December 2022

General Objective: Strengthen farm biosecurity measures for the prevention of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 4 tropical in Ecuador. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, ESPE, PUCE, AGROCALIDAD. Participants: Project Director Eng. Freddy Magdame, PhD. Awarded budget: $60112 Status of the project: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Design and implement a comprehensive system composed of a physical-chemical pre-treatment connected in series to a sulfate-reducing bioreactor on a pilot scale for the treatment of acid rock drainage from metal mining activities in Ecuador. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: USFQ, ESPE, UTA. Participants: Project Director Ing. Valeria Ochoa Herrera PhD.

General Objective: To evaluate the use of mitochondria transplantation to improve tissue regeneration of a cutaneous surgical wound in preclinical trials. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: USFQ, UPS, UTN, BIOCELLS. Participants: Director of the MD project. Francisco Cabrera, Ph.D. Awarded budget: $63072 Project status: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Evaluate biosorption and membrane technologies for the removal of manganese from the catchment water of the Tixán Potabilization Plant, considering environmental, technical and economic aspects. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UC, UEA, UTA, ETAPA. Participants: Project Director Eng. Mayra Vera, PhD. Awarded budget: $50,855 Project status: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Determine the physical-chemical, functional and bioactivity characteristics of two ecotypes of grafted and control tree tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) at different maturity rates. For this, fruits at different degrees of maturity will be collected and the parameters established in the NTE INEN 1909.2009 Standard will be measured on the fruit. The functional compounds

General Objective: Determine the baseline, which will allow proposing a conversion process, of the communities located in the province of Imbabura of the PNCC, in a sustainable tourist destination and with empowered members (social capital). Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UTN, UDLA, UPEC Participants: Project Director Ing. Xavier Dávalos, PhD. Awarded budget: $28684 Project status: Signing of agreements.