The COBRE UPR Center for Neuroplasticity celebrated its 10th Annual Retreat and Assessment Activity, May 25-26, 2023.

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…

30TH ANNUAL PUERTO RICO

30TH ANNUAL PUERTO RICO NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE

The COBRE Center for Neuroplasticity co-sponsored the 30th Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference, December 3, 2022. The conference was convened at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce PR. The three visiting speakers participated in a “Meet the Speakers” session, where students had the opportunity to learn about their career decisions and trajectories. Shown…

New NIH R21 grant at UPR School of Medicine!

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…

The COBRE Center for Neuroplasticity co-sponsored the Southeast Regional IDeA Conference in San Juan, PR on November 12 – 14, 2021

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…

Basic Concepts of Microscopy

As part of the NIEF training activities, this workshop will expose the participants with the basics concepts of microscopy that will serve as an introduction to other advanced trainings in Confocal and Image Analysis.

Call for COBRE Pilot Project Proposals

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…

Call for COBRE Pilot Project Proposals

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…

Island-wide Universities Open Call Collaborative Seeds Proposals (CCSP)

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…

Island-wide Universities Open Call Collaborative Seeds Proposals (CCSP)

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…