CURRENT MEMBERS

Lab Technicians

Alejandra Beltrán

Research Assistant

alejandrabel2027@gmail.com

Griselle Valentin

Research Assistant

grvalentin@hotmail.com

Grad Students

Lymarie Díaz-Díaz

PhD Candidate

lymarie.diaz@upr.edu

I am currently characterizing the role of microbiota during regeneration processes on sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. The intestine is associated with a high density of microorganisms that regulate multiple processes, from metabolism to development and homeostasis of the whole body. With an organism that has an amazing potential to regenerate the whole digestive tract, we can study this processes in more depth. With this project, I aim to decipher the microbial association that are pivotal to regeneration, and what processes are influenced by those microorganisms.

Joshua G. Medina-Feliciano

PhD Student | NIH RISE Fellow

joshua.medina8@upr.edu

Currently, my projects are focused towards the understanding of regeneration of the sea cucumber from a genomic aspect. Particularly, I am working towards generation of new genomic data that can provide an insight into the molecular aspects of regeneration.