The event brings together hundreds of experts who participate in plenary sessions, symposia, free communication presentations and poster presentations on scientific research.
CIMON UST Business Research and Modeling Center academic and laboratory analyst, Jonathan Cisternas, from Santo Tomás, was part of the XLVI Chilean Microbiology Congress SOMICH held in the Coquimbo region, an event that brings together the main representatives of science and microbiology. to show research advances that influence and influence the creation of scientific knowledge.
The meeting, which took place between December 3 and 6, featured various international speakers from England, Ireland, the United States, Spain and Italy and many other countries who came to the Coquimbo region to present on topics such as emerging viral infections in Latin America, natural Variability in yeast, ecological microbiology in Antarctic systems, among many other investigations.
As part of these presentations, UST academic Jonathan Cisternas presented the results of his research related to the formulation of an antimicrobial compound based on enzymes from papaya latex in the form of a poster. “This formulation has great potential as there is scientific evidence to support its antifungal capacity against a phytopathogenic fungus.”Botrytis cinereawhich generates large economic losses nationally and globally in various agricultural crops, directly affecting the country’s exports and economy,” the teacher described in detail.
The research, which not only responds to science, but also seeks a solution to a problem that affects local agricultural production and, by extension, the regional economy, is a reflection of the work of researcher Cisternas’ doctoral thesis. “As part of his doctoral work, he is trying to evaluate its application in a real environment, directly on economically important crops such as blueberries, strawberries and tomatoes, in laboratory scale and medium-term projections, and thus reduce the use of chemical fungicides. which are residual and have harmful effects on human health.”
The traveling meeting, which traveled to different regions of the country, is organized by the Society for Microbiology of Chile (SOMICH), which brings together microbiologists who work in various fields such as general, clinical, environmental, industrial, food, agricultural and veterinary microbiology with more than 260 active members .
