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	<title>Microbial and Biochemical Technology Lab @ UPRM</title>
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	<description>As part of the Bio-MINDS Program</description>
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		<title>Bio-MINDS Research Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this symposium, which took place in the Biotechnology Development and Training Complex on March 21st, all the partipants were able to share their findings during their 3 semesters of lab work.  It was impressive to see the size of the program and how excited the participants were about finally showing the product of their dedication [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=59&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Growth!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February of 2009, the project moved ahead since all the materials and methods where already available to perform the preliminary experimental procedures.  However, due to my young experience working with filamentous fungi, performing the experiment for the first time did not go exactly as expected.  Inoculation of liquid cultures of P. chrysosporium, requires acquisition [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=56&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new year has come!  And at the same time there is plenty of work that has to be done, now that all the materials neccesary are available.  Our goals for this semester are:

Successfully grow Phanerochaete chrysosporium in both rich and basal medium to observe non-granulated vs. pelletized cultures.
Perform a protein expression screen to observe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=50&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Post &#8211; Fall Semester 2008&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The current search for environmentally friendly methods for waste disposal, detoxification, and alternative fuel sources, among others, filamentous fungi have become useful tools for the development of novel industrial bioprocesses. Their morphological and cell wall properties confer adequate characteristics suitable for large-scale culture environments that increase productivity. Still, the size of mycelial clumps has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=45&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Almost there&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of today, the preliminary procedures of the project have being started, that include Phanerochaete chrysosporium culture preparation.  Materials and equipment necessary to start the experimental procedures has been ordered and I am waiting for their arrival.  For this reason, the level of progress of my project is still a 2 since the essential equipment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=39&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So far&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A technique tha will be used in my project is the Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate- Poly-Acrilamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).  This technique consists in the separation of a protein sample that migrates through a porous matrix that controls the migration of its components according to their sizes when exposed through an electric field.  The protein sample is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=33&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phanerochaete chrysosporium&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     In the Microbial and Biochemical Technology Lab in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez we are interested in finding organisms capable of degrading plant biomass from lignocellulosic plants in order to produce useful compounds like ethanol or lignin-derived products.  My project consists on protein characterization of media that reduces pelletization [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=29&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In NYC&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     This summer I had the opportunity to perform research at Columbia University in New York City as part of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences &#8211; Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program.  I was a member of Dr. Brent R. Stockwell&#8217;s Lab that searches for novel cell death pathways.  My work involved the characterization [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=26&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So far&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This semester has brought some advances in the research project but also some setbacks that have slowed down the research.  I have been involved in using a new technique for the creation of truncated proteins for the expression of recombinant proteins.  Some problems with ligation reactions slowed down the process of design of a new construct [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fap1.wordpress.com&blog=2739685&post=15&subd=fap1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biovisits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visiting other biopeers&#8217; sites allowed me to get to know their research projects and  know the diversity of projects available at my campus.  I was able to ask questions to other peers about their research and discuss differents aspects of their projects.
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