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LAB+ Startups Join Global Biotech Leaders at BIO International Convention

LAB+ Startups Join Global Biotech Leaders at BIO International Convention

Nicolás Tambucho, CEO of Guska; Carlos Palma, CEO of B4-RNA; Dayana Benchoam, COO of Locbio; and Juan Gandioli, biotechnology engineer at Guska, participated in the BIO International Convention, a flagship global event in the biotechnology industry held in Boston. “In Uruguay, we are experiencing an unprecedented moment in the development of life...

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Antonio Bordería Joins Guska as Senior Business Advisor

Antonio Bordería Joins Guska as Senior Business Advisor

Guska, one of the startups in the LAB+ portfolio, has announced the addition of Antonio Bordería as Senior Business Advisor. Bordería is a former researcher at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, holds a PhD in molecular biology, and currently serves as Vice President at a tech company focused on artificial intelligence and data. “I'm excited to be...

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Locbio took part in SynBioBeta, in Silicon Valley

Locbio took part in SynBioBeta, in Silicon Valley

Felipe Trajtenberg and Dayana Benchoam, from the startup Locbio, attended SynBioBeta (The Global Synthetic Biology Conference), which was held in Silicon Valley. In addition, Trajtenberg was a panelist on “How Latin America Is Building Biotech Power‑Hubs,” alongside representatives from The Ganesah Lab, GRIDX, Allbiotech, and SynBioBR.The...

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LAB+ in the Media:

Local

Forbes Uruguay – Interview with Carlos Batthyány about LAB+ and the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

Búsqueda – International call for startups, interview with Carlos Batthyány and Paul Elberse

En Perspectiva – Agustín Correa and Matías Machado, from Scaffold Biotech: Uruguayan company works with protein engineering to reach a ‘new frontier in vaccination’

Modo País (Channel 5) – Guska, created by Pilar Moreno and Gonzalo Moratorio

En Perspectiva – Felipe Trajtenberg, from LoCBio: reprogramming bacteria to treat colorectal cancer

La Diaria – What do the first four start-ups of the LAB+ seek to develop?

Telemundo  (Channel 12) – Scaffold Biotech: more efficient vaccines for animals

En Perspectiva – Director of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo talks about the LAB+ iniciative and Gonzalo Moratorio explains the science behind the start-up Guska

Subrayado (Channel 10) – LAB+ closed its first financing cycle

Radio Carve – Director of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo talks about LAB+

La Diaria – Conversations with the first four biotech start-ups funded by LAB+

El País (Business) – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its first four start-ups

Uruguay XXI – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its first four start-ups

Telenoche (Channel 4) – Juan Pablo Tosar talks about the start-up B4-RNA

Ambito – The Institut Pasteur will invest US$25M in Uruguayan start-ups

El Observador – Four start-ups from the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo obtained financing for US$ 5 million: which are they?

Telenoche (Channel 4) – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its LAB+ Company Builder initiative

Montevideo Portal – The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presents a program to support scientific-technological companies