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 …
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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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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“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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“In 2015, and given the significant growth in research and doctorates at the University, the Upper Management made the decision to separate the office into two: Research and Doctorate, today Graduate School”, explained María Elena Boisier, Director of Research, who also assumed her position at that time. Currently, the UC Office of Research conducts key …
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For the UC Vice President for Research Affairs, Pedro Bouchon, having studies published in the last threemonths by UC scientists from the Faculties of Biological Sciences, Medicine and Engineering, reflects the pillars we seek to promote: frontier research, associativity and internationalization in one act. “We hope that these results are both a pride and astimulus …
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Twenty five young researchers, under the age of 40, from 14 countries and the most varied disciplines, are being recognized by the World Economic Forum Young Scientists. It is a global community of young scientists, created in 2009 by the World Economic Forum, based in Geneva. This year, two UC researchers were chosen, among this …
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Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in Hubei, the region where Wuhan City is located, in late January, China mobilized 346 medical teams from 29 provinces in the country. A total of 40,000 support doctors and nurses, who worked closely with local medical personnel. In one week, the genetic sequence of the new coronavirus …
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Defining the general guidelines of the Chile-Sweden Forum, for the years 2020 and 2021, was the objective of the meeting of the steering committee of the Chile-Sweden Academic Collaboration Platform (ACCESS), held on March 9th and 10th at the University of Magallanes (UMAG). This meeting, which seeks to promote and strengthen joint research between 14 …
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“Artificial Intelligence: Data, Ethics and Privacy” was the first “must-see” of the Future Congress at UC, given by David Carroll, promoter of the lawsuit against Cambridge Analytica about violation of privacy to social network users, which inspired the documentary ” The Great Hack “(Netflix). Carroll emphasized the interest of Chileans in discussing issues such as …
