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SAN JUAN– El Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (RCM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico anunció hoy la obtención de una subvención de $2.9 millones para devolver a su estado óptimo, previo al paso de los huracanes Irma y María, al Instituto de Neurobiología con sede en el Viejo San Juan.

Drs. Andrea Johnson and Minerva Cordero, Program Officers from the NSF Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), and Mr. L. Rashawn Farrior, Grants Officer, Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA) visited the Institute on November 5, 2018, The NSF team held meetings and discussions with our CREST Puerto Rico Center for Environmental Neuroscience students and faculty, and with UPR MSC administrative staff. Thanks to all who participated !  

The New York Academy of Sciences is generously offering the Institute of Neurobiology free institutional membership. This includes a free one-year membership for any student (graduate or undergraduate), postdoc, or faculty who is interested in signing up at the link below:  
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May 3, 2018. Members of the Institute faculty were among investigators invited by the Dean of the UPR School of Medicine to meet with officials of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust (PRSTRT).  Attendees learned about new funding opportunities, upcoming conferences and workshops, and services available for patenting and marketing products. Thanks to Lucy Crespo, CEO of the PRSTRT for organizing this instructive and stimulating meeting. 

Institute faculty and students participated in Brain Awareness Week by hosting students from the Academia San Jorge high school. The students visited labs, conducted hands-on neuroscience exercises, and heard an inspiring overview of the field by Dr. Daniel Colón Ramos, Yale University. Thanks to Dr. Annabell Segarra and students from the NSF PIRE program, Dr. Cristina Velázquez, ASJ science teacher Mrs. Lopez, the Yale graduate students and postdocs, and all Institute students and personnel that contributed to the success of this activity!

1.20.18. Institute students and faculty participated in the  Explora tu Cerebro en la Sanse 2018! outreach activity in coordination with the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián.  Special thanks to Dr. Manuel Díos Ríos, the Neuroboricuas, the Institute administration, and the co-sponsorship by the NSF Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Puerto Rico Center for Environmental Neuroscience. 

An article was published in the Cape Cod Times about Institute researchers working at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA: http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20171222/scientific-community-reaches-out-after-hurricane