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Undergraduates spend their summer pursuing a dream - They define their scientific path at the Molecular Center under a unique program called “UPR-MAPS”.

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Summer is the season of vacation, beach, sun and sand... for some people, but for others it is the perfect time to advance their goals. Priscilla, Chloe and Christina, have taken advantage of this summer season and turned it into the ideal period to get closer to their professional dreams.

And in this eagerness, the Molecular Center-UPR houses the aspirations of these three university students who, after emerging victorious from a shortlist of some 300 applicants, will now define their professional path in pharmacology. 

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STUDENT-RESEARCHER AT MOLECULAR-UPR CENTER WINS PRIZE IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

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La joven Kaitlyn Nieves Serra recibió un reconocimiento de la Sociedad Americana de Química (ACS) de EE. UU.

 

Kaitlyn Nieves Serra, a student researcher at the Molecular Center, was recently honored at the thirty-eighth annual American Chemical Society (ACS) National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium held in Seattle, Washington.

Kaitlyn's presentation was recognized for the novelty of her research, the way she presented her data and how she answered the judges' questions. The award was “Best Poster Presentation,” organized and judged by Dr. Juhienah Khalaf of GlaxoSmithKline. With more than 100 entries, nine students were awarded, and only one Puerto Rican.

SUMMER IS FOR SCIENCE AT THE MOLECULAR-UPR CENTER

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More than 40 enthusiastic participants of the Explora Ciencia Vaquera program visited the UPR-Molecular Center to learn more about its modern facilities and the research being conducted there.

This program, now in its third edition, seeks to expose young people to science from an immersive university perspective during the summer, allowing them to learn about and use the laboratories of the UPR-Bayamón.

Meanwhile, these students from different high schools, profiles, ages and interests are united by a single factor: science.

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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RESEARCHING COQUI AND CORONAVIRUS 2 WIN GRANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC

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Kellyann Román-Cruz and Héctor G. Torres-De Jesús were awarded scholarships to attend the Emerging Researchers National 2024 Conference, which will be held in Washington DC from March 14-16.

This opportunity will allow them not only to present the latest results of their scientific research conducted at the Center for Research in Molecular Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico (CICiM-UPR), but also to improve their scientific communication skills and explore global professional alternatives in the sciences, which are the main objectives of the conference.

ESTUDIANTES INVESTIGADORES DE “EL MOLECULAR” VIAJAN A PRESTIGIOSO LABORATORIO EN NUEVA YORK PARA HACER INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS Y EN BATERÍAS

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Alexis G. Lavín Flores, Keyla A. López Pérez and Nataniel Medina Berríos, all student researchers at the UPR Center for Research in Molecular Sciences (CICiM), under the mentorship of Dr. Gerardo Morell and Dr. Brad Weiner, traveled to the prestigious Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York, as part of their graduate studies in chemistry.  

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UNDER THE SLOGAN "ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY" THE MOLECULAR CENTER HELD AN OPEN HOUSE

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In celebration of Bioscience, the Center for Research on Molecular Sciences (CICiM) recently held an Open House, under the theme of Environmental Sustainability.

Young people from high school to elementary school enjoyed VIP tours, interactive tables, a talk that integrated professors and student researchers on environmental issues, and the show 'The Magic of Chemistry'.

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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  

First phase in HIV vaccine project is completed

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The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is actively engaged in the race to develop a vaccine against HIV. In just 18 month, researchers from the Molecular Sciences Research Center at UPR have succesfully completed the first phase of a project to develop an HIV vaccine and are waiting for NIH aproval to begin the second phase. 

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