Students, staff, and faculty from the UPR Center for Neuroplasticity took part in the symposium “Neuroscience, Development and Physiology in a Changing Environment”. The symposium assembled students and researchers from the University of Massachusetts, the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA), and the University of Puerto Rico. It was co-sponsored by the NIGMS Centers of…
Faculty and students from the COBRE Center for Neuroplasticity participated in the Brain Awareness Week program. Over 100 students from three high schools participated in workshops and hands-on activities designed to highlight advances in the field of neuroscience. March 19, 2024. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus.
Members of the COBRE administrative team participated in the Puerto Rico IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Annual Retreat. March 15-17, 2024. Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve. Río Grande, PR.
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Johanna Kowalko, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, presented a seminar “Genetic and Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Trait Evolution”. February 2, 2024. Molecular Sciences Research Center, San Juan, PR.
Left to right: John Ramírez, CoopSEI assessment team; Eduardo Nicolau, Interim Executive Director, Molecular Sciences Research Center; Jorge Miranda, COBRE NIEF Director; Irma Román-García, Assistant Director, UPR-MSC Deanship for Research; Jan-Marino Ramírez, COBRE EAC; Edjean Calderón, CoopSEI; José Lemos, COBRE EAC; Mark Miller, COBRE Administrative Core Director; José Lasalde, COBRE Program Director; Walter Silva, COBRE…
The Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology and the Department of Microbiology of the School of Medicine of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico are proud to announce that Associate Professors Dr. Demetrio Sierra Mercado and Dr. Filipa Godoy Vitorino, have been awarded an R21 research grant by the National Institutes of…
Left photo: Speakers in the Neuroscience Session included (left to right): Dr. Andrew Seeds (UPR COBRE Center for Neuroplasticity, Alicen Wilcox (Harding University), and Dr. Jessica Larsen (Clemson University). Dr. Nicolas Bazan (LSU Health Center; screen insert) participated remotely. Dr. Mark Miller (UPR COBRE Center for Neuroplasticiy; rear) co-moderated the session. Right photo: Dr. José…
The NIH-NIGMS Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Program seeks to augment and strengthen institutional biomedical research capabilities by expanding and developing biomedical faculty research capability through support of a multidisciplinary center led by a peer-reviewed, NIH-funded investigator with expertise central to the theme of the grant proposal. The COBRE PHASE 2: Center for Neuroplasticity…
The NIH-NIGMS Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Program seeks to augment and strengthen institutional biomedical research capabilities by expanding and developing biomedical faculty research through support of a multidisciplinary center. The COBRE PHASE 2 Center for Neuroplasticity at the University of Puerto Rico aims to (1) foster development of junior investigators into competitive researchers…