As a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, Assistant Professor of Biology Ana Fiszbein was named a Pew Latin American Fellow. Now, five years later and across the river, a postdoc in Professor Fiszbein’s lab at BU has received the same honor.
Maritere Urióstegui-Arcos joins the ranks of the prestigious Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences, a program that “provides support for young scientists from Latin America to receive postdoctoral training in the United States.” Urióstegui-Arcos is from Mexico; Professor Fiszbein, the Principal Investigator (PI) of her lab, is from Argentina. Maritere is the first Pew Latin American Fellow from BU.
“I am so grateful to have been awarded this distinction. I would like to express gratitude to my PI Ana Fiszbein, as well as my previous advisors, for all the advice and support throughout this process,” she said.
“Being a Pew Latin American Postdoctoral Fellow myself revolutionized my career and opened me up to amazing opportunities,” Professor Fiszbein said. “I am super excited to see Maritere embarking on this same journey. She is brilliant and extremely deserving of this prestigious award.”
Using innovative biotechnology, the Fiszbein Lab explores the complex processes between transcription and RNA in mammals, laying the groundwork for new therapeutic strategies to improve cancer treatments.
“I am confident that my postdoctoral training at BU will complement the skill set I acquired during my PhD to develop new projects,” Maritere said. “I am excited to continue developing as a scientist and learn cutting-edge genetics and computational biology techniques as a Pew fellow in the Fiszbein Lab.”
Steve Ramirez, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, was also recognized by Pew this year as one of their Biomedical Scholars. He is director of the Ramirez Group, a lab that focuses on memory storage and mental illness; the program will provide funding to him and other “young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.”