News
Lab News
July 2022
Profe Ana travels to Colombia thanks to the UF Global Fellows Program to meet with our collaborators and attend World Leish 7!
April 2021
Tanmayee is accepted in the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program!
October 2021
Samanvitha joins the lab!
August 2021
The Porras TMI Lab Opens!! Tia and Karen join the lab!
In the Press
Profe Ana’s statue at the Smithsonian makes the local and international news!
“3D Statues Celebrate Women in STEM – including Six Cornellians” by Beth Saulnier. Cornellians. April 26, 2022.
“This Microbe Crocheting Engineer Makes the Invisible Adorable”
by Alisson Clark. University of Florida News. October 5, 2021.
“Ana Maria Porras, la Científica Colombiana que Deja Huella en el Mundo de la Ciencia”. Noticias Caracol. April 5, 2022.
“Ana María Porras, una Santandereana Líder en Ciencia Mundial”. Vanguardia Liberal. March 8, 2022.
“Una Colombiana entre las Científicas Exaltadas en el Smithsonian” by Alejandra López Plazas. El Tiempo. March 8, 2022.
Interviewed for the “Mujeres Científicas” Episode. Radio Nacional – Jóvenes con Actitud.March 7, 2022.
“Ana Maria Porras, la Ingeniera Biomédica Colombiana que Inspira a Jóvenes Científicas”. La W Radio. March 7, 2022.
“Ana Maria Porras, la Colombiana que Tendrá una Estatua en el Smithsonian” by Leonardo Botero. Colombia Visible.March, 2022.
Featured in “How ‘Spam’ Helped women in STEM to Top Colombian Twitter for Days” by Andrew Wight. Forbes #SpamDeCientificas. February 22, 2022.