Aparna Banerjee

Ever wondered why microbial 🦠🧫 biodiversity conservation is important in Antarctica🇦🇶 Here’s our recent review @npjbiodiversity nature.com/articles/s4418… in collaboration with @laurazucconi_gf @ExtremophilesUK @Marcelo42879821 & others @autonomadechile @ica_ua @UAinvestigacion

Chile 🇨🇱 might be one of the most underrated countries on Earth… And almost nobody outside South America understands why. Look at the map… The Andes guard the east. The Pacific guards the west. The driest desert on Earth sits to the north. Patagonia and glaciers stretch across the south. Chile is a natural fortress. Hard place to invade. Hard place to collapse. Chile also became one of the world’s major food exporters… Wine. Salmon. Fruit shipped to markets all over the world. Then there’s lithium… Chile sits at the heart of the Lithium Triangle… one of the richest battery-metal regions on Earth. Electric cars. Energy storage. The next industrial shift runs straight through the Andes. And despite the chaos sometimes seen across Latin America… Chile actually works. Banks work. Infrastructure works. Airports work. The electric grid works. You can ski in the Andes in the morning… and drink Carménère by the Pacific that night. Not many countries offer that kind of life. Which is why more people are starting to notice Chile… Some are considering it a Plan B… Many are realizing it could be a Plan A. Temporary residency first… Permanent residency a couple years later… Citizenship after five years by law. In a world getting stranger every year… Chile 🇨🇱 feels like one of the last countries that still makes sense. And the people who figure that out early… will always have a safe retreat.

Congratulations to Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas to eliminate leprosy disease. #Chile joins #Jordan as the only two countries to have eliminated leprosy globally, demonstrating that with inclusive health services, integrated public health strategies, early detection and universal access to care, we can consign ancient diseases to the annals history. who.int/news/item/04-0…

Our recent work on microencapsulation of PGP bacteria using polysaccharides improves germination, growth, yield, and nutritional quality of Chilean common beans, advancing sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/le…

Little late but happy to share: MICROPOLIS is awarded by @ANID_Chile Microbial solutions to improve common bean resilience to water scarcity in the Chilean Coquimbo Region 🌱🧫 Polysaccharides for sustainable agriculture and climate resilience @autonomadechile @UAinvestigacion

@SarkarShrabana @CynthiaMeza224

Here’s our latest publication from @ica_ua @autonomadechile @UAinvestigacion in Trends in Food Science & Technology (IF 15.4, Q1) Common bean in a changing world: biogeography, nutrition, and microbiome innovations for future food security 🫘🌱🧫🔬 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@Genero_VRID @ANID_Chile @UAinvestigacion @ica_ua

Our project FOVI250129 is funded🎉 We’ll investigate extremophilic bacterial polysaccharides as dual anticancer +antibacterial agents for digestive tract cancer. From @autonomadechile honored to team up with @udeconcepcion 🇨🇱 & @jpfabi_JP USP🇧🇷 Lets make great science happen✨🔬

Join our Free Virtual Glycoscience Training Courses! Sign up here: lnkd.in/ek38Xc4n #glycotime #carbohydrates #CCRC

Honored to be featured by @sdsmt ! Grateful to @UAinvestigacion @autonomadechile for the support! Exploring properties of microbial polysaccharides from geothermal environments #FondecytRegular1231917 sdsmt.edu/news/releases/…

Join us on Nov 12, 8:30 AM (Salón Paraninfo, @autonomadechile Talca) for the International Seminar “Microorganismos y Soluciones para un Mundo en Cambio Climático”. Researchers from 🇨🇱🇰🇪🇮🇳🇧🇷 share how microbes offer sustainable answers to climate challenges.

My last week @sdsmt 🇺🇸 busy with experiments and data analysis in Prof. Sani’s lab! So grateful for the opportunity to learn, grow, and collaborate with such a talented team. @autonomadechile @UAinvestigacion @ica_ua

Life’s new update: In a research exchange for 3 weeks @sdsmt 🇺🇸 in lab of Prof. Rajesh Sani! Learning new techniques, fulfilling long-saved dream to work with Prof. Sani! Thanks @UAinvestigacion for fund! Representing @autonomadechile with proud & so #FondecytRegular1231917

¡Política sanitaria que salva vidas! Revista @TheLancetInfDis destaca a nuestro país por la aplicación del anticuerpo monoclonal contra el Virus Respiratorio Sincicial. Esta política pública ha significado que en Chile por dos años consecutivos (2024-2025) -en el marco de la Campaña de Invierno- no se registraran muertes en niños menores de 1 año por virus sincicial. 🔍thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Agradecida por ser parte de este espacio de la @autonomadechile que impulsa la investigación colaborativa, la innovación y el desarrollo territorial!

Nicolás, it has been a pleasure to be your co-guide in your magister! Anonymously 7,0 shows how capable you have been always! Now it’s time for your PhD! Let’s give our best again! ✨🧫 🌱 🔬

Back to Chile after the recent visit to @MMUST_Kenya as part of @SarkarShrabana ’s @ANID_Chile FOVI 240049 project! New samplings, new students, new ideas, MoU & collaborations; back with all energies to do bigger! @autonomadechile @UAinvestigacion

Yesterday our PhD student Nicolas Flores from @autonomadechile @UAinvestigacion got awarded @inach_gob postgraduate thesis project! I’m nothing but excited as his mentor & seeing our Deception Island extremophiles are taking more shape everyday 🤍🔬🧫🇦🇶 Thanks to INACH RT_24-21