Lab Activities
Christmas 2021 Previa
Almost finishing a complex year full of different national processes, with the happiness to enjoy a lunch together sharing stories and personal learning.
In a typical Peruvian restaurant of the República campus
From left to right:
Ramon, yarabi, Catalina, Erich and Cesar
First Educational Lab Activity
As an hybrid Course, following procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we opened our Laboratory to teach nine undergraduate students in groups of two.
From left to right:
Cheryl Delgado-Coindran, Almendra Castillo-Rojas; Emilio Seguel-Fuentes, Sebastian Zuñiga-Pozo; Daniel Uropea Rivera; Rachel Reyes-Lizana, Sobrino Conejeros-Lillo; Fabian Gonzalez-Martinez, Valentina Jofre-Castillo. Few other students and the teacher coordinator were following the class online
The practical laboratory for the Signal Transduction Course showed the visual transduction of the Drosophila Eye by an electroretinogram. The students activated an LED with 5V during 500ms several times. Also, they were able to see the effects of combining chronic light exposure in the ERGs and their fast recovery by turning on the light of the microscope in the middle of the experiment.
we did!!!
2021 Lab Picture
On the backside of the lab, Yarabi, Cesar, Ramon, Erick, and Catalina
Pat Pujol at MIT News
A nice note in MIT News for Patricia Pujol-Vasquez about her scientific enterprise
https://news.mit.edu/2021/patricia-pujols-accounting-studying-synapse-0826
Pat Pujol presenting at MIT
Patricia Pujol-Vasquez presenting at the end of the MIT quantitative biology summer course 2021 summit
Mini Lab Lunch
At Mardoqueos getting classic sandwiches with Yarabi Concha, Cesar Astorga, and Ramon in a mini-lab lunch meeting in Santiago after pandemic COVID
MIT quantitative Biology summer course 2021
Patricia Pujol-Vasquez stand at the MIT sign close to state center
Cover Article
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2021
Golgi-Dependent Copper Homeostasis Sustains Synaptic Development and Mitochondrial Content
Jan 13;41(2):215-233. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1284-20.2020. Epub 2020 Nov 18
SPIDUR
Patricia Pujol-Vasquez is third-year Neuroscience Bachelor Students from Univ. Central of Bayamon, Hato-Tejas, PR, was elected to participate in the Summer Program to Increase Diversity in Undergraduate Research (SPIDUR) at the University of North Carolina, at Charlotte.
Canadian Neuroscience 2019
Gretchen presenting a poster at the Canadian Neuroscience Meeting 2019, after attending the IBRO international course
Lab Picture 2019
Natalie, Ramon, Claudia, Rossana and Gretchen
Southern School of Biophysics 2019
Participants
Southern school of Biophysics 2019
Gretchen and Dr. Ramon Latorre
Understanding Neuronal Activity
Understanding Neuronal Activity Workshop, Bayamon 2018
Lab Lunch at Pondersosa
Pat Pujols, Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Gretchen Macias, Agustin Gonzalez, Ramon Jorquera
Iowa's Friends Social at SFN 2018
Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Chun-Fang Wu, Ramon Jorquera, Martin Burg, Yi Zhong
SfN Travel Awards
Natalie is Natural from Bayamon at Metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, she graduated from Biology in May of 2018 at the University of Puerto Rico, completing an Industry training in Indulac company. She conducts Drosophila Research and Lab Management. She obtains the Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) in Sep of 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk_A_3drhro&feature=youtu.be
Drosophila Network of Puerto Rico 2018
The organizer of DronetPR 2018 Dr. Andrew Seeds, Assistant Professor at the Inst. of Neurobiology of UPR, and the Lab members after the presentations.
Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Agustin Gonzalez-Ruiz and Jose Guzman-Gutierrez
DronetPR
jose Guzman-Gutierrez, the only BSc Student in an oral presentation.
The Dream Team
Three Lab members selected for an oral presentation at DronetPR at the Institute of neurobiology in old San Juan.
Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Agustin Gonzalez-Ruiz and Jose Guzman-Gutierrez
New Academic Year 2018
Full house early working at New Academic Year 2018.
