Santiago Ruilova

General Objective: To evaluate the antiparasitic activity of at least 5 peptides from the cruzioseptin, dermaseptin and pictuseptin families derived from the skin of Ecuadorian amphibians against Plasmodium, Trypanosoma and Leishmania, causal agents of malaria, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis respectively. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: PUCE, USFQ, IKIAM. Participants: Project Director Miryan Rosita Rivera Íñiguez. Awarded budget: $405,500 […]

General Objective: Evaluate the effect of treatment with 'non-thermal plasma' as a new food processing technology to reduce biological risks in shrimp and its packaging material, including the presence of viruses and virus remains. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, ESPE, UCE. Participants: Project Director Ximena Victoria Yepez Paredes. Awarded budget: $44,700

General Objective: Build dissemination tools that promote the transfer of good agroecological practices and organizational practices that contribute to social, economic, cultural and environmental sustainability in agricultural enterprises of popular and solidarity economy in the province of Azuay. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UC, UCACUE, ULEAM, WISSEN, ITS of the Social, Popular and Solidarity Economy,

General Objective: Determine the genetic diversity of N. dimidiatum in yellow pitahaya plantations of the coast, mountains and Ecuadorian Amazon in relation to the isolates present in other countries and the stress factors associated with the development of the disease. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, IKIAM, ESPOCH. Participants: Project Director Lisbeth del Rocío Espinoza Lozano.

General Objective: Develop a methodology for the elimination of babaco mosaic virus (BabMV) and papaya ring spot (PRSV) in babaco buds, using heat treatments, for the generation of virus-free babaco clonal lines. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UC, UDLA. Participants: Project director Diego Fernando Quito Avila.

General Objective: Discover potential probiotic biomarkers for the Ecuadorian shrimp industry using metagenomic sequencing. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, ESPE, UTMACH. Participants: Director of the Bonny Narcisa Bayot Arroyo project. Awarded budget: $75,300 Project status: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Develop fibrous polymeric membranes with high antimicrobial effectiveness (antiviral and antibacterial) through electrospinning, from the synthesis of new monomers with the capacity to form liquid polymers with high dipole moment and the inclusion of nanoparticles with antimicrobial capacity; application in a mask prototype. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: PUCE, ESPE, UTE. Participants: Director

General Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the therapeutic response in asthmatic children from 5 to 17 years of age in the context of SARS-CoV-2. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UC, UDA, UIDE, UCE. Participants: Project Director Silvana Patricia Donoso Moscoso. Awarded budget: $45,000 Project status: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Determine the bioeconomic potential of glucose syrup obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of banana rachis and leaves, applying a technical and economic analysis of its processing to provide a circular bioeconomy strategy in Ecuador. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UNEMI, ESPOL, ESPOCH, UTMACH. Participants: Project director Miguel Angel Reinoso Sánchez. Awarded budget: $45,000 State

General Objective: Build a resilient plant distribution model (Resil-TEX) for textile MSMEs with a focus on productivity and occupational safety. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UC, UDA, UTA, CAPIA. Participants: Director of the project Lorena Catalina Sigüenza Guzmán. Awarded budget: $42,985 Project status: Signing of agreements.