El Departamento de Microbiología celebra los primeros premios recibidos por parte de Facultad y estudiantes de Alliance

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El Departamento de Microbiología celebra los primeros premios recibidos por parte de Facultad y estudiantes de Alliance. (The Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) U54GM133807. La Dra Filipa Godoy recibió el premio de productividad cientifica; la Dra Stephanie Dorta recibió mejor proyecto piloto, la Dra Yisel Cantres recibió mejor…

Department of Microbiology celebrates the achievements of Dr. Dorta’s lab students

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The Department of Microbiology celebrates the achievements of Dr. Dorta’s lab students receiving important scientific awards. Ph.D. student Jennifer Díaz was accepted as the 2023 Janssen Scholar of Oncology Diversity Engagement Program and Undergraduate student Alejandra Rosario (UPR-Cayey) was awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

Faculty and students of the Dept of Microbiology at the RCMI National Conference 2023 in Maryland

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Representation from the Microbiology Dept of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine at the 2023 National Conference of the RCMI Consortium. This activity presents research opportunities and shares new and innovative approaches, to develop the next generation of health disparities research. The RCMI center is headed by Dr Emma Repollet and showcases research…

Graduate Student Miss Xaymara González successfully defend her thesis

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The Department of Microbiology congratulates Miss Xaymara González, a graduate student in the Mycology lab, led by Dr Bolaños, who successfully defended her MSc thesis titled “Outdoor Fungal Spores Increase Susceptibility to COVID-19 Among Residents of San Juan and Caguas, Puerto Rico.” Comittee: Dr. Benjamin Bolaños-Rosero (mentor), Dr. Stephanie Dorta Estremera, Dr. Felix E. Rivera Mariani…

Eduardo Tosado, Ph.D. candidate of the UPR Microbiome lab was the recipient of the Blue Ribbon distinction 2023 RCMI Consortium National Conference

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Mr. Eduardo Tosado, Ph.D. candidate of the UPR Microbiome lab was the recipient of the Blue Ribbon distinction at the 2023 RCMI Consortium National Conference on April 12 – 14 2023 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA This distinction recognizes the top 10% abstracts with higher scientific impact Title: “Changes in women’s physiological and cervical disease status…