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PRIMER invites you to our annual symposium at Universidad del Turabo

PRIMER invites you to our annual symposium at Universidad del Turabo

Speakers

Dr. María del Carmen Cuevas Marchantes (Chief Scientist, PharmaMar, Spain; Keynote)
Dr. Abel J. Baerga Ortiz (University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences; Guest Co-chair)
Dr. Carlos Ríos Velázquez (University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez)
Dr. Filipa Godoy-Vitorino (Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus)
Dr. Michelle M. Martínez Montemayor (Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón)
Dr. Ileana Rodríguez (University of Puerto Rico-Humacao)
Dr. Beatriz Zayas (Metropolitan University–San Juan)
Ms. Jayleen Díaz Mercado (Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo)

Welcome

Nowadays, disciplines seek to combine innovative solutions to face environmental challenges to life on Earth. Everyday, profound scientific initiatives disclose microbial properties that are valuable to understand and to deal with environmental constraints that mankind has made. Therefore, we are convening international and local researchers, within an interdisciplinary scenario, to discuss microbial capabilities and diversity with potential for novel products. We take this opportunity to examine scientific advances towards environmental balances, sustainable development, and societal progress with lessons for innovation. New discoveries are achieved by searching for frontiers in environmental microbiology. 

We, at Universidad del Turabo and the Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research (PRIMER), recognize our responsibility to search for and carry out research that will provide solutions to environmental constraints and descriptions of novel and intriguing biological phenomena. This is a task for multiple disciplines and a commitment for the global scientific community to achieve transformations.


The PRIMER pursues a better understanding of microbial roles within the Neotropical environment with global impact. We invite you to be part of this journey:


IX Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology: Tropical Bioprospecting Venture 

Friday, March 11, 2016 • Universidad del Turabo • Gurabo, PR

8 AM • Biblioteca Museo Gobernador Pedro Rosselló, UT

Program 2016

Scientific Program
Conveners:  Dr. Sharon A. Cantrell and Dr. José R. Pérez-Jiménez, Universidad del Turabo, PR
 Dr. Abel J. Baerga Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences, PR
8:00 am       Registration
8:45 am        Welcome Remarks
                     Dr. Roberto Lorán, Vice-Chancellor, Universidad del Turabo, PR
                     Dr. Sharon A. Cantrell, Associate Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research, UT
                     Ms. Yomarie Bernier, President, PRIMER Student Chapter, UT
9:00 am       Dr. Alejandro Ruiz Acevedo Lecture
                     Discovery and development of marine-derived anti-cancer drugs
                                Dr. María del Carmen Cuevas Marchantes • Chief Scientist, PharmaMar, Spain
9:45 am        Bioprospecting of botanical remedies and their in vivo activities for diabetes therapy
                     Dr. Michelle M. Martínez-Montemayor • Universidad Central del Caribe
10:15 am       Bioprospecting Puerto Rican Herpetofauna: Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi case study
                     Dr. Ileana Rodríguez Vélez • University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
10:45 am      Break
11:00 am       From bioprospecting to medicinal drugs: the role of toxicological analysis
                     Dr. Beatriz Zayas • Universidad Metropolitana
11:30 am       Lignin degrading bacteria at coastal lagoons
                     Ms. Jayleen M. Díaz Mercado • Universidad del Turabo
11:45 am       Bioprospection through an ecologists eye: a metagenomics-guided visit to the microbial world
                     Dr. Filipa Godoy-Vitorino • Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus
12:15 pm       Integrated Boricua's Bioprospecting models: One Bioprospects, various answers and much more questions...
                     Dr. Carlos Ríos-Velázquez • University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
12:45 pm      Closing Remarks: A bioprospecting initiative for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
                     Dr. Abel J. Baerga Ortiz • University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences
1:00 pm        Adjourn. Dr. José R. Pérez-Jiménez • Universidad del Turabo

                     Lunch and Poster Session. Salón de Actos, UT
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