Biominds

Hello

It’s me, Jaime Jose Velez Fores again, and I’m writing again to give all of you more information about my investigation. Since I know that most people, including myself, don’t like to read o listen to something that’s made on a very hard, scientific language, I thought that I should explain my investigation in simple words.

Basically, I’m using nano-particles to help reduce the heart attack rate in people. Heart attack are one of the most causes of death in people. My mentor and his team are trying to use particles called quantum dots to help reduced the heart attack. It’s thought that there is a protein that is released in about six hours before an heart attack. It is also known that the protein has calcium receptors and we are trying to use that in our advantage. We want to dissolve the quantum dots in calcium solution (i.e. calcium oxide) and introduce them into the patients so that when the protein is release that quantum dots can detect the protein and warn the patient so he can be saved from the heart attack.

I got to admit that this investigations was nothing like I expected. I really thought it was going to be a boring three hours two times a week being stuck in a laboratory all alone doing the thing others didn’t wanted to do but I was completely wrong. I’ve really learn a lot in this month in my investigation. I’ve learn different instruments and methods uses to measure different things. But I think that the most important thing I’ve learn is to work as a group and to work in a group. Learning to work in a group is something that it’s really important because on every aspect of your life your going to work in a group, even in your family you’re part of a group. this investigation has really helped be to developed more as a group and to respect other decisions and points of view.

Well, I think that’s all for this time,

take care

Jaime Jose Velez Fores

Bio-Minds investigation

Hi:

My name is Jaime Jose Velez Fores and I’m currently in the Bio-Minds Investigation. I’m a student of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, in the Industrial Biotechnology Department. I’m actually at my first year of college. For those who doesn’t know, Bio-Minds (Biotechnology Mentorship Initiative to Develop Scientists Program) is a program sponsored by Amgen to promote undergraduate research in the areas of science and engineering that support the advancement of biotechnology. This is the first year of this program and we’re currently 100 students of 5 campus of the University of Puerto Rico.

I’m currently working with Dr. Miguel Castro. He’s from the Chemistry Department at the Mayaguez Campus.  He’s research it’s basically based on the used on nanoparticles. He’s working on a protein that is released in about 6 hours before a heart attack. He and his team wants to use some nanoparticles called quantum dots in order to detect the protein and prevent the heart attack

If you didn’t get it fast don’t worry, i didn’t either. But I promised i will be posting more often to get all of you informed about the investigation.

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