Commissions

Members:

• Diego Benítez
• Paula Céspedes
• Bruno Costa
• Marcelo Hornos
• Virginia López
• Verónica Marco
• María Noel Meikle
• Natalia Olivero
• Dolores Piñeiro
• Estefani Romero

Mission:

The mission of the Biosafety Committee is to advise institutional authorities to help ensure that all scientific activities are conducted safely—protecting both the Institute’s personnel and the environment—by minimizing risks associated with the handling of biological, chemical, and physical agents. To achieve this, the Committee focuses on:

• Ensuring compliance with Institutional Safety Regulations, as well as the proper management of waste.

• Preventing, controlling, and/or eliminating occupational hazards.

• Promoting training for scientific and support staff on safety matters, in coordination with the designated contacts of each Laboratory and/or Unit.

• Keeping a record of incidents and accidents in order to prevent future events.

• Developing and keeping up to date safety protocols and emergency response procedures.

Member:

• • Macarena Sarroca (assistant)
  • Ana Paula Arévalo
  • Karina Cal
  • Camila Ciuffo
  • Martina Crispo
  • Gabriel Fernández
  • Juan José Goyeneche
  • Gonzalo Greif
  • Joaquín Hurtado
  • Cecilia Maciel
  • Gonzalo Moratorio
  • Álvaro Pittini
  •  Florencia Ruppel
  • Leonardo Santos
  • Mercedes Segovia
  • Leticia Zarantonelli

  Mission

  This committee is responsible for ensuring compliance with, and enforcing, the legal regulations applicable to the use of animals in experimentation, teaching, and scientific research. It is also tasked with reviewing procedures involving experimentation, teaching, and research to be carried out at the institution, in order to advise on and determine their compatibility and feasibility in accordance with current legislation.

  The committee keeps a record of all experimentation, teaching, and research procedures involving animals conducted at the institution it advises, ensures the record is kept up to date, and submits it annually to the National Animal Experimentation Commission (CNEA).

  It also maintains and updates a registry of personnel accredited by the CNEA for conducting animal procedures in experimentation, teaching, and research at the institution. The committee promotes the national accreditation system among personnel involved in such procedures and issues, within the scope of its authority, the certificates required for submission to research funding bodies, scientific journals, or other relevant entities.

  In addition, the committee is authorized to order the suspension of any experimentation, teaching, or research activity if a violation of legal provisions is identified, and such activity shall remain suspended until the issue is resolved, without prejudice to the application of other sanctions.

  CEUA 2024 protocol form

  Form attached to CEUA protocols

Members :

• Sergio Pantano (head)
• Macarena Sarroca (assistant)
• Magdalena Cárdenas
• Hellen Daghero
• María Rosa García-Silva
• Sofía Horjales
• María Elena Márquez
• Sonia Mondino
• Martín Soñora

Mission:

This commission is responsible for organizing the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo’s Seminar Series. It includes a weekly talk open to the public, in which a speaker presents a topic linked to a research or related to science in general. The speaker can be a member of the institute or an external guest, both nationally and internationally.

Members :

• Matías Machado
• Hellen Daghero
• Florencia Rammauro
• Tatiana Basika
• Mariana Bonilla
• Daniela Hirschfeld
• Sabrina Cittadino
• Romina Pagotto
• Virginia Gorrostorrazo
• Macarena Sarroca (assistant)

Mission:

This commission collaborates with the organization and coordination of the monthly guided tours of groups of school and high schools students. It is also an important collaborator in the Open Doors Day, an annual event in which the institute receives people who want to know about our work.

Members :

• Paula Faral-Tello
• Claudia Ortega
• Victoria Prieto

Mission:

Created in 2017, the group contributes to the discussion and reflection on comprehensive and inclusive policies regarding gender issues within the institute. It also aims to inspire the construction of a gender look that recognizes the different situations for women and men in general and with special emphasis on science.

The commission promotes the awareness on gender issues through the organization of seminars and training workshops; and the incorporation of the gender perspective in human resources decisions, collaborating with the implementation of the Quality Model with Gender Equality of INMUJERES.

• Annual report 2017
• Annual report 2018
• Annual report 2019

Members :

• Cecilia Abreu
• Federico Carrión
• Agustín Correa
• Gonzalo Greif
• MarceloHornos
• Luis Inchausti
• Nicole Larrieux
• Analía Lima
• Mercedes Paz
• Karen Perelmuter
• Geraldine Schlapp

Mission:

The Shared Equipment Commission is in charge of the use and operation of the equipment that is used by all the laboratories and units of the institute. Breaks, malfunctions, improvements in use control are part of its tasks. Periodically, the Commission also organizes training sessions for scientists and support staff for new and existing equipment.

Members :

• Luisa Berná
• Agustín Correa
• Macarena Sarroca (assistant)

Mission:

The objective of this commission is to collaborate to generate a more pleasant and enjoyable environment surrounding the Institute. To do this, it proposes parks improvements, based on donations and with the voluntary participation of all institute staff. It has organized tree planting and the installation of cement benches with tables, among others activities.