El Programa METAS+ busca estudiantes graduados interesados en proveer mentoría a estudiantes de la UPR-Cayey y la UPR-Humacao que están haciendo la transición a programas graduados en las ciencias biológicas, biomédicas o sociales.
The UCS Science Network is launching a science advocacy mentorship for early career scientists; the Science Network Mentor Program. They want to bridge the gap between your academic pursuits and your passion for advocacy, policy, and social justice.
We need ~135 SACNAS Mentors to participate in a 1-on-1 Individualized Mentoring session with Undergrads/Postbacs at the SACNAS Conference in San Antonio.
One of the most challenging decisions to make for most young adults is choosing a career path to follow. In the United States, about one-third of students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs changed majors (National Center for Education Statistics), but the challenge doesn’t stop there as it is even more difficult to figure out what to do after obtaining that degree. Ten years ago, when I was living in Ecuador and trying to figure out what to do with my life, I would have never imagined that I was going to decide to pursue a doctorate degree in Chemical Biology.
In the laboratory of Dr. Manuel Díaz-Ríos at the University of Puerto Rico’s Institute of Neurobiology, the students and personnel not only study how the motor nervous system functions and how it is affected with trauma or degenerative diseases, but they also learn the value of volunteer work and have the opportunity to teach kids and the community about science. Manolo (as he is known by his friends) firmly believes how important it is for scientists to contribute beyond the walls of the lab through education and mentoring.
For one thousand years, we humans have been fascinated by light and by harnessing its power to develop new technologies. Light and optics are the basis of some the most important technologies of our time—from lasers, to fiber optics and telecommunications; from technologies to explore the cosmos, to applications to explore the world on a microscopic or even nanoscopic scale. In honor of such an important area of research and knowledge, the year 2015 was proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL).