The "SIMBIOSIS" system was created within the framework of the Multinational Project on Biotechnology and Food Technology of the Department of Scientific and Technological Affairs of the OAS. The System is operating at this moment with the participation of the information, biotechnology and food technology specialists who work in the institutions that participated in the Multinational Project of Biotechnology and Food Technology from the following countries:

 

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

 

The System is available to all countries and institutions of the Region that want to be members.

Argentina

• Institution: Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología
  Contact: Graciela Ciccia (gciccia@ffyb.uba.ar)
  

  Institution: Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica - UBA
  Contact: Ana María Villafañe (ana@ffyb.uba.ar)
  

Brazil

• Institution: Base de Dados Tropical
  Contact: Dora Ann Lange Canhos (dora@bdt.org.br)
  

Colombia

• Institution: Colciencias
  Contact: Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo (ehodson@colciencias.gov.co)
  Contact: Rafael Aramendis (raramend@colciencias.gov.co)
  

Costa Rica

• Institution: Centro de Investigaciones en Tecnología de Alimentos
  Universidad de Costa Rica
  Contact: Fernando Aguilar (faguilar@cariari.ucr.ac.cr)
  

Chile

• Institution: Comisión Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
  Contact: Jorge Walters (jwalters@conicyt.cl)

  Institution: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
  Contact: Carlos Irarrazabal (cirarraz@med.uchile.cl)
  

Ecuador

• Institution: Facultad de Ciencias e Ingeniería en Alimentos, Universidad Técnica de Ambato
  Contact: Juan Alvarado (uta1@ecua.net.ec)
  Contact: Javier Salazar (uta1@ecua.net.ec)
  

Guatemala

• Institution: Instituto Centroamericano de Investigación y Tecnología Industrial, ICAITI
  Contact: Nora Roma de Carcamo (icaitigt@uvg.edu.gt)
  

Honduras

• Institution: Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana
  Contact: Rene A. Soto Fax: (504) 30-4008
  

Mexico

• Institution: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados
  Contact: Mayra de la Torre (mmdelato@mvax1.red.cinvestav.mx)
  

Panama

• Institution: Universidad de Panamá
  Contact: Miriam Gallardo (miriam@unipan.up.ac.pa)
  

Peru

• Institution: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
  Contact: Marcel Gutiérrez-Correa (mgclmb@lamolina.edu.pe)
  Patricia Moreno Díaz pmdlmb@lamolina.edu.pe
  

Trinidad and Tobago

• Institution: Caribbean Council for Science and Technology
  Contact: Donatus St. Aimée (dstaimee@eclacpos.org)

Uruguay

• Institution: Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (LATU)
  Contact: Manuel Bello (mbello@latu.org.uy)
  

Venezuela

• Institution: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
  Contact: Marta Ruiz (mruiz@cbb.ivic.ve)

  Institution: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICIT)
  Contact: Luisana Rivas - CONICIT (lrivas@conicit.ve)

   

European Focal Point

• Institution: Departamento de Genética-Universidad de Gent, Bélgica
  Contact: Marc Van Montagu (monta@gengenp.rug.ac.be)
  Dominique Van Der Straeten (dostr@gengenp.rug.ac.be)
  Chris Simoens (chsim@gengenp.rug.ac.be)

OAS

• Institution: Organization of the American States
  Office of Science and Technology OAS
• Héctor Herrera (herrera_hector@oas.org), Regional Coordinator of Simbiosis
  
• Oscar Harasic (harasic_oscar@oas.org), Logistic Support
  
• Sal Hahn (hahn_saul@oas.org), Infrastructural Support

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