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There’s nothing more rewarding than watching students grow, present their work, and shine beyond the classroom. 💙🧬 Proud of these students and excited to see where science takes them next. ✨

Students:
María I. Morales Quezada - IDGeNe Class 2024-2026
Karina Y. Torres Santiago - IDGeNe Class 2025-2027

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A proud moment for our lab ✨

At the 46th Annual Research and Education Forum, our students showcased research developed during their internships alongside projects from our lab—highlighting their growth as emerging scientists 🔬🩷

Girls from Ghezzi Lab taking over ERN 2026 💙🔬

So proud of this amazing group of undergraduate researchers representing Puerto Rico in Atlanta 🇵🇷✨

Special shoutout to Marife for earning 2nd place in poster presentations 🏆👏

✨ Student Spotlight – The Ghezzi Lab ✨

Celebrating the incredible achievements of our students and their growing impact in science:

🔬 Fernando is a PhD candidate and NeuroGrad Fellow who presented at the first BioLunch of the semester, sharing his work on alcohol tolerance and circadian neurons.

🧬 Alexandra represented our lab at the 67th Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago, presenting her work on neuroadaptations to alcohol, and is currently a RAMP-UP postbaccalaureate fellow.

🏆 Marife, an undergraduate student, presented her research at the TriBeta District Convention, earning 🥇 1st Place in Oral Presentations for her work on Tip60 and alcohol tolerance in Drosophila.

We are incredibly proud of their dedication, growth, and contributions to science. The future is bright! 🔥

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Our undergraduate researchers represented The Ghezzi Lab at the SACNAS UPRRP 3rd Local Conference, sharing their research and passion for science with the community.

👏 María I. Morales Quezada – 3rd Place Poster Presentation
👏 Karina Y. Torres Santiago
👏 María F. Acevedo Kury

We are incredibly proud of their hard work, curiosity, and commitment to scientific discovery. The future of science is bright! 🔬✨

Tracking flies. Refining data. Improving tolerance assays. 🪰📈

Sophia I. Barrera Manduley is working on behavioral monitoring systems to optimize our alcohol tolerance experiments in the Ghezzi Lab. 🔬✨

🔬✨ Meet Sabrina I. Vessup Pacheco, Undergraduate Student in the Chezzi Lab.

From entrepreneurship at 13 to exploring science at the bench—driven, curious, and ready to discover. 🧪🪰

🎄✨ Celebrating together a beautiful Christmas filled with laughter, friendship, and teamwork.

The Ghezzi Lab wishes you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2026, full of health, achievements, and new discoveries.

Thank you for being part of this wonderful family! 🎁🔬✨

🧠✨ So proud of our lab at the 33rd Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference ✨🧠

This past Saturday, December 6th, at the Medical Sciences Campus from UPR, three of our undergraduate students — María F. Acevedo Kury, Gabriela A. Marrero Hernández, and María I. Morales Quezada — represented our lab at Puerto Rico Neuroscience 2025, presenting their research in the poster competition.

We’re incredibly proud to celebrate María F. Acevedo Kury, who earned 🥇 first place in Behavioral Neuroscience. Her hard work, dedication, and genuine passion for research truly stood out, and this recognition is more than deserved.

Huge shoutout as well to Gabriela Marrero and María Morales for their amazing presentations and commitment to science — their future in neuroscience is looking bright.

Moments like these remind us why mentoring and supporting students is so rewarding. 💙🔬
So proud of all three!

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✨ María Morales, a student in the IDGeNe program, proudly represented GhezziLab at two national conferences this past November.

From November 15–19, she presented her research at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in San Diego, and then headed to San Antonio to participate in ABRCMS from November 19–22.

Two conferences, two amazing stages, and one passion: growing as a scientist and sharing her work with the world.
We couldn’t be prouder of her dedication, hard work, and enthusiasm! 💙🧠🔬✨