BOLETÍN FCV DICIEMBRE 2020

Fundación Ciencia & Vida is highlighted in reports and press releases that analyze the role of science during the pandemic, in addition to the financing that medical innovation has in Chile.

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On December 9, the second season of “Los Fantásticos Viajes de Ruka” had its international premiere through My Signal, the children’s strip of the Canal Colombia channel (a RTVC brand).

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– Nota en Redbionova

Researchers from Fundación Ciencia & Vida Gonzalo Ureta and Luz Delgado, together with the Foundation’s Director of International Relations, Sebastián Bernales, published a paper along with researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, UCSF, entitled “Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days”.

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On December 16, the 5th season of “Exploradores, del átomo al cosmos” came to an end. This is a television series that, despite the complex pandemic scenario, managed to air 14 new episodes that rescue the stories of scientists who, from Chile, do first level science in centers of excellence. What do they do? How do they work? and How are they changing the way we see the world?

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– Nota en Redbionova

The Scientific Director of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Dr. Pablo Valenzuela, participated in a report by “El Mercurio”, in which he carried out an evaluation of the role that science and science policies have had in 2020, during the pandemic.

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The documentary “Atacamex: Explorando lo desconocido” has been successfully exhibited throughout our country. It has received a great reception in different international festivals, including its latest participation in the 12th Latinuy Festival in the category First Opera of Uruguayan Latin cinema and Brasiliro, which was made in virtual mode from Punta del Este. The documentary was premiered on December 12 – simultaneously and on open television in both Chile and Venezuela – through the signal of La Red and La Tele Tuya, respectively.

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– Nota en Redbionova

Dr. Mario Rosemblatt, Executive Director of Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, participated in various press releases to raise his vision regarding the advances in science in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dr. Tomás Pérez-Acle, Director of the Computational Biology Lab of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, participated in various press interviews to analyze the current situation of the emergency due to coronavirus infection.

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– ADNRadio.cl – 2 diciembre
– Publimetro – 7 diciembre
– Pulso La Tercera – 19 diciembre
– Chilevisión Noticias – 16 diciembre
– CNNChile – 18 diciembre
– Radio DUNA – 18 diciembre
– Pauta.cl – 22 diciembre
– Canal 24 Horas – 27 diciembre
– Megavisión Plus – 28 diciembre

The Director of the Immunoncology Lab of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Dr. Alvaro Lladser, participated in a “Meganoticias” report that analyzes how long the immunity generated by vaccines last to face coronavirus infection.

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Cristián Hernández, Business Director of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, analyzes various aspects of current science in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, especially the advances in biotechnology.

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The researcher at the Molecular Virology Lab of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Nicolás Muena, participated in various press releases to comment on the scientific news regarding the coronavirus pandemic.

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– ADN Radio – 11 diciembre
– Meganoticias – 12 diciembre
– El Mercurio – 13 diciembre
– Las Últimas Noticias – 16 diciembre
– La Tercera – 21 diciembre
– La Tercera – 22 diciembre
– Duna.cl – 23 diciembre
– La Tercera – 24 diciembre
– La Tercera – 26 diciembre
– Meganoticias – 22 diciembre
– Duplos.cl – 27 diciembre
– Meganoticias – 27 diciembre
 

Dr. Cesar Rabello, a researcher at the Computational Biology Lab of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, participated in a press report about an electronic implant with artificial intelligence that would allow the blind to see.

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– Chilevisión Noticias – 11 diciembre
– Portalredsalud.cl – 4 diciembre
– Paginav.cl – 3 diciembre