Alianzas para Lograr los Objetivos

Quito – In a decisive step for public health and the guarantee of children's rights, the official establishment of the Technical Commission of the National Council for Breastfeeding (CONALMA) took place. This body serves as a fundamental pillar to coordinate inter-institutional actions aimed at guaranteeing, protecting, and promoting breastfeeding, ratifying it as an essential human right in the country.

With a successful turnout of 44 attendees, the Faculty of Life Sciences (FCV) became the epicenter of technical discussion regarding primate preservation in the country. The "Primatology and Conservation Workshop in Ecuador," organized by Dr. Gustavo A. Domínguez (ESPOL) and Dr. Grecia Robles Mota (Parque Histórico), brought together students, professionals, and researchers for a day of high scientific rigor.

 

The Faculty of Life Sciences (FCV) reaffirmed its commitment to community health through its active participation in the Intersectoral Tables of the Tarqui Parish, which were held monthly throughout 2025. This initiative, led by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), coordinates efforts between academia and the public sector to address nutritional and epidemiological issues in the area.

Our research technician, León Vergara, represented Ecuador at the 21st edition of the International Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA 2025), the most prominent global scientific event dedicated to the study of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).

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.

On June 26, biologist Michelle Vela, a teaching technician from the Faculty of Life Sciences (FCV) at ESPOL, gave a talk to the university community regarding her participation in the regional training course on Blue Carbon and nuclear and isotopic techniques for coastal ecosystem management, held in Cayo Santa María and the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba.

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.