Symposium - RISE Program at UPR Cayey

 Texas A&M Cell and Molecular Biology NYU School of Med. Chemistry Chemical Education New Jersey, Rutgers North Carolina State UNY Buffalo Purdue UPR RP UPR RP UCLA Univ. of Central Florida Calf. Institute Technology Penn State North Carolina State Math Ed UPR Rio Piedras Dentistry (DDS/PhD) Meteorology Microbiology Neuroscience Organic Chemistry Psychology Stem Cell Biology (MD/PhD) Uni. Of Minnesota Florida State Tufts University Tufts University UPR-­‐ Medical Science Rochester NY Univ. of Massachusetts Michigan State Univ. North Carolina State California State UMD New Jersey are discovering a bright future through research.
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Symposium
Science graduates
Future Scientists – Since 2004 30 RISE summer interns are pursueing the PhD.
Suheiry Caban Jessian L. Muñoz Analytical Chemistry 2011
Name of Student Ivonne M. Ferrer Lisandra Santiago Alenis Rodriguez Andres Betancourt Olga D. Gonzalez Guermarie Velazquez Xiomaris Cotto Roselin Rosario Mary C. Quiñones Jesus Velazquez Leiddy Z. Alvarado Roberto Martinez Ramon Figueroa Vimary Vazquez Orielyz Flores Frances Rodriguez Isamar Ortiz Joan Roque Jose O. Cotto Hector Colon Natalia Rodriguez Dennise A. de Jesus Eydith Comenencia Olgary Figueroa Tanya M. Cruz Yadilette Rivera Eileen S. Rodriguez Jessica Torres Students Pursing PhD Currently 2011 Dept. of Study Institution of Study Brochure by MORE - RISE Program
August 15- 27
Research Experiences –
Program & Symposium Goals
The RISE Program encourages and provides research opportunities
for undergraduates. This goal is accomplished with four
components
(1) inviting scientists to present seminars and workshops
(2) freshmen enrolled in introductory research courses
(3) activities for improving English language skills
(4) arrange for students to participate in research
with established scientists during the academic year or
in summer programs in the United States of America.
Poster Symposium – August 15- 26
41 of 2011 science graduates did research arranged by the RISE program.
Today's symposium follows two weeks of judging by 25
faculty who evaluated 52 poster presentations by students. Their
talks presented the results of research at laboratories and universities in the United States. Their projects were conducted under the
supervision of a supporting faculty member (mentor) in their labs.
Most students received research credits at Cayey for their efforts and
their poster presentations are part of the research experience. Poster
number 1-18 is on the first floor of MMM and 19-52 is on the second
the third floor of the North Science Building.
Graduate education is essential for Cayey alumni to become
scientists and improve the world’s health and environment. Today
we will hear why and how graduate school is a source of innovation and discovery. Future opportunities will be awarded to UPRC
alumni that are prepared.
In addition to the testimonials from alumni pictured on the right
Dr. Homero Monsanto from Merck Sharp & Dohme Carribean will
speak on –
‘Why do We need Ph.D.s?’
If you are interested or have a question, please ask the speaker.
Your interest acknowledges the success of the presenter.
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Abdalla
Alcaraz
Alemar
Almodovar
Aponte
Armaiz
Arroyo
Aviles
Benitez
Berrios
Betancourt
Caraballo
Cintron
Cortez
Cruz
Cruz
Gomez
Gonzalez
Leon Cruz
Lopez
Lugo
Maldonado
Martinez
Martinez
Mendoza
Montañez
Montes
Montes
Morales
Ortiz
Ortiz
Perez
Rivera
Rivera
Rivera
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rolon
Rosario
Suarez
Vargas
Vazquez
Westerband
2011 Graduates that Participated in RISE
Research Period - Summer
Fall
Dept.
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Brenda Lee
Noelia E.
Nelson
Alejandra
Sara A.
Caridad
Melvin
Sheyla M.
Lenis
Andres
Sonia
Natalia
Lydia
Humberto A.
Giovanni
Jaritza
Anthony
Jorge T.
Jonathan
Roberta
Ruth
Edmarie
Melissa
Fabia
Leslie
Paola
Camille
Elvin
Isamar
Edgardo J.