Patrica Pujol-Vazquez, Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Abel, Agustin Gonzalez-Ruiz, Gretchen Macias-Mendez
Summer 2018 Picture
Gretchen Macias-Mendez, Patricia Pujol-Vazquez, Jose Guzman, Natalie Ortiz-Vega, Ramon Jorquera, Agustin Gonzalez-Ruiz, Jose Fournier
Agustin's PhD Graduation 2018
Ramon Jorquera, Waleska Crespo (President of UCC), Agustin Gonzalez-Ruiz,
Adolfo Kranz (President of Trustees), Delia Camacho-Feliciano (Dean of Research), J.Ginel Rodriguez (Dean of Medicine)
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Hermansky-Pudlak-Syndrome (HSP) Network in San Juan, PR
Ramon & Ismael with the HSP albino community
Speaking about memory and neurolinguistic programming at WAPA
Speaking about memory and neurolinguistic programming at WAPA
MIT quantitative Biology summer course 2017
Adrian Alejandro, at MIT summer course presinting his poster
(Awarded at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students for his work done at Littleton Lab)
Firts Puerto Rican Drosophila Neurobiology Meeting: from Neural Network to Synaptic Plasticity
We begun and ambisous project which join the principal investigators of the island working in molecular neurobiology and behaviour using Drosophila as a model system, we included also people working with other mini brain as bees. At the meeting graduates and undergraduates student also presented their works in different session.
Nobel Prize selfie
in the gate to San Diego with th Nobel prize Eric Kandel
Soc. for Neuroscience Ann. Meeting 2016
Ismael with two X-mans, and ready for a new release
STEP-UP Meeting, Washington DC 2016
Crystal Burgos at the STEP-UP Meeting, Washington DC 2016
new summer students 2016
After lunch picture at the Bayamon Golf Court with new summer students 2016
Agustin, Eduardo, Bryan, Ramon, Ismael and Crystal
Going to LA for the Biophysical Meeting 2016
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in LA for the Biophysical
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Ismael and Agustin Presenting Posters at the Biophysical Meeting 2016
Ismael D Santiago with Dr. Erdem Karatekin, Assistant Professor at Yale, and
Dr. Kevin D. Gillis, Professor at Univ of Misouri with Agustin Gonzalez-Ruiz
Some Pizza at the Lab
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Puertorican Neuroscience Research Conference December 8, 2015
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Complexin Modulates Quantal Release by Altering Coupling at Ca2+ Nano and Microdomain
Eduardo and Franchesca
Synaptic reordering after a natural pattern of nerve stimulation
Dr. Jose Lasalde from Univ .of Puerto Rico and Brian Melendez-Medina
Synapsin null increases calcium sensitivity of vesicle fusion and alter short-term synaptic plasticity at Drosophila NMJ
Agustin and Dr. Melendez from Univ .of Puerto Rico
VAMP7 regulates synaptic vesicle cycling in Drosophila NMJ
Ismael with X-man
Eduardo and Agustin Birthday Celebration
Proud for the diversity of our students
Visiting Chun-Fang Wu's Lab after SfN 2015
Ramon, Dr. Atulya Iyengar, Dr. Atsushi Ueda, Dr. Chun-Fang Wu
1st Place at Poster Competition in the 2nd Puerto Rico Cell Signaling Meeting
Eduardo Quiroz got the 1st Place at Poster Competition in the 2nd Puerto Rico Cell Signaling Meeting His research entitled “Bidirectional Regulation of Synchronous, Asynchronous and Delayed Release by Complexin”
Summer STEP-UP student
Ramon and Jose Muniz-Gomez, finishing high-school Jose was enrolled at STEP-UP Nevada program presenting the scientific research performed in the Lab during summer. Jose conducted behavioral analyses in neurological mutants of Drosophila investigating the role of the head in basal behaviors.
Puertorican Neuroscience Research Conference December 6, 2014
Hector, Ismael, Liz, Ramon, Eduardo and Bryan
Biophysical Meeting, San Francisco 2014
Eduardo, Dr. Erdem Karatekin, Assistant Professor at Yale, and X Man
Travel Award, Biophysical Soc. 2014
Eduardo
New students 2014
Bayamon Golf Court with new summer students 2014
Bryan, Omarys, Ramon, Eduardo, and Ismael
Eduardo's Birthday 2013
Eduardo, Ramon and Hector