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Nadjah Soto in 2011 obtained a B.S. in
Chemistry from Interamerican University (IAU) of
Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus. She was
among a selected group of undergraduate
students that participated in the PR-LSAMP
Program Undergraduate Research Component,
during 2010 and 2011. She participated in two different
research projects: “Synthesis and Evaluation of New
Quinolone-Fatty Acid Conjugates” and “Study of the protein
immobilization on modified Au electrodes” under the
supervision of Dr. Rosa Brito. She presented her work at the
LSAMP Best Practice Conference on Teaching and Learning
in November 2010 at Ponce-Puerto Rico; and in the Puerto
Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting 2011, at IAU-Bayamon
Campus. Nadjah will be applying to the Chemistry Graduate
Program at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus,
in August 2012 to complete a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
Sara Fuentes obtained a BS in Biological
Sciences from Interamerican University of Puerto
Rico-Metropolitan Campus in 2011. She was a
research undergraduate student of the PR-
LSAMP Program, for the period august 2010 to
may 2011. She worked in the research project:
“Restriction Enzyme analysis of Plasmid content
from environmental bacteria”, under supervision
of Dr. Livier Gonzalez. She attended the Best Practices
Conference on Teaching and Learning in November 2010 at
Ponce, Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary
Scientific Meeting/Junior Technical Meeting-2011, at the
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Campus.
Currently, Sara is working in the Research Laboratory of
Infectious Diseases at the Veterans Hospital of Puerto Rico.
Bryan Hernandez received a B.S. in Life and
Biological Sciences from Interamerican
University of Puerto-Rico Metropolitan Campus
in 2011. For the last two years Bryan participates
as a student researcher in the Puerto Rico
LSAMP Program. During that time, he worked in
the area of microbiology and the title of his
project is, “Microbiological studies about water quality in a
segment of Laguna Tortuguero, Vega Baja-Puerto Rico”, under
the supervision of Prof. Ernesto Torres. Bryan attended several
scientific meetings such as the Best Practices Conference on
Teaching and Learning 2008, the Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary
Scientific Meeting/Junior Technical Meeting-2009-2010, the
American Chemical Society 236 th National Meeting 2009, in
Washington D.C. and the American Society for Microbiology
110 th General Meeting 2010, in San Diego CA. Currently he
works for AMGEM pharmaceuticals as a lab technician.
Karla Franco is a senior student pursuing
a Bachelor in Science and a minor in
French at Pontifical Catholic University of
Puerto Rico. Since 2010, she is a PR-
LSAMP scholar working under the
mentorship of Prof. Carmen Asencio. She
has presented her work in different
scientific meetings such as Junior
Technical Meeting and ABRCMS 2010. In summer 2011, Karla
participated in a summer internship at Vanderbuilt University
(Pharmacology Program) with Dr. Eva Harth. The overreaching
goal of the research was the development of versatile platforms
of innovative vectors for cancer therapeutics, vaccine
development and imaging reagents in nano-medicine. All these
research experiences have helped her determine that one of
her future goals would be attend a postbac program and then
apply to graduate school.
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Laila Hamid received a BS in Chemistry from
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico-
Metropolitan Campus in 2011. For the period from
January 2009 to may 2011, she was part of the
Mentored Undergraduate Research Component of
the PR-LSAMP Program. During that time she
conducted research in the development of the
protocols for obtaining the pharmaceutical properties of the native
plants of Puerto Rico, under the supervision of Dr. Anne Frame.
She attended the Best Practices Conference on Teaching and
Learning in 2009-2010 and the Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary
Scientific Meeting/Junior Technical Meeting-2009-2010-2011,
which were celebrated in different campuses of the LSAMP
alliance. In these congresses, Laila presented her research
project, in poster and oral modality. In this moment, Laila is a
student of the Pharmacy School at Medical Sciences Campus of
the University of Puerto Rico.
Idializ Dominguez is a student of the Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico Metropolitan Campus and
she expect to obtain a BS in Biomedical Sciences in
2012. Currently she participates in the Mentored
Undergradutae Research Experience of the LSAMP
Program. Idializ conducted research in the
development of the protocols for obtaining the
pharmaceutical properties of the native plants of Puerto Rico,
under the supervision of the Dr. Anne Frame. In summer 2011 she
had the opportunity to participate in a summer internship at the
Medical University of South Carolina, under the mentoring of Dr.
Morinelli. Her research work in the internship was titled “The effect
of Resveratrol on the hormone Angiotensin II”. Currently, Idializ is
participates in the INBRE-AABRE Program at the Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan campus. In the future,
Idializ will be applying to Pharmacy School or graduate studies in
Physiology at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of
Puerto Rico.
Ronald E. Rodríguez is a third year B.S. in
Biotechnology student at the Pontifical
Catholic University of Puerto Rico. He has
worked in various research institutions such
as the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto
Rico and Ponce School of Medicine. He has
participated in various programs such as PR-
LSAMP which has helped him work in
research at his home institution. In summer 2011, Ronald
participated in the Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. He worked in the Department of
Virology with Dr. Richard Webby. He has also participated in
scientific meetings while being supported by PR-LSAMP including
the Junior Technical Meeting and the Annual Biomedical
Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). His
future goals include obtaining a Ph.D. degree in the Biomedical
field.
Marie G. Clancey is a senior student from the
General Science and Biology Departments at
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
She worked as a PR-LSAMP scholar in
undergraduate research with Prof. Carmen
Asencio. Marie has presented her research
work at the Junior Technical Meeting & PRISM
and ABRCMS. In 2010 and 2011, respectively,
she participated in summer research under the
mentorship of Dr. Terry Watnick from the Nephrology Division of
the PKD Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2010, she
worked with a human mutation in the Drosophila PKD2 Homolog.
In summer 2011, she worked with malformation in the lymphatic
system due to deficits of the protein Pkd1 in mice. In the future,
she is interested in doing research related to genetics diseases.