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Bacterial Viruses Against Human Pathogens
Fellow Victoria Rodriguez is adding to our understanding of prospective industrial applications of phages
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Targeting Chaga's Plumbing to Dry Up the Disease
Victoria Vitali is learning to manipulate the genes that manage water inside tripanosomal cells in order to find potential weak spots
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Strawberries Against Drought
Soybeans can be protected against water stress by strawberry leaf extract. Stefania Venegas wants to know why.
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UNU-BIOLAC and Universidad Central de Venezuela Sign Agreement to Promote Academic Exchange in Biotechnology
The agreement stems from a successful academic experience and includes Mexican Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey as a technical ally.
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Strategic Pause to Open Calls in 2026
UNU-BIOLAC will not call for academic proposals in 2026 while the Programme reforms certain aspects of its operations.
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Clean Energy from Bioelectrochemical Systems
The III Latin-American Week of Microbial Bioelectrochemistry gathered students from the region to explore the potential of cells (literally)
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Ruben Olivares Bridged Regional Efforts to Achieve Effectiveness Against Plant Bacterial Pathogens
His fellowship seeks to resolve issues to formulate biocontrol inoculants with local genetic resources against aggressive crop pathogens
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Turning Lichens into High-Tech Starts with the Typical Petri Dish
Erika Calla learnt how to cultivate Peruvian lichens to be able to study the secrets to their tolerance to ultraviolet radiation