LeRoy
Angela
Zuleika
Solymar
Frances
Myraida
Desiree
Diana
Valerie
Michelle
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Program – Aug. 27, 2011 Science Building- Auditorium
8:30 Coffee- Pastries
Spring
Univ. of IOWA 10,
Baylor (09), Univ. of Colorado/ENDO (10)
Kansas State U 08,
8:45 Welcoming Remarks –
10,
UCLA (09)
Uni. Buffalo (S 08) CUC (Sp 09) UPENN (S 09)
U Iowa (09)
Michigan (09), Penn State Univ.(10)
Wisconsin Madison 08,
Wisconsin (09)
Pittsburgh (08),Baylor (09), San Diego (10)
John Hopkins 09
10
11
10,
09, 10, 11
09,
09, 10
IT07,10,11
Uni. of Colorado (S 08) , UMDNJ 10
Uni. of North Carolina (S 08)UPENN (S 09)
U of Wisconsin (07, 08,10), Penn State (09),
U Georgia (09)
UPR-Cayey 09
UNC 09
Uni. of Georgia (S 08), New Jersey (S 09)
Uni. of Minnesota (08), Tufts (09)
U. Iowa (09, 10)
Chicago (09)
Uni. of Minnesota (08) (09), Notre Dame 10,
UMDNJ (10)
U of Colorado (09)
Wisconsin (09), University of Wisconsin 10,
Penn State (09), (10)
UMDNJ 06,
Minnesota (S 08) Baylor (S 09)
Michigan State Uni. (07, 08, 09, 10)
Wisconsin (09)
Marine Biology Lab, Mass. (10)
UPENN (08), UMass (09), Caltech CA (10),
U Minnesota (S 08)(S 09)
MSU (10)
U of Colorado 08, Penn State Univ. (10)
Baylor (09), Univ. of Colorado/ENDO 10,
Tufts 09, Tufts University 10
University of Mass 10,
North & South Science Buildings
Thanks to the RISE Staff- Ms. Yadira Ortiz, Mayra Rodríguez & Mr. Alexis Santos
and RISE Coordinators- Dr. Eneida Díaz & Dr. Elena González
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IT 08
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IT 08
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Thanks for the collective effort of 23 Science Faculty
who interviewed & judged 52 posters.
Dr. Adolfo González
Dr. Ana Acevedo
Dr. Belinda Román
Dr. Carmen Umpierre
Dr. Chad Lozada
Dr. Edgardo Rivera
Dr. Edwin Vázquez
Dr. Elba Reyes
Dr. Eneida Díaz
Dr. Erin McKiernan
Dr. Javier Arce
Dr. José Alonso
Dr. Juan Estevez
Dr. Marco Herrera
Dr. Mayra Pagán
Dr. Mercedes Rivera
Dr. Michael Rubin
Dr. Raúl Castro
Dr. Raúl Pérez
Dr. Vibha Bansal
Dr. Zuleika Medina
Prof. Edgar Llera
Prof. Luis Pérez
Juan Varona, D.Ed., UPR-Cayey, Chancellor
José Molina Ph.D., UPR-Cayey, Academic Dean
9:00 Why Do We Need Ph.D.s? A Perspective
Homero Monsanto, Ph.D. – Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
9:20 UPR-Cayey Alumni Speak
From Cayey to Graduate School
Abigail Ruíz – Ponce Medical School
Héctor Colón, Ph.D. – PR Department of Health
Zuleika Medina, Ph.D. – UPR-Cayey
Jessian Muñoz – New Jersey Medical School 11:20 Awarding of Certificates
Refreshments will be provided from 8:30 until the end of the session.
Provided by the Chancellor’s Office at UPR-Cayey
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Ms. Adriana Rivera
Mr. Eduardo Hernández
Ms. Victoria Ortíz
Ms. Alice Arroyo
Multilocus Sequence Typing of Staphylococcus
Identification of Yersenia pestis
Unequal Homologous Recombination
Exploring the Production of Organic Carbon
epidermidis to Discriminate Pathogenic from Non-
Effector Protein Yope Suppressors
Contribution to solo LTR Formation
in Minnesota’s Northern Lakes
pathogenic Isolates
Using a Yeast Model System.
in Rice Genome
John Younger, Ph.D.
John R. Geiser, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Brennetzen, Ph.D.
Jim Cotner, Ph.D.
Univ. of Michigan -Ann Arbor
Western Michigan University
Univ. of Georgia
Univ. of Minnesota
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Ms. Adriana Díaz
M172A Mutation in the Nef Protein can Enhance
Dimerization
J. Victor Garcia, Ph.D.
Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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Ms. Alexandra Rosado
Themodynamic Properties of Ligand Binding to Isocitrate Lyase from Microbacterium
tuberculosis
Andrew Murking, Ph.D.
