Annual Poster Day

I first have to mention that the Annual Poster Day was not well-organized. Some of the speakers were the same as in our first meeting. In addition, the vice-president of Amgen speech was exactly the same as the one he did at UPR-Cayey.

Then, we only had 30 minutes to present our posters. At least, a poster presentation should last for 1 hour. Moreover, there was a mess because the location was too small. Well, I tried my best to present and then to evaluate.

First, I talked with Juan C. Nieves and Suehelay Acevedo about their research. They worked encapsulating orchids to sell them as seeds. I think that their project was well-focused because they wanted to create those seeds to provide a better environment for orchids and allow them to grow. At this time, orchids are sold as adult plants and they are hard to maintain alive. In this sense, I think that their project could help to better the life of these plants by creating artificial seeds.

Then, I talked with Jaymie M. Tivera about an alternative treatment for cancer. She was studying tropical plant to extract a compound that could cure cancer. She said that the extract killed shrimps and that shrimps are similar to cancer cells (I sincerely don’t know why, neither her). In brief, I think that an alternative treatment for cancer would be excellent but I also think that this project is undeveloped and that she should read more about the project to be able to explain better.

Finally, I spoke with Laura Granda-Marulanda about the absorption of TNT from aqueous solutions with rubber based activated carbon. This project was well-focused because its aim was to treat polluted water with activated carbon obtained from old tires.

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