Roberto Aponte Rivera Email & Phone Number

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Instructor and Laboratory Course CoordinatorCourses taught: BIOL-3365 Molecular Biotechnology LaboratoryCurrently teaching & coordinating: BIOL-4036 Molecular & Cellular Biology LaboratoryAchievements: - Update didactic materials for BIOL-3365 to current biotechnology industry standards.- Taught 2 sections of 16 students (32 total) for BIOL-3365.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Research Assistant @Laboy-Juarez Lab, Independent Contractor

Puerto Rico

The main mission of research consulting services is to meet the client's needs. Main functions include confidential research manuscript editing, and writing on commission. Other services include presenting the client with research solutions as requested. Furthermore, services can be extended to small-scale field specimen sampling and small-scale viability.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

I worked on my Master's thesis at the lab of Dr. Katie S. Kindt investigating how subcellular signals shape hair cell development, and how these signals are required for proper physiological function. My work focused on investigating the mechanism that activates and silences hair cell synapses throughout development, using the zebrafish lateral line. By.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

I worked in the lab of Mario A. Penzo on dissecting the neural circuits underlying affective and motivated behaviors. The lab uses a multidisciplinary approach that includes behavioral assays, genetic tools, and other emerging technologies for monitoring and manipulation of neural activity. My main research project was to dissect the origin and behavioral.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

I worked in the lab of Dr. Michael J. Krashes on dissecting the neural wiring that controls hunger. To study this, the lab employs novel genetic tools and techniques to dissect conserved feeding circuits. At the lab, I learned how to perform deep stereotactic injections into the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. Furthermore, I supervised behavioral.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

I worked in the lab of Dr. Kevin G. Bath. The research focus was to understand how early life adverse experiences alter the trajectory of neural and behavioral development, the sex difference sensitivity to those signals, and the genetic mechanisms driving those changes. As part of the lab, I learned to dissect and isolate neural tissue from different.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

I worked in the lab of Dr. Christopher I. Moore on the study of neocortical brain dynamics. The main focus of the lab is investigating the origins and computational value of neocortical oscillations, and the role of brain vasculature on information processing. During my rotation, I learned how to use computational tools (i.e. Matlab) to analyze brain.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

I worked in the lab of Cristina Velazquez-Marrero on studying the effects of molecular and cellular ethanol tolerance on behavioral alcohol consumption. Initially, I developed a protocol to induce persistent molecular ethanol tolerance. I later assayed behavioral ethanol tolerance and drinking escalation via a Drinking in the Dark paradigm and 2-Bottle.

New York City Metropolitan Area

I worked in the lab of Dr. Eric J. Nestler on studying the molecular mechanisms of drug addiction and depression in animal models. My research work was based on an established collaboration between the Nestler and Velazquez-Marrero labs. The main focus of my work was to investigate whether the global knockdown of beta-Catenin within the nucleus accumbens.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

I worked in the lab of Dr. José L. Agosto Rivera on how circadian rhythms interact to regulate homeostasis, physiology, and mental states in health and disease. I learned how to dissect fruit fly brains for PFA-fixed whole-brain immunohistochemistry. I also learned how to operate a confocal microscope for imaging immunohistochemically processed tissue.

Master Of Science - Ms, Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology