In-Campus Research Fall 2021 Term

A Computational Study of the Dissociation of CaS Nanoclusters in the Extracellular Fluid of Cancer Cells: The Effect of pH in the Structure and Stability of Protonated CaS Nanoclusters

Angeliz A. Soto Acevedo (RISE student), Olga M. Rodríguez Martínez, Carolina C. Colón Colón, and Miguel Castro Rosario

Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

TNBC in vitro Model Optimization

RISE Student Natalia Ramos Acevedo, Mentor Maribella Domenech

Identification of Novel Cas Proteins In Metagenomic Datasets of Microbiomes in Puerto Rican Ecosystems

RISE student: Gabriel Jiménez Pagán
RISE mentor: Dr . Carlos Ríos Velázquez
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus

Presented by Andrea S. Flores Pérez
Mentor: Dr. Maribella Domenech

Collagen Handling

Collagen Handling
RISE student Coral Castro Rivera; The Domenech Lab

The Reactivity of Oxyhemoglobin with H2S at Physiological Conditions

UG RISE: Gabriela Diaz Figueroa; In Campus Mentor: Juan Lopez Garriga

Identification of Carbapenem-Resistant Bioprospects in Puerto Rico’s Bodies of Waters

Malavé-Ramos, Darlene

Ríos-Velázquez, Carlos

Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Enhanced iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes Adhesion and Maturation Using Protein-Polyelectrolyte Complex/Polyacrylamide Hydrogel

Ephraim J. Vázquez-Rosado and Maribella Domenech, PhD

Measuring H2S concentration using UV-VIS spectrophotometer

Xavier Bonilla Garcia , Dr. Juan Lopez-Garriga

Bioelectric Characterization of T-cells With Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Valerie Pérez Medina, Marco Becerra Arias, Rubén Díaz Rivera
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Antibacterial Effects of Protein Corona Capped Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles

Eduardo A. Chaparro-Barriera
In-campus research mentor: Dr. Magda Latorre-Esteves, Bioengineering