From October 1 to 25, 2026, Valeria Abigail Calero Torres, a student from Cohort 10 of the Master’s Program in Applied Biosciences with a concentration in Biodiscovery, completed an on-site research internship at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
From October 12 to 16, 2026, the Center for Research on Health in Latin America (CISEAL) facilities in Quito hosted the International Workshop on Transcriptomics for Biomedical Research. The initiative, spearheaded by CISEAL associate researcher Andrea Zambrano, Ph.D., aimed to strengthen the scientific and technical competencies of Ecuador’s academic community in functional genomics and high-throughput biological data analysis.
On Saturday, September 19, 2026, Ecuador's capital hosted Software Freedom Day Quito 2026, an event organized by the Openlab Foundation to discuss and promote the role of open technologies and free software in scientific and societal progress.
To coordinate strategic actions and evaluate progress in the investigation of pathogens as well as respiratory and febrile infections, a technical working meeting was held for the binational PISAAC project (Project of Febrile Illness Surveillance in the Andean and Amazon Countries).
Throughout July and August 2026, the Laboratory for Biological Assays and Diagnostics (ENBIDIA) hosted Milene Vera Sánchez, an undergraduate student from the Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), Spain. Upon her arrival at the faculty, she was formally welcomed by FLS Associate Dean Ana Tirapé Bajaña, Ph.D., and Romina Cueva, External Relations Analyst at ESPOL.
On September 1, 2026, the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) hosted a productive academic session featuring Eveligh Prado Carpio, Ph.D., professor and researcher from the Technical University of Machala (UTMACH), within the framework of the international DEPUREMOS project, funded by Belgian cooperation agency VLIR-UOS.
Forging paths through international cooperation and connecting the scientific rigor of laboratories with global trade regulations was the central theme of the presentation by ESPOL biology graduate Yulai Pavón, an alumna of the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS), during an informational webinar organized by the Asia-Pacific Studies Center at ESPOL.
As part of their practical coursework and community engagement activities, students from the Nutritional Assessment II and Community Health courses in the Nutrition and Dietetics program at FLS-ESPOL carried out a nutritional assessment and counseling session targeted at priority groups.
With the objective of aligning university science with the territorial demands of Ecuadorian agriculture, the Soil and Plant Nutrition Laboratory at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral hosted an inter-institutional technical forum titled "Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Investing in Applied Cocoa Research."
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) and the National Toxicology Reference Center of the National Institute of Public Health Research (INSPI – Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez) held a keynote lecture dedicated to disseminating critical research on heavy metal pollution and its implications for community health.
