The United Nations University Programme of Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean has funded over 400 short fellowships for scientists that have an opportunity to train in or do a piece of research with technology available in laboratories outside of their home country. This not only speeds up the transfer of research technology and know-how whithin the region, but also solidifies scientific collaboration networks across the continent.
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Something Old, Something New
João Wagner used classical microbiological techniques paired with Next-Generation genomic technology to advance microbiome and antimicrobial research
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The Bat-Man connection through a One Health Biolens
Roman Espinal is transmitting epidemiological surveillance capabilities that support the case against habitat loss.
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An Omics Revisit of The Archeus
Mayra Parente's work is aligning ancient medical intuition with modern biology.
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Meat the Light
Sofía Castaño is advancing optical methodologies to assess meat for traceability, paving the way to other non-destructive tisular probes
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Turning the Tables: Getting a Pathogen to Work for Us
María José Acuña studies Salmonella's molecular secretion systems to recruit them for bioproduction
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Threat-hunting in the River
Miguel Mateo Rodríguez trained to identify antimicrobial resistance in freshwater and bring the know-how back to Colombia
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Planning for Climate-Adapted, Sustainable Agriculture
Layla Chmeit is looking to find agricultural allies among the inhabitants of harsh environments, which may be well prepared for what's coming.
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Exploring the Cell-to-Factory Path
Marcia Carrasco is evaluating parameters for the production scale-up of monoclonal antibodies, hoping to bring the technology to Bolivia
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Bacteria Against Medicines
Medicine pollution is a growing environmental issue with far-reaching consequences. Paola Velásquez tackles it with the help of 𝑃𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑎s
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Looking for TB's Weak Spot
Chiara Coronel went to Germany to elucidate Mycobacterium's defensive machinery