Training: Vigilancia molecular de patógenos emergentes y enfermedades transmitidas por vectores en Venezuela (2021)

As part of our objectives, VeConVen want to provide training and networking opportunities for a new generation of Venezuelan scientists recruited from early career researchers currently based in Venezuela, as well as those from the Venezuelan diaspora currently working elsewhere in Latin America and the world.

For three months, members of the Venezuelan Science Incubator were receiving a training on molecular techniques from our Colombian partners from the “Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Biotecnología” (CIMBIUR).

This training has an important impact in improving the capacity of developing projects in the country with objectives of molecular testing and surveillance. This will also allow researchers to use the techniques learned in the field and in laboratories to help patients in affected communities with neglected tropical diseases, such as: leishmaniasis, SARS-CoV-2, American trypanosomiasis, arboviral disease alongside the zoonotic component of each one of them.