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Institute activities recognised as being of educational interest by Uruguay’s national education authority

Institute activities recognised as being of educational interest by Uruguay’s national education authority

Uruguay’s National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), the public body responsible for the country’s primary and secondary education system, has recognised the ...
Research on quinoa and machine learning proposes a new way of measuring skin age

Research on quinoa and machine learning proposes a new way of measuring skin age

Skin age is not determined solely by what we can observe with the naked eye, such as wrinkles or changes in texture. It is also related to processes that take place at ...
Three New Startups Join LAB+

Three New Startups Join LAB+

The startups were selected through an international call for applications that attracted 32 submissions, followed by a rigorous due diligence process, technical and ...
Researchers discover a “switch” that activates the virulence of the bacterium that causes leptospirosis

Researchers discover a “switch” that activates the virulence of the bacterium that causes leptospirosis

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, opens new avenues for understanding how this bacterium causes disease. Leptospirosis is transmitted through ...
Uruguayan science secures Human Frontier funding

Uruguayan science secures Human Frontier funding

The project, titled “Decoding an Ancient RNA Social Network,” was proposed by Amy Buck (United Kingdom), Ruth Ley (Germany), Stefanie Kaiser (Germany), and Juan Pablo ...
A complete map of the genome of the Chagas parasite changes what was known about its biology

A complete map of the genome of the Chagas parasite changes what was known about its biology

The study, published in the journal BMC Genomics, not only redefines how the organization of its genome is understood—since for years it was thought to be fragmented—but ...
Resolve Therapeutics and Institut Pasteur Collaborate to Identify Cell-Free RNA Triggers in Autoimmunity

Resolve Therapeutics and Institut Pasteur Collaborate to Identify Cell-Free RNA Triggers in Autoimmunity

Resolve Therapeutics, a next-generation biopharma company transforming the treatment of autoimmune diseases with innovative non-immunosuppressive drugs ...
Differences in gut bacteria in children with autism

Differences in gut bacteria in children with autism

The study that observed these results, conducted by the Institut Pasteur of Montevideo together with the School of Nutrition at the University of the Republic (Udelar) ...
Regional collaboration contributes to the development of biodegradable material for cardiovascular stents

Regional collaboration contributes to the development of biodegradable material for cardiovascular stents

In Argentina, Merlo worked on the design and characterization of an iron-based biodegradable alloy that could be used to manufacture stents—the small metal mesh tubes ...
New kits improve the detection of a disease in dairy cattle

New kits improve the detection of a disease in dairy cattle

The study was published in the April issue of the Journal of Virological Methods and is now available online.Bovine leukosis may show no symptoms for years, yet it still ...
Valentine’s love — also in science

Valentine’s love — also in science

Kidney cells under the microscope.The dark circles are the nuclei of each cell, and the fluorescent dots are mitochondria stained with a contrast substance. The ...
IP Montevideo Part of Uruguay’s Delegation to China

IP Montevideo Part of Uruguay’s Delegation to China

In this context, on Wednesday the 4th, Correa signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese biotechnology company interested in participating in the early stages ...
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