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Name:
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Emmanuel Cruz Torres
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Hometown:
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Villalba, PR
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Degree(s):
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B.S. Chemistry
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto
Rico, Ponce, PR
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Honors & Awards:
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Minority Travel
Fellowship Award, APS/NIDDDK,
Experimental Biology 2010 (April 2010)
Puerto Rico Alliance for the Advancement
of Biomedical Research Excellence (PRAABRE)
Fellowship, 2009/10
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Entered PhD program:
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2009
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Mentors:
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Dr. Caroline
Appleyard (RISE)
Dr. James Porter (research mentor)
Gladys Chompre (student mentor)
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Research interests: |
Neuroscience
(changes in ion channel expression after
fear conditioning and extinction) |
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