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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

Announcement

Next Course: “Production and Mass Spectrometry-Based Quality Control of Biotherapeutics”, November 2025

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Dr. Germán Rosano at IBR in Rosario, Argentina.

06 Aug 2025

Press Release

UNU-BIOLAC and UNAM renewed their Agreement of Cooperation

UNU-BIOLAC and UNAM-IBt Extend and Amend Strategic Agreement, boosting biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean for five more years

05 Aug 2025

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Elizabeth Monroy is studying frogs to find ways to decrease application of post-harvest fungicides in citrus crops

The frog's skin microbiome holds the keys to controlling at least some of the most feared harvest-attacking fungi

02 Aug 2025

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Next Course: “Synthetic Microbiology Symposium (SMS) 3.0: Whole-cell biosensors development ”, October 2025

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Drs. Raul Platero and Vanessa Amarelle at IIBCE in Montevideo, Uruguay

30 Jul 2025

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Next Course: “Innovative biotechnological approaches for biofilm control and characterization”, October 2025

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Dr. Paola Scavone at IIBCE in Montevideo, Uruguay

29 Jul 2025

Announcement

Next Course: “Molecular biology and biotechnology of mosquito-borne viruses of public health importance in the Americas: understanding and using virus infectious clones”, September 2025

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Drs. Juan Ludert and Andres Merits at CINVESTAV in Mexico City, Mexico.

09 Apr 2025