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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

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 influencing agriscience innovation. 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:

X Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology: Agricultural Innovation

Friday, March 17, 2017 • Universidad del Turabo • Gurabo, PR

8 AM • Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, UT

Program 2017

Scientific Program
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Co-Chairs:  Dr. Sharon A. Cantrell and Dr. José R. Pérez-Jiménez, Universidad del Turabo, PR
Conveners: Mr. Jonathan J. López-Carrasquillo and Ms. Alexis P. Healion Del Valle, Universidad del Turabo, PR

8:00 am       Registration

8:45 am       Welcome Remarks
                     Dr. Sharon A. Cantrell, Associate Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research, UT
                     Dr. Teresa Lipsett Ruiz, Dean, Natural Sciences and Technology, Universidad del Turabo, PR.
                     Mr. Jonathan J. López-Carrasquillo, Public Relations Officer, PRIMER Student Chapter, UT
9:00 am       USDA Caribbean Climate Hub: Reducing climate related risks to tropical forestry and agriculture
                    Dr. William A. Gould • Director, USDA Caribbean Climate Hub, US Forest Service, San Juan, PR

9:30 am       Dr. Alejandro Ruiz Acevedo Lecture
                   Phytoplasmas: Pathogenic bacteria inhabiting plant phloem
                    Dr. Lydia I. Rivera Vargas • Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR

10:30 am      Fluorine: A key piece in the puzzle of the agrochemical syntheses
                     Dr. Claribel Báez Félix • Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR

11:00 am      Characterization and regulation of expression of an antifungal peptide from hemolymph of an insect, Manduca sexta
                     Dr. Martha C. Giraldo • University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR

11:30 am       Soil Sciences: A Universe of Magic, Mystery and Knowledge
                     Dr. Miguel A. Muñoz Muñoz • University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR

12:00 pm     Closing Remarks: Agricultural innovations
                     Dr. José R. Pérez-Jiménez • Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR
12:30 pm      Lunch and Poster Session. Salón de Actos, UT
                      

                                                                       
XI Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology
Friday, March 16, 2018 • Universidad del Turabo


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