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Our
Mision |
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To
contribute to the improvement and impact of the
biological sciences in Chile |
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For
this we have established the following goals: |
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To
maintain a vigorous, interactive team with first rate
research programs in biological sciences. |
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Although
most studies indicate that the biological research in
Chile is highly competitive, they also show that it
has remained rather stagnant. Our goal is designed to
create a fertile atmosphere and active collaborations
among team researchers that will serve as an instrument
to attract young investigators and thus help Chilean
science recuperate its impulse. |
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To
improve connections with top international science. |
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The
purpose is to enrich the Chilean scientific and technological
community through integration with their counterparts
in developed countries. The Institute foresees a great
opportunity to tap the expertise and connections of
foreign as well as Chilean scientists abroad, which
is not being used today. |
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To
promote advanced training of young researchers in biological
sciences. |
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Chilean
science is aging. We hope to help in renewing the country's
scientific staff, generating a more exciting and less
isolated environment that could attract an increasing
number of young talented students into research. |
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To
link our Biological sciences with the Chilean Productive
Sector and International Biotechnology. |
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Chilean
economy is based on products of biological origin and
our economy urgently needs to increase their added value.
Our aim is to increase the quantity and quality of high
level biological research in Chile and to connect the
molecular genetics and cell biology revolution to the
health, environmental and productivity problems of the
country, and thus help to bridge the dramatic gap between
biologists and the Chilean industrial sector. |
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To
increase awareness of the value of science and public
technology in Chilean society. |
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We
see a great need in the dissemination of basic biological
knowledge and its applications among Chilean industrialists
and the lay public in an attractive manner. We trust
that these activities will be a way to bring them closer
to modern science, and to sensitize them to their uses
and benefits.
In this regard, it is important to note that members
of the team have been active advisers, collaborators
and also entrepreneurs in the biotechnology industry
in Chile and abroad. Some of them sit on the board of
biotechnology companies in USA, and act as advisors
for several Chilean companies. As a group the members
have obtained more than 50 international and national
patents. |
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