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Scientists Recreate a Crucial Stage of the Toxoplasmosis Parasite in the Lab
Cats are the only animals in which the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can reproduce and form cysts, which are then shed in their feces. In the environment, these cysts ...
Leonel Malacrida Named in Photonics 100
Malacrida is the only Latin American researcher included on the list, compiled by the scientific magazine Electro Optics. The other honorees from the Americas are based ...
Fashion and Science Runway Show
The garments featured on the runway were created using images captured by the institute’s scientists during their research. They included everything from microscopic ...
María Eugenia Francia wins the Women for Science Award for the Americas
The award is presented annually by the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences, which selects the winner from a list of nominees put forward by each member ...
Intensive Agriculture Impacts Soil Microbial Diversity in Uruguay
These changes may affect essential processes for plant growth, including microbial carbon recycling—a process that occurs when soil bacteria and fungi die and their ...
A Toxoplasmosis Parasite Could Affect Male Fertility
Published in The FEBS Journal, the research demonstrated that this parasite is capable of infecting and multiplying within the testes and the epididymis—a coiled tube ...
First Young Researchers’ Day at the IP Montevideo
The event featured 48 posters and 15 oral presentations by young scientists working at the institute. Irene Ferreiro and Mauricio Castellano were awarded the prize for ...
Eradicating One Species to Help Others: A Debate on Gene Editing to Control Pests and Disease Vectors
One of the cases discussed is the New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax), a parasitic insect in the Americas that primarily affects livestock but also harms ...
From Uruguay: South America’s first obesity drug successfully completes initial human trial phase
In a groundbreaking achievement for Uruguay and South America, the first drug developed entirely within the country has successfully completed its initial phase of human ...
New Activity Book Aims to Highlight the Work of the IP Montevideo
The event featured Hellen Daghero, researcher at the Cell Biology Laboratory of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; Tatiana Mesa, the book’s illustrator; Sabrina ...
Advanced Bioimaging Unit opens new laboratory at the Hospital de Clínicas
In a ceremony attended by around one hundred people—including Álvaro Villar, Director of the Hospital de Clínicas; University of the Republic (Udelar) authorities; and ...
Uruguayan Scientific Discovery Challenges Global Understanding of RNA
The study stems from the doctoral thesis of Mauricio Castellano and was co-supervised by Juan Pablo Tosar and Mercedes Segovia, all researchers at the Institut Pasteur ...
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