BOLETÍN FCV ENERO 2021

“Experimenta, ciencia de niñ@s” was awarded the IPST EDUCATION AWARD (Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology in Thailand) in the Family Educational Entertainment category of the Science Film Festival 2020, which brings together the scientific community from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The series was recognized for the excellent example of science journalism aimed at a young audience from 6 to 12 years old.

Likewise, in a note from “Diario Concepción”, the award received for the series was highlighted, highlighting that it is an audiovisual co-production by “CNTV Infantil” and Fundación Ciencia & Vida.

For more information:
– Nota en Redbionova
– Nota Diario Concepción

To see the full winning episode:
– https://vimeo.com/355971835
– https://youtu.be/CsnbNteWLco

Researchers from Fundación Ciencia & Vida, led by Dr. Alvaro Lladser and Dr. Vincenzo Borgna, begin to collaborate with Achilles Therapeutics to advance their studies on human kidney cancer. The project is focused on analyzing cytotoxic T lymphocytes that infiltrate human kidney cancer tumors for their destruction and that, due to various factors, are unable to do so efficiently.

For more information:
Leer nota en Redbionova

The research groups from Fundación Ciencia & Vida led by Dr. Mario Rosemblatt, Dr. Alejandra Loyola and Dr. Rodrigo Pacheco, published a study reporting how epigenetic modifications of dendritic cells induce the production of retinoic acid, exerting a therapeutic effect on intestinal inflammation.

For more information:
Nature.com/scientific reports 

Researchers from the Bioinformatics and Genome Biology Lab of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, led by Dr. David Holmes, published an article in the Oxford Academic Database entitled “SinEx DB 2.0 update 2020: database for eukaryotic single-exon coding sequences”.

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The article is a review of recent findings detailing local segregation of parental nucleosomes during DNA replication. Important advances are highlighted regarding how histone methyltransferases associate with the establishment of repressive chromatin domains and facilitate epigenetic inheritance.

For more information:
– Nature Reviews Genetic

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

For more information, please visit:
– Las Últimas Noticias – 26 enero 
– El Mostrador – 18 enero
– 24 Horas TVN – 15 enero
– Meganoticias – 15 enero
– Las Últimas Noticias – 12 enero
– Las Últimas Noticias – 07 enero

Cristián Hernández, Business Director of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, analyzes various aspects of current science, especially those related to the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

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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.

For more information:
– Meganoticias – 29 enero
– Las Últimas Noticias – 26 enero
– Chilevisión – 25 enero
– Meganoticias 26 enero
– Canal 13 – 20 enero
– El Mercurio – 15 enero
– Radio Agricultura – 11 enero
– El Mercurio – 11 enero

Dr. Cesar Rabello, a researcher at the Computational Biology Lab of Fundación Ciencia & Vida, participates in a press report to explain how the brain works when using technologies that have artificial intelligence.

For more information:
– Las Últimas Noticias – 09 enero