UNU Biotechnology Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean

Advancing Biotechnology Research

In a world tailored to our biological decisions, our main objective is to train biotechnologists ethically committed to the material and civic advancement of Latin American and Caribbean citizens.

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Recent News

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Webinar: Biotechnology as an Essential Tool for Circular Economy and Development

UBA and ITAPROQ launch a webinar series on biotech tools to boost circular economy, linking academic research with sustainable industry practices.

03 Dec 2025

Press Release

UNU-BIOLAC Joins D-Future Summit: Agricultura 4.0 to Promote Biotechnology in Venezuelan Agriculture

Portuguesa State in Venezuela became the epicenter of a movement to revamp agriculture with sustainability in mind

02 Dec 2025

Announcement

Next Course: “Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence Methods for the Study of Microbial Diversity: a One Health view”, June 2026

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by MSc. Amy Morán and Dr. Juan Pablo Cárdenas at Universidad de El Salvador

02 Dec 2025

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Circumventing Biology to Cure One of the Most Prevalent Diseases of the Continent

This course equipped researchers in the Americas with cutting-edge tools to study mosquito-borne RNA viruses using infectious DNA clones

29 Nov 2025

News

A Permanent Forum for International Collaboration and High-Level Biotechnological Research in Latin America

The MolBiosystems Conference united global experts and rising stars in Chile to advance gene regulation research and foster lasting collaboration.

29 Nov 2025

Announcement

Next Course: “Bacterial Nucleotide Second Messengers: Molecular Mechanisms and Biotechnological Applications”, February 2026

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Dr. Julieta Fernández and Dr. Federico Sisti at UNLP, Buenos Aires, Argentina

12 Nov 2025

Announcement

Next Course: “Genomics Applied to One Health”, February 2026

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Dr. Laura Kamenetzky at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

31 Oct 2025

Announcement

Course (and Network): “Conservation Genomics of Natural Products' Biosynthetic Genes in Latin America”, August 2026

Apply for a scholarship to explore Latin America's microbial biodiversity through genomics, collaboration, and ethical bioprospecting.

22 Oct 2025

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Courses and Fellowships

Building strong research networks and biotechnology capacity throughout Latin America and the Caribbean
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