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Ernesto Cabezas-Bou was recently admitted to the prestigious summer course "Neural Systems and Behavior" which will be held at the historic Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This course is a highly competitive discovery-oriented training opportunity for the next generation of neuroscientists. 

Congratulations to Cristina Roman Vendrell, graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Guillermo Yudowski, who was accepted into the prestigious and highly competitive Neurobiology summer course at the historic Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Flores of the Institute, whose research on retinoblastoma is described in an article in Medicina y Salud Publica!  

The Institute co-sponsored a ceremony held on December 2, 2016 to commemorate the 25th Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference and to recognize its founders - Dr. Richard Orkand (Institute of Neurobiology), and Drs. Vesna Etrovic, Pedro Ferchmin, and Richard Hann (Universidad Central del Caribe). Photo: Drs. José G. Ortíz, Gladys Escalona and Carlos Jiménez shared memories of early meetings. Thanks to Drs. Carmen Maldonado and José Enrique García-Arrarás for organizing this activity.

The Institute of Neurobiology hosted the 5th Annual Retreat and Assessment Activity of the Puerto Rico Center for Environmental Neuroscience (October 13-14, 2016).  This NSF sponsored Center for Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides research and training opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students from the Rio Piedras Campus and the Medical Sciences Campus. 

Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Velazquez-Marrero and the outstanding team of Institute researchers and students who recently published their work in the Journal of Neuroscience: "Alcohol Regulates BK Surface Expression via Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling", by Cristina Velazquez-Marrero, Alexandra Burgos, José O. García, Stephanie Palacio, Hector G. Marrero, Alexandra Bernardo, Juliana Perez-Laspiur, Marla Rivera-Oliver, Garrett Seale and Steven N. Treistman.

The first PIRE Neural Mechanisms of Reward & Decision Annual Retreat and Assessment Activity was held on September 2-3, 2016.  It was attended by our External Advisory Committee: Dr. Marina Wolf (Rosalind Franklin University), Dr. Jesus Angulo (Hunter College, CCNY), and Dr. Rhanor Gillette (University of Illinois).  PIRE students reported their scientific accomplishments and cultural experiences with oral presentations and posters.  Thanks to everyone who contributed to this important activity.  

Congratulations to the Rosenthal lab for their new publication in the prestigious journal Nucleic Acids Research. Dr. María Fernanda Montiel-González and Isabel Vallecillo-Viejo were co-first authors on the article: An efficient system for selectively altering genetic information within mRNAs. ¡ Enhorabuena !

A paper by Francheska Delgado-Peraza, Carlos Nogueras-Ortiz and Guillermo Yudowski, “Mechanisms of Biased β-Arrestin-Mediated Signaling Downstream from the Cannabinoid 1 Receptor” was in the top 10 viewed articles for April in the journal Molecular Pharmacology!

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