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Alliance between UPR Río Piedras and COCOCATÍ

Submitted on 29 February 2016 - 4:18pm

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The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras (UPR-RP) and the Community Corporation Caño Tiburones, Inc (COCOCATI), formed an alliance in order for students, professors and researchers to participate in projects and activities in the community for the benefit both entities. 

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Programa de investigación en neurociencias para pre-universitarios

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Ana G. Méndez University System Student Research Development Center are very proud to launch Puerto Rico's first semester-long Neuroscience research program aimed at high school students to work as Pre-College Researchers at the university level within the Saturday Research Academy in the Ana G.

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Tomorrow: 1st Research & Innovation Meetup- PR Science Technology, and Research Trust

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The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust will host a series of meetups to align the research and innovation community’s efforts. The 1st meetup will be tomorrow, June 26th, 2015.

Puerto Rico’s research, science, and technology ecosystem is key for the island’s transformation into a knowledge economy.

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Vermont EPSCoR Paid Summer Internships

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Vermont EPSCoR offers paid summer internships for undergraduates through two grants: Research on Adaptation to Climate Change (RACC - www.uvm.edu/epscor/undergrad) and Northeast Water Resources Network (NEWRnet - http://newrnet.org/undergrad).  Students spend 10 weeks designing and working on their own independent projects, and present their results at the annual research symposium

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Spreading false hopes about stem cell treatments

Submitted on 25 July 2014 - 12:16pm

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Recently, several interviews in Puerto Rico have spread misinformation about the use of stem cells for the treatment of several conditions, such as paralysis.

In this article, Wilson González Espada advises readers to inform themselves about FDA regulations on stem cell treatments.

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right corner of the screen.

 

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Daniel Colón-Ramos: Observing and making connections

Submitted on 29 October 2013 - 4:07pm

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Published October 28, 2013 // JCB vol. 203 no. 2 168-169
The Rockefeller University Press, doi: 10.1083/jcb.2032pi

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New generation of social researchers

Submitted on 9 September 2013 - 8:28pm

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Thirty-two students started their journey as researchers for the Undergraduate Research Training Program (PAIS, in Spanish) at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez.

 

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can access it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right corner of your screen. You can also contact our editor Mónica Feliú-Mójer (moefeliu@cienciapr.org).

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Basic Sciences Program, Division of AIDS NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is seeking an exceptional and visionary leader to be director of the Basic Sciences Program (BSP) in the Division of AIDS (DAIDS).

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BREAD Ideas Challenge (AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT)

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The BREAD Ideas Challenge is an opportunity for researchers in the agricultural sciences to bring attention to what they believe are the most pressing issues facing smallholder farmers in the developing world today. Not only will the prizewinning Challenge Ideas be showcased for the international community to draw attention to these important challenges: Prizewinners will also receive up to $10,000 USD each for the best ideas!

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Student from Puerto Rico is awarded first prize in nanoscience at an NSF in Washington, DC

Submitted on 7 March 2013 - 2:37am

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Nicole Blanco-Vicéns, student in the Departament of Industrial Engineering and member of the Applied Optimization Group of Dr. Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos, won first prize in the nanosciences category in a poster competition that took place during the 2013 NSF Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM, held in Washington DC from February 28 to March 3rd. 

The CienciaPR team and her group and department are very proud of her success and congratulate this young scientist on her achievements. 

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