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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 Health (NIH) for a new collaborative project.

 Left photo: Speakers in the Neuroscience Session included (l to r): 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 Lasalde (UPR COBRE Center for Neuroplasticity PD) chaired the session on the "High Risk, High Reward" NIH initiative.

Laura Vicente Rodríguez successfully defended her doctoral thesis: "The FMRF-NH2 neuropeptide system of Biomphalaria glabrata: Response to infection by Schistosoma mansoni".
Congratulations to Dr. Vicente Rodríguez and her mentor Dr. Mark Miller!

September 6, 2021.

Valeria De La Rosa Reyes successfully defended her doctoral thesis: "The effects of Retinoic acid and macrophages/microglia on axonal regeneration after optic nerve injury in Rana pipiens."

Congratulations to Dr. De La Rosa Reyes, and to her mentor Dr. Rosa Blanco!

Dr. Geidy Serrano, an alumna of the Institute of Neurobiology, published an important article exploring the histopathology of SARS-CoV-2 in the brain: 

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7899461/.

Congratulations to Jonathan Crooke-Rosado and the group of Dr. María Sosa, who recently published an article in PLoS ONE: "De novo assembly of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium carcinus brain transcriptome for identification of potential targets for antibody development". https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33836025/.