Univ. of Buffalo
Financial Support & Mentoring were provided
by the following institutions:
Baylor College of Medicine
City of Hope
Harvard Medical School
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
Michigan State University
North Carolina State University
San Jose State University
Scripps Research Institute- La Jolla
The Pennsylvania State University
The State University of New York- Buffalo
Tufts University, Boston  
University of Calif.-San Diego
University of Colorado
University of Georgia - Athens
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey – Newark
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia Commonwealth University
Western Michigan University
Woods Hole- Oceanographic Inst.
Financial support to coordinate
all student activities were provided by:
National Institutes of Health grant to UPR Cayey – RISE Program
(R25 GM59429-13)
Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement
Merck Pharmaceutical Co.
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Ms. Arlene González
Ms. Amarilys López
Hyperglycemia Reduces ERK Phosphorylation but
Immunohistochemical Analysis of Gamma-
Increases O-GlcNAcylation in
Histone 2A.X, a Marker of DNA Lesions, in Mice
Rat Aortic Endothelial Cells
Treated with Trovafloxacin
Jorge Suarez, MD, PhD
Robert Roth, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Michigan State Univ. University
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Ms. Vivian Rodríguez
Ms. Amaris Borges
Characterization of Sonic Hedgehog
Controlling Nanomaterial Interactions with
Signaling in Messenchymal Stem Cells(MSC)
Ferritin Based on Size- and Shape-Selectivity
Dopamine Neurogenesis
Pranela Rameshwar, PhD
Ivan Dmochowshi, Ph.D.
New Jersey Medical School
Univ. of Pennsylvania
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Mr. Carlos Santos
Ms. Stephanie Delgado
Ms. Raisa Cordero
Ms. Dinayra Burgos
MDV3100 as a Treatment for
Effect of Substrate Stiffness on the
Identification of Endothelial Progenitor
Effects of Chronic Exposure to Methylmercury
Luminal Breast Cancer C
Morphology of Cardiomyocyte
Population in Cultured Primary Artery
On the Expression of GABAA Receptor Subunits
vasa vasorum Endothelial Cells
On Mouse Forebrain
Jennifer Richer, Ph.D.
Sean Palecek, Ph.D.
Evgenia Gerasimovskaya, Ph.D.
William Atchison, Ph.D.
University of Colorado- Denver
Univ. of Wisconsin
Univ. of Colorado
Michigan State University
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Mr. Carlos Báez
Ms. Valeria Rivera
Mr. Rodney Durán
Ms. Dorianmarie Vargas
Tailoring of Light Scattering in
Epilepsy in
Combining the Off-target Effects of Widely
Cloning of At5g54060 from Metabolically
Composite Microspheres for
Australian Shepherd Dogs
Available NRF2-inducing Drugs may Result in
Programmed Red Cells of
Spectrum-Splitting Solar Cells
New Therapies for Acute Mountain Sickness
Arabidopsis thaliana
Thomas Mallouk, Ph.D.
Ned Patterson, Ph.D.
David Irwin, Ph.D.
De yu Xie, Ph.D.
Penn State Univ.
Univ. of Minnesota
Univ. of Colorado
North Carolina State Univ.
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Mr. Carlos Castrodad
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Ms.Vanessa Pinto
Ms. Sheydanis Díaz
Mr. Elias Pabón
Characterization of UDP-GalNac:Polypeptide
Effects of Moderate Forced Exercise on
Cloning of the High Voltage Activated
Creating Flexible Colloidal Chains
α N-Acetylgalactosaminyl Transferases;
Radial Arm Maze Acquisition in
Calcium Channel β- subunits for
Made from Flattened Spheres
Enzymes Critical for O-Glycosylation of
Middle-Aged Male Sprague-Dawley Rats
Expression in HEK 293 Cells
Cryptosporidium Mucin-like Proteins
Lisa Baker, Ph.D.
Bill Atchison, Ph.D.
Darrell Velegol, Ph.D.
Honorine Ward, Ph.D.
Western Michigan University
Michigan State Univ.
Penn State Univ.
Tufts Medical School
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Mr. Erick Pérez
Ms. Ormarie Vázquez
Ms. Melisa Medina
Mr. Francisco Fuster
Construction of a Sleeping Beauty Transposon
Investigating the Expression of FGFR2 in
Apoptotic Cell Clearance in Drosophila
Heart Failure: The Role of IL-18
Vector System to Overexpress Hemopexin in
Breast Cancer Subtypes
Nathalie Franc, Ph.D.
Lori Walker, Ph.D.
Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla, Calif.
Univ. of Colorado -Denver
Transgenic Sickle Cell Disease Mice
Clifford Steer, Ph.D.
Melissa Davis, Ph.D.
