Ciencia Puerto Rico

I worked for seven years in the laboratory of Professor Doug Melton at Harvard University. I worked as a Research Assistant in various projects related to the developmental biology of the pancreas. In addition, I participated in research exploring the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into pancreatic beta (insulin-producing) cells. A project that is ongoing in the lab.

See link to publications:

Dor Yuval, Brown Juliana, Martinez Olga I, Melton DA. 2004. Adult pancreatic beta-cells are formed by self-duplication rather than stem-cell differentiation. Nature. May 6;429(6987):41-6.

Rajagopal J, Anderson WJ, Kume Shoen, Martinez Olga I, Melton DA. 2003. Insulin staining of ES cell progeny from insulin uptake. Science. Jan 17;299(5605):363.