Instituto de Neurobiología

Multi-million dollar grant for the UPR to study the relationship between the nervous system and the environment

The Institute of Neurobiology of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico received a $5 million grant…

Dr. Manuel Díaz-Ríos: Promoting neuroscience in the laboratory and the community

In the laboratory of Dr. Manuel Díaz-Ríos at the University of Puerto Rico’s Institute of Neurobiology, the students and…

UPR investigates: RNA modifications to cure disease

In the Institute for Neurobiology in San Juan, an investigator and his students from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) are…

Neuroscientist shines at regional conference

Marla Rivera-Oliver, a graduate student at the Institute of Neurobiology of the University of Puerto Rico, was selected to…

Young scientist finds clues for one day curing glaucoma

The regeneration of the optic nerve and a cure for glaucoma could one day be possible thanks in part to findings from a study…

Pushing the boundaries of neuroscience

The newly established Puerto Rico Center for Environmental Neuroscience (PRCEN) uses a multidisciplinary approach “to…

Pushing the boundaries of neurobiology: The Puerto Rico Center for Environmental Neuroscience

Every organism, from flies to humans, experiences their surroundings through the nervous system.  The senses, specialized…