Research

• Project title: Increasing in the competitiveness of coffee growers through capacity building in Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Municipality of Ituango

Research group: GEMCA (Food, Cosmetics, and Drug Stability Group)

Funding entity: General Royalty System

Objective: To increase the capacity of coffee growers in Ituango to capture and enhance the technical and symbolic quality of coffee, generating high competitiveness in their productive activity.

• Project title: Strengthening the Management of Biological Material for the Benefit of Science and the Community at the National Level

Research group: Parasitology

Funding entity: General Royalty System

Objective: To strengthen the management and transfer of biological material obtained through research and healthcare activities.

• Project title: Capacity building for electricity generation to address the challenges of diversification, decentralization, and demand in urban and rural areas of the departments of Antioquia, Risaralda, Caldas, and Quindío.

Research group: CIDEMAT (Research, Innovation, and Materials Development Center)

Funding entity: General Royalty System

Objective: To develop capabilities for generating decentralized electrical energy in urban and rural environments of the Coffee Axis region.

• Project title: Increasing the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of sustainable and efficient energy systems for the country’s energy transition and reindustrialization.

Research group: GASURE (Gas Science and Technology, and Rational Use of Energy)

Funding entity: Minciencias (Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation)

Objective: To increase the Technology Readiness Levels of three high energy-efficient sustainable energy systems, in order to achieve a TRL of 9 in two of them and a TRL of 7 in the other one, to guarantee its technology transfer to the productive sector, advance a business model for domestic manufacturing, and to plan promotion and commercialization strategies.

• Project title: Implementation of Biofluid Markers for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases in Colombia.

Research group: Neurosciences

Funder: National Institutes of Health-NIH

Objective: To establish the necessary infrastructure to implement the use of biofluid markers for Alzheimer ´s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in Colombia, for future clinical research studies and the early detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of AD in the country.

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