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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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

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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

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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

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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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Next Course: “Micro4Agro, Methods in Soil Microbial Biotechnology for Advancing Sustainable Agriculture”, March 2026

Apply for a scholarship to participate in the course coordinated by Drs. Agaras, Lagares and Sobrero at the U.N. de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

21 Oct 2025

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Farm to Fork: Learning to Read Food's Metabolic Logs

Technology is making it easy to see the whole picture of what we eat

18 Oct 2025

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Closing the Circle for Sugarcane

Mariela Torres is working to turn acidic waste into thriving harvests

10 Sep 2025

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