IDi Universities Fund

General Objective: Evaluate the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with the species of agroforestry interest cacao (Theobroma cacao), cedar (Cedrela montana) and guayusa (Ilex guayusa) in three regions of Ecuador. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: IKIAM, YACHAY TECH, ESPOL. Participants: Project Director Leopoldo Naranjo, Doctor in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology – IKIAM Awarded budget: $36,871.52 State of […]

General Objective: The objective of this project is to contribute to the improvement of food safety in Ecuador through the development of mitigation strategies for microbial, mycotoxic and heavy metal contaminants in the most consumed foods in the country and validation of the impact of a program. nationwide training. Specific Objectives Institutions

General Objective: The general objective of this study is the development and pilot application of a method and tool for the evaluation and design of safe school routes in two intermediate cities in Ecuador. These safe routes are urban corridors that offer attractive conditions so that boys and girls can walk or pedal safely.

General Objective: Identify biogeochemical and hydrological processes in wetlands with stable isotope techniques in the páramo and the Amazon of southern Ecuador to propose conservation lines and eventual generation of public policy. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UTA, UCACUE, University of Bayreuth. Participants: Project Director Gustavo Chacón Vintimilla, PhD. In Biology – UDA. Budget

General Objective: The general objective of this project is to evaluate microbial surfactants (MST) isolated from Ecuadorian Bacillus strains for the development of sustainable cleaning systems and thus, potentially, replace the synthetic surfactants LAS and SLES. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UTA, ESPE. Participants: Project Director Jonathan Ricardo Coronel León, PhD. In Biotechnology – ESPOL.

General Objective: Develop a collaborative control scheme that allows multiple aerial manipulator robots to optimally maneuver, in order to execute autonomous and tele-operated tasks that require both navigation and manipulation capabilities. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPE, ESPOCH, UNACH, UTI, UIDE, Central University of Venezuela. Participants: Project Director Jorge Sánchez, MSc. In Teaching

General Objective: Physically-chemically characterize and bioactivity tests of Andean floral species with nutritional potential and preventive effect on certain human diseases. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UPS, UTE, UTA, INIAP, University of Seville. Participants: Project Director Elena del Rocío Coyago Cruz, PhD. Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Sustainable Rural Development Engineering – UPS. Awarded budget: $74,400 State

General Objective: Study and characterize the emergent behaviors in complex systems subject to the influence of two global fields, one field generated by an external forcing and another internal or autonomous. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: YACHAY TECH, PUCE. Participants: Project Director Orlando Alvarez Llamoza, PhD. – UCACUE. Awarded budget: $37,931 Project status: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Establish the possible relationship between changes in electromagnetic fields and the premonitory activity of volcanic eruptions, through the study and measurement of the electromagnetic radiation levels existing when there is seismic and/or volcanic activity. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: EPN, UPS, USFQ. Participants: Project Director Wilson Enríquez, MSc. – EPN. Awarded budget: $67768 State

General Objective: Determine, through bioinformatic analysis, the temporal alterations of the differential proteome and methylome between papaya plants infected and not infected by the BbMV potexvirus and relate them to the changes of other molecular groups through a systems biology approach. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UNEMI. Participants: Project Director Carlos Noceda, PhD. – ESPE.