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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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
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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.
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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