María Belén Bravo, Author at Office of Research

Created by seniors using mathematics, the exhibition Hyperbolic Reef comes to MAVI UC

“Hyperbolic Reef”: geometry, corals and crochet is a kind of journey where mathematics moves away from its merely technical side to use theorems that gave rise to natural forms, reflecting the curves and folds of the seabed. This exhibition brings together more than 300 pieces made in crochet fabric by older people, who during October …

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2022 Access Forum: Collaboration Between Chile and Sweden Brings Promising New Benefits

“Fear is not communicated, it is contagious,” uttered Liliana de Simone, a faculty member of the UC Chile Faculty of Communications, to a working group at the Third Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden (ACCESS) Forum. The event–organized by the ACCESS (Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden) Platform –brought together nearly 200 researchers from both countries in Punta Arenas, at the Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG), between November …

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UC Researcher participates in Science Magazine’s front-page study regarding extreme life span

The article “Origins and evolution of extreme life span in Pacific Ocean rockfishes” is the front page article of the November issue of the prestigious Science magazine. The UC Agronomy researcher, Juliana A. Vianna, participated in this study together with the biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, Peter Sudmant and Rohit Kolora, main authors of the paper. “To …

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ACCESS Platform and its new program for joint doctoral courses

The Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden (ACCESS) platform, introduced a new joint program which is focused on four SDG areas: Good Health and Well-Being, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Life below Water and Life on Land. The main requirement to access these courses is that they must be carried out jointly by at least one Chilean and …

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Artesanos de la Unidad network hosted a seminar on heritage and common identities

With the purpose of generating a debate on the concept of heritage and how it becomes a relevant aspect in the cultural and identity recognition of the communities in the South Andean zone of the Americas, researchers from “Artesanos de la Unidad” network organized this international seminar that was transmitted online during four days. “We …

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Research and public policy: a virtuous relationship

Rarely has the key role of science been so emphasized as in this Covid-19 pandemic. Not only because of the development of vaccines, tests and other devices, but because it became clear that having scientific evidence, indicators and reliable information in the shortest possible time, are essential for making public decisions, such as the application …

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UC Centers and Field Stations: The gateway for international postgraduate research

“The UC Field Stations are open-air laboratories, where you conduct endless research on biodiversity and insects,” says Paul Amouroux, a French entomologist with an agronomist training, specializing in biological control and integrative taxonomy, after the opportunity to develop their research at the Atacama and Patagonia UC stations. In 2018, Amouroux was awarded a Fondecyt postdoc …

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“Artesanos de la Unidad” and CAF alliance will promote research at Chilean borders with Bolivia and Peru

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between CAF -Development Bank of Latin America-, and the three universities: Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, which make up the “Artesanos de la Unidad” network. Said memorandum will promote the development of more academic research projects and instances …

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