto Rico Semillas de Triunfo program have started to run programs to promote STEM in their schools and communities. There will be a total of 105 projects from the participants of the program. The program hosted 159 female students from 116 schools in 54 municipalities in Puerto Rico.

To watch a video from one of the projects:

http://www.elnuevodia.com/videos/noticias/locales/formandolasfuturascientificasdelpais-189824/ 

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Biotechnology Conferences for students

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The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaboration with Amgen, announced the cycle of conferences Amgen Biotechnology Lecture Series (ABLS) for students.

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Biosciences week celebration

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From September 14 to September 19 several activities will take place to celebrate the Biosciences week in Puerto Rico. 

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Following your passion

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Last Saturday will stay with me forever. It was September 5th, 2015 and I had traveled to Puerto Rico (3,600+ miles and over 10 hours) for the second workshop of the Semillas de Triunfo (Seeds of Success) STEM Ambassadors Program, in Humacao. This program, created by Ciencia Puerto Rico in collaboration with Yale University and the Amgen Foundation, gives middle school girls the opportunity to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and explore how through these disciplines they can become leaders and agents of change in their communities. The program is near and dear to my heart and me and my colleagues have been working really hard on it (three workshops down, one to go).

CienciaPR inicia talleres para forjar a las futuras científicas de Puerto Rico

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San Juan, Puerto Rico. – La organización sin fines de lucro Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR), la Universidad Yale, y la Fundación Amgen darán inicio a la serie de talleres del programa “Semillas de Triunfo” que le brindará la oportunidad a niñas de séptimo a noveno grado de adentrarse al mundo de las  carreras en ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM, por sus siglas en inglés). Los talleres que comienzan este próximo sábado, 22 de agosto en el Recinto de Ciencias Médicas en San Juan, serán liderados por un grupo de científicas e ingenieras puertorriqueñas destacadas en sus campos profesionales y que buscan inspirar a  una nueva generación de “Niñas Embajadoras en STEM” para beneficio de sus comunidades.

Cycle of Biotechnology Conferences for Students at the UPR has started

Submitted on 24 March 2015 - 2:11pm

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The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Mayagüez, along with the pharmaceutical company Amgen, have started the series of biotechnology conferences Amgen Biotechnology Lecture Series (ABLS). The first lecture took place at the UPR in Río Piedras. The next lectures will be hosted at the UPR-Arecibo on March 26 and at UPR- Carolina on April 26.

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