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Daniel Colón-Ramos: studying and building connections

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Dr. Daniel Colón Ramos
Dr. Daniel Colón Ramos

You could say that the life of Dr. Daniel Colón-Ramos is one big game of connect-the-dots. A native of Palo Hincado in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, and now associate professor at Yale University, Daniel investigates how neurons make connections to form a functional nervous system.

Dr. Colón-Ramos has taken the lessons he’s learned about connectivity and applied them beyond the bench, finding ways to link two of his loves: science and Puerto Rico. 

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Seeking Academic Administrator to Direct La Casa, Yale's Latino Cultural Center (All fields considered, not just STEM)

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Favor ver abajo un anuncio de trabajo que podría ser de relevancia para muchos de nuestros miembros que tienen experiencia administrando o manejando programas académicos enfocados en proveer servicios a estudiantes, sobretodo aquelos con trasfondos Latinos.

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Searching for antibiotics in Puerto Rican soil

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In November 2014 I found myself drenched in rainwater at the Humacao Nature Reserve collecting soil samples… well, more like mud samples. It was my first morning in Puerto Rico and it had been raining since my arrival. Yet the University of Puerto Rico students accompanying me were determined to fill their conical tubes with soil, at all costs. Our goal: to discover new antibiotic producers in the soil.

Yale Ciencia Initiative to bring Yale science to the world

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The newly formed Yale Ciencia Initiative will expand access to scientific knowledge, experiences, and careers among communities or populations traditionally underrepresented in, or underserved by, the scientific enterprise, the university has announced.

Daniel Colón-Ramos: Observing and making connections

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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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