NIH funded STEM Workshop at Ponce School of Medicine. Apply now!

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 25 October 2012 - 4:56pm

Ponce School Of Medicne (PSM) is hosting an NIC-funded interactive workshop on stem cells in cancer here at PSM. Sixteen participants will have the opportunity to learn new concepts and also acquire hands-on experiences in stem cells in the lab. Selected participants will have all expenses paid. This course is geared towards minority/disadvantaged graduate students, post-docs, residents, fellows,and junior faculty.

Duration: 1 week

February 3-9, 2013

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Taking science outside the research lab

Submitted on 25 October 2012 - 10:01am

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Gingger Enid Correa Angulo

Los estudiantes de ciencias biomédicas del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (RCM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), buscan despertar en la comunidad escolar el interés por el estudio de las ciencias como una carrera profesional. Para cimplir ese objetivo, realizan actividades con estudiantes que asisten a las escuelas elementales, intermedias y superiores del País.

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SUNY DownState Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) Summer Insitute

Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 25 October 2012 - 9:42am

SUNY Downstate PRIDE Summer Institute

Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE)

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UPR- Rio Piedras students research how music could help manage stress

Submitted on 24 October 2012 - 11:57pm

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Nicole Colón; omdc.uprrp@upr.edu.

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La música puede llegar a ser una herramienta útil para el manejo de los niveles de estrés en los estudiantes, ayudándolos a lograr una mayor concentración, fue el resultado de una investigación que realizaron estudiantes del Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, anunció hoy la Dra. Carmen S. Maldonado–Vlaar, Directora del Proyecto de Iniciativas de Investigación y Actividad Creativa Subgraduadas, Título V Subgraduado (iINAS).

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Two postdoc positions in Drosophila circadian rhythms and electrophysiology

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 24 October 2012 - 10:21pm

Research Assistants / Associates at the School of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bristol University

Scientific Aresa: circadian molecular genetic, biochemical, imaging, optogenetic and behavioural experiments with Drosophila.

For both positions, experience in circadian rhythms, optogenics and Drosophila molecular and classical genetics would be an advantage but instruction in these techniques can be obtained from the host labs.

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Applications Invited for Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 24 October 2012 - 10:13pm

A program of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and the American Federation for Aging Research, the Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging have been established to help attract new generations of talented investigators to the field of aging research.