Leonel Malacrida Named in Photonics 100

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 in the United States and Canada.   Photonics plays a central role in everyday technologies...
Fashion and Science Runway Show

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 views of the cells that form a mole and crystals of a parasite-related protein, to the structures that...
A Toxoplasmosis Parasite Could Affect Male Fertility

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 attached to each testis that stores and transports sperm—causing cellular damage, inflammation, and...
First Young Researchers’ Day at the IP Montevideo

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 Best Oral Presentation. Meanwhile, Victoria Núñez-Barón, Saira Cancela, Jonathan Bastidas, Sofía...