- Immunotherapy
- Pharmacobiology
- Molecular biology of plants
- In vitro toxicology
- Genetics
- Bioinformatics
Cellular and molecular biology, immunotherapy and antibody production, and pharmacobiology, to help create a national industry that discovers new active ingredients for medicines, vaccines, and much-needed medical diagnoses for the Ecuadorian population. Rapid advances in cell biology using eukaryotic cells, hybrid plus, stem cells, and specialized tissue cultures will provide not only fundamental insights into health and disease, but will also offer the tools and knowledge for such an important biopharmaceutical sector to the health system. Study of human, animal and plant infections, aimed at addressing medical and public health problems, as well as the prevention and control of both human diseases and those that afflict livestock and crops. The School will lead research efforts to understand the genetic and epigenetic bases of organism development and response to biotic and abiotic stresses that will establish the basis for the development of new biotechnologies to improve important Ecuadorian exports, such as shrimp, bananas, cocoa and flowers, and develop new agricultural and nutritional products in Ecuador. We also aim to lead endemic plant and crop genome sequencing efforts that will aid in future breeding programs and provide important insights into the basic evolution and function of organisms.