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SAH propagation techniques for tuber germplasm

A regional biotechnological collaboration to benefit producers and concumers of Latin American and Caribbean staples

30 Aug 2025

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UNU-BIOLAC announces the winners of the Training Courses Program for 2026

Following the June Open Call, the verdict by external evaluators is in. Congratulations to the winners.

29 Aug 2025

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UNU-BIOLAC announces the winners of the Fellowship Program for 2026

Following the June Open Call, the verdict by external evaluators is in. Congratulations to the winners.

29 Aug 2025

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Understanding Cancer, One Cell at a Time

Dr. Ricardo Chinchilla coordinated the course on Single Cell transcriptomic analysis at the University of Costa Rica

28 Aug 2025

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Maricary Sifontes is Constructing Efficient Delivery Systems for Gene Therapy

Designed In-silico, the new peptides traveled from Cuba to Brazil for testing

27 Aug 2025

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Save Toads, Beat Cancer

Nature is a repository of therapeutic molecules, and Talia Frometa's work is living proof of why we need to protect her

21 Aug 2025

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Next Course: “Microbes for food security 2025-A RELAR-PGPRLat joint workshop”, December 2025

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the workshop coordinated by Dr. Claudio Valverde at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina.

14 Aug 2025

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Gabriela Ramos is helping save cocoa plantations from an aggresive fungus

By using computers to model its pathogenic effector proteins and their interactions with possible blockers

14 Aug 2025

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Candela Bayon is studying G-quadruplexes looking for answers to the onset of genetic diseases

Non-canonical DNA structures like these may hold the key to understanding how some types of cancer are triggered.

13 Aug 2025