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Strategic Pause to Open Calls in 2026
UNU-BIOLAC will not call for academic proposals in 2026 while the Programme reforms certain aspects of its operations.
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Next Course: “Workshop on Bioprocess with Recombinant Microorganisms: Fermentation, Recovery and Purification of a Recombinant Enzyme at Pilot Scale”, May – June 2026
Apply for a scholarship to participate in the international workshop coordinated by Dr. Leobardo Serrano at IBT, UNAM, in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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From Reef to RiPPs: Bioprospection for Antibiotics
Fernanda Claverías is using the latest technologies to elucidate potential antimicrobials from Chilean coastal ecosystems
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Sugarcane Supercapacitors of the Future
Florencia Bernassani is laying the ground for electronics that are biodegradable and rely less on strategic minerals
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Priming Crops Against Their Enemies by Fostering an Ancient Partnership
María Florencia Sardo is learning how local soil bacteria give plants an edge in the presence of a global menace
Announcement
Next Course: “Reverse Genetics of Viruses & Applications in Virotherapy and Vaccine Development”, May 2026
Apply for a scholarship to participate in the international course coordinated by Dr. Pilar Moreno at the Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay
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Seeing is Believing: How to Visualize What's Happening inside Biotechnological Systems
Advancing research through an intensive interdisciplinary training on imaging, mechanics, and development, held at the University of Chile.
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Cannabinoids for Angiogenesis
Javiera Fontecilla is investigating how to get stem cells to produce the therapeutic molecules needed for cell-free regenerative medicine
