Cohort 2022-2024
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B2BMED Trainee: Mateo Joya Ayala
Institution: STC/UTRGV
Research Mentor: Dr. Blanca I. Restrepo
Research Project: Tuberculosis in Mexico
The B2BMED program is an engaging experience and gives a lot of resources that can help you improve your abilities, not only in the biomedical research field but also in your personal and academic life. The professionalism workshops and other seminars give you helpful information and keep you up to date on the new research that is being published. For me, the program gave me an opportunity to explore new possibilities in the lab. It allows me to explore new ideas and ways to do research, and right now, I am working on a completely different project, learning about a new program to manage data and do data analyses.
The impact of the B2BMED program on my future career in biomedical science research is considerable because even though I was working in a lab before the program and doing research, the experiences and resources offered by the program gave me an advantage compared to other biomedical science students. I believe that the possibility to develop a project and work with your mentor to improve and polish that idea, week after week, gives the students in the program a hands-on idea of what is the research world.
For anyone interested in applying to the B2BMED program right now, I suggest that you don't wait one more second. The benefits and experiences included in the program are unique and would give you a good picture of how the research world works.
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B2BMED Trainee: Manuel A. Duarte
Institution: TSC/UTRGV
Research Mentor: Dr. Sue Anne Chew
Research Project: The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer
The B2BMED program is an incredible opportunity to gather useful knowledge and research experience that I will be using for the rest of my professional career.
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B2BMED Trainee: Lizette Garza
Institution: STC/UTRGV
Research Mentor: Dr. Blanca I. Restrepo
Research Project: Tuberculosis (TB) in Old Age
“The program has really opened career opportunities for me and led me to learn new skills. It’s truly guided me in the right direction.”
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B2BMED Trainee: Nathaly Perdomo-Cely
Institution: TSC/UTRGV
Research Mentor: Dr. Mario Gil
Research Project: Investigate the connection between stimuli/stressor and the absence of the Immediate Early Gene Egr3 in the Dorsal Striatum, Prefrontal Cortex and the Nucleus Accumbens
Growing as a person and as a professional is only one of the many advantages that this program provides us. The skills that I have learned, and the ones to come, will benefit me in my future studies and projects, as well as my day-to-day life as a researcher. I am excited to dive more into the exciting world of research and be able to serve the community with future discoveries.
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