Industria, Innovación e Infraestructura

On September 17, 2025, the official launch of the project “Mollusk Depuration in Ecuador for Food Security and Market Expansion” took place. This initiative is driven by the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) and Ghent University (UGent), with the support of the Technical University of Machala, the Technical University of Manabí, and the State University of Southern Manabí.

The Faculty of Life Sciences at ESPOL hosted the thesis defense sessions for the first cohort of the Master’s Program in Plant Health. The evaluating committee—composed of Dr. Adriana Santos, the respective tutors for each student, and the program coordinator, Dr. Lisbeth Espinoza—assessed seven master’s candidates who presented their degree projects, contributing innovative proposals for the sustainable agricultural development of the country.

The research project titled “Omics technologies applied to the study of B-cell lymphoma for the discovery of biomarkers associated with diagnosis and prognosis” received recognition as the best innovation project in the second edition of the Secuencia Ecuador competition. This project is made possible through the joint work of the Society for the Fight Against Cancer (SOLCA) and the Faculty of Life Sciences (FCV) of the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral.