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• Bionexa signs collaboration agreement with Nature Network in London

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  09 May 2008

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  Last Monday, April 28th, exactly a year after Bionexa was first launched in Milan, the Network for Scientific Collaboration Bionexa signed an important collaboration agreement with Nature Network.

  Matt Brown, Editor of Nature Network, contacted Filippo Pacciarini, Bionexa’s Director of International Collaborations, expressing his interest in Bionexa’s work, particularly in generating a communication channel for the Latin-American scientific community. In conversation with Bionexa, Matt Brown said: “For Nature Network was a very pleasing surprise to learn about Bionexa. At Nature Publishing Group, we are aware that the communication we keep with the researchers and the science being done in developing countries is far from optimal. We believe that an alliance with Bionexa connects us in an effective way with that part of the world”.

  The agreement seeks to promote the scientific contribution and the transfer of know-how and technologies between Latin American and developed countries, and it was signed at the Embassy of Chile in the United Kingdom, with the presence of Ambassador Rafael Moreno.

  Cristián Hernández-Cuevas, Executive Director of Bionexa, emphasized that “This agreement is really important, as it greatly validates our efforts in connecting Spanish-speaking investigators. Nature Network are aware of numerous projects similar to Bionexa in the world, however, none as organized or specialized in the Latin American audiences as ours”.

  Click here to see the pictures of this event.

• An interesting example of R&D collaborations between Latin America and the USA

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  09 May 2008

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  The renowned American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has published an article in its May Newsletter about the Science and Friendship Program of the Chilean Fundación Ciencia para la Vida (FCV). This program is a developing collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and FCV, it consist of annual meetings of researchers and graduate students from both institutions. The first meeting took place in Santiago in 2002 and since then more than 70 students and 14 professors from UCSF have taken part in seminars, workshops and research exchange with their counterparts from FCV and other Chilean universities.

  Top international scientists, such as Bruce Alberts, Peter Walter or Kieth Yamamoto have taken part in this program. The article can be downloaded here.

  An exciting idea that should be widely replicated across Latin America, don’t you think?