Univ. of Minnesota
Univ. of Georgia
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Mr. Erick Rodríguez
Ms. Paola La Santa
Ms. Mónica Rios
Mr. Frank Soto
CD38 Expression in Human Airway
Altered Skin and Thymus Structure in
Cytotoxic Effects of Methylmercury on
Wipe It Out!
Smooth Muscle Cells:
Postnatal Mice Following Loss of
Voltage Gated Calcium Channels Isoforms
Understanding the Size and Surface Area of
Regulation through microRNAs
APC Function during Embryogenesis
Mathur Kannan, Ph.D.
Nancy Manley, Ph.D.
William Atchison, Ph.D.
Joel Kermin, Ph.D.
Univ. of Minnesota
Univ. of Georgia
Michigan State Univ.
Univ. of Wisconsin
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Ms. Frances González
Mr. Pedro Rodríguez
Mr. Omar Padilla
Mr. Gabriel Pérez
Determining if the Variable Region of
Effects of Copper on Nuclear Receptor
Bacteria in Activated Wastewater through
Enhanced Liver Regeneration with
Acocostatin is Critical for an
Target Gene Expression in the
Culture-Independent Molecular Techniques
Percutaneous, Pulsed, near Infrared Light:
Apoptotic Induction of HeLa cells Animal Model of Wilson’s Disease
Julio Soto, Ph.D.
David Moore, Ph.D.
Cleber Ouverney, Ph.D.
Robert Fisher, Ph.D.
San José State Univ.
Baylor College of Medicine
San Jose State Univ.
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
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Mr. Iván García
Ms. María Bernand
Mr. Luis Rodríguez
Ms. Jarelys Pérez
Regulation of DUSP’s
Methylmercury Effects on
Design and Construction of Fiber Optical Modules
Leukotoxin-Mediated Cell Death Mechanisms
by GnRH in Pituitary Gonadatropes
Dopamine Synthesis in
For Simultaneous Diffuse Optical and Magnetic
In B Cells and T Cells
PC12 Pheochromocytoma Cells
Resonance Imaging of Breast Cancer
Mark Lawson, Ph.D.
John Goudreau, Ph.D.
David Busch, Ph.D.
Scott Kachlany, Ph.D.
Univ. of Calif.-San Diego
Michigan State Univ.
Univ. of Pennsylvania
New Jersey Medical School
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Ms. Janice Díaz
Ms. María Castello
Mr. Luke Rodríguez
Ms. Jennifer Ocasio
Effects of Short Term Exposure to Methylmercury
Effect of Environmental Toxicants in the
The Association of Sleep Abnormalities with
Detection of Nitric Oxide
On the Expression of GABAA Receptor Subunits
Release of Neuropeptide Substance P in
Cognitive Impairment and Depression in
with a Modified Diamond Microelectrode (DME)
Mouse Olfactory Epithelium
Hemodialysis Patients
William Atchison, Ph.D.
Colleen Hegg, Ph.D.
Mark Sarnak, Ph.D.
Gregory Swain, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Michigan State Univ.
Tufts Medical School
Michigan State Univ.
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Ms. Janice Nieves
Ms. Marienid Flores
Ms. Lyanne Rolón
Mr. Jesse Díaz
Co-Culture of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC)
The Role of Insulin-like
Does Involuntary Exercise Alter
Effects of the Anti-Apoptotic Protein BCL-xL
and Cardiac Side Population (CSP) Cells To-
Growth Factor 1 Receptor in
GDNF Expression in a Mouse Model of
on Acute Synaptic Plasticity
wards Promoting CSP Survival Against Stress
Obesity-associated Colorectal Cancer
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis? Ronglih Liao, Ph.D.
Agostina Santoro, Ph.D.
John Spitsbergen, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Jonas, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Western Michigan University
Marine Biological Lab.- Woods Hole
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Ms. Jessica Díaz
Ms. Laura Vicente
Biogenic Amines are Essential
Anti-inflammatory Effects of the
for Non-Circadian Responses to Light
Chinese Herb Triptolide
F. Rob Jackson, Ph.D.
Patrick Ant, Ph.D.
Tufts Medical School
Univ. of Minnesota
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Mr. Joshua Rosario
Mr. Lester Rosario
Enzyme-Powered Nanomotors
Construction of a DNA-Protein
Cross-Link Substrate
Ayusman Sen, Ph.D.
Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
Penn State Univ.
Univ. of Minnesota
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Mr. Juan Feliciano
Mr. Luis De Jesús
Effect of Adenosine on IgE-
Biodegradable Silica Nanoparticle for
Dependent of Effector Funcion
Theraupetic Delivery of Doxorubicin
of Human Skin Mast Cells
Gregorio Gómez, Ph.D.
Paras Prasad, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
Univ. of Buffalo