PhD student María del Carmen Ramos Álamo presented her research at SPIE Medical Imaging 2026 in Vancouver, Canada. She participated in the Student 3-Minute Poster Competition and presented during the Image Processing and AI/ML Applications track. Her work investigates whether morphological and texture features extracted from brightfield microscopy can distinguish fibroblast and myofibroblast states without…
Undergraduate student Javier Caraballo will be joining Bacardi Corporation for a COOP experience this semester! He will be working at their facility in Cataño, Puerto Rico, as part of the continuous improvement team. Javier will contribute to projects focused on fermentation process optimization within the spirits manufacturing industry. Congratulations, Javier, on this exciting achievement!
Valeria De La Rosa Villarreal, MS student in Chemical Engineering, has joined the BioMaRT Lab.
PhD student María del Carmen Ramos Álamo presented her research at the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) 2026 Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, through both a poster and an oral presentation. Her work focused on the biological interpretation of fibroblast–myofibroblast differentiation, integrating experimental insights with computational approaches developed during her PhD. She attended the conference as a recipient…
PhD student María del Carmen Ramos Álamo presented her research at the 1st Symposium in Computer Science Research held at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, where she received the Best Graduate Student Presentation Award. Her talk highlighted the computational component of her PhD research, applying image analysis and machine learningto study fibroblast–myofibroblast differentiation, in collaboration with Dr. Michael Alvarez (UPR-RP). We congratulate…
PhD student María del Carmen Ramos Álamo participated in a session of the IEEE EMBS UPRM Student Mentorship Program, where she shared her academic and research journey with undergraduate students. Her participation contributed to ongoing mentorship efforts aimed at supporting students interested in bioengineering and interdisciplinary research paths.
Congratulations to Jesús Jiménez on successfully defending his Master’s thesis! His work, developed in collaboration with CMaT, focused on innovative approaches for capturing secretome-associated biomarkers to support monitoring strategies in mesenchymal stem cell manufacturing. We’re proud of Jesús’s dedication and contributions to the lab and wish him continued success in the next stage of his professional journey!
The BioMaRT Lab participated in the 2025 UPRM Open House, engaging with over 4,000 high school students through interactive, hands-on demonstrations in bioengineering and research. We’re proud of our team’s commitment to outreach and inspiring the next generation of STEM students.
Graduate student Deisy Jiménez participated in the PREM Annual Meeting held at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, where she presented her research during the PREM Research Symposium. The event provided an opportunity to reflect on the center’s progress, share ongoing research in materials science and engineering, and engage with collaborators from partner institutions.