Universidad de Los Andes

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PROJECTS | 2021

 

LixiLab

Valentina Pérez Escobar, María Alejandra Parra García, María Valentina Forero Sierra, Lina Natalia Sánchez Medina, Laura Camila Velasco Ortega, Daniela Julieth Barón Gutiérrez

As pollution increases, small farming communities become more vulnerable to toxic soil quality. LixiLab proposes an accessible soil bioremediation technology to extract heavy metals using a bacterium called Lysinibacillus sphaericus CBAM5.

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Nutresh

Alejandra Jaramillo, Evelin Guevara, Daniela Pedraza, Valentina Lemos, Isabella Velez, Jorge Mendoza

A nutritional and oral hygiene supplement that contains essential vitamins and minerals for children ages 3-15 years old.

 

InstructorS - 2021

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Giovanna Danies

Giovanna Danies is a biologist from Bogotá, Colombia. She pursued her master’s degree in plant pathology at Universidad de los Andes and received a PhD in plant pathology from Cornell University in 2015. There, she was selected by the Directors of Graduate Studies in the Plant Sciences graduate fields to receive the Barbara McClintock Award. Giovanna currently teaches an introductory course in plant pathology at and advises undergraduate and masters students in the Laboratory of Mycology and Phytopathology (LAMFU) at Universidad de los Andes.

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Carolina Obregón

Carolina Obregón is a designer from Parsons School of Design in New York. She holds a master’s degree in fashion and sustainability from Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. She worked for more than 15 years in the fashion industry in New York, Los Angeles, Guadalajara, and Bogotá. She is currently Design Assistant Professor at Universidad de los Andes, focusing on sustainable fashion and textiles with a circular economy and disruptive thinking approach. Her research is focused on developing sustainable textile dyes with microalgae and synthetic biology.