Archivo de categoría: COVID-19

Modelling the Infection Process with Noisy Data

Leader:Carlos Uribe, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE)Santiago José Gangotena, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE) USFQ Participants:7 students from the Economics Master´s Degree. Computational Economics class 2. Description: Estimate based on data on the course of infection to correct selection bias in reported cases and to report publicSigueSigue leyendo «Modelling the Infection Process with Noisy Data»

Measuring well-being and expectations in real time during Covid-19: Ecuador Case

Leader: Carlos Uribe, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE) USFQ Participants:Diego Fernando Grijalva, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE)Pablo Lucio Paredes, PhD (Dean of the Economics Faculty) External Participants:Ivan Gachet, PhD Description: The research focuses on the reliability of official data, parametric and non-parametric projections Faculty USFQ: Economics USFQSigueSigue leyendo «Measuring well-being and expectations in real time during Covid-19: Ecuador Case»

SARSCoV2 genome sequencing in patients from Ecuador during the 2020 pandemic

Leader: Paúl Cárdenas, PhD (Instituto de Microbiología USFQ) USFQ Participants:Belén Prado, MSc (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Bernardo Gutiérrez, MSc (Universidad de Oxford/USFQ)Gabriel Trueba, PhD (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Juan José Guadalupe, MSc (Laboratorio Biotecnología Vegetal)Michelle Grunauer, PhD (Escuela de Medicina)Patricio Rojas Silva, PhD (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Sully Marquez, MSc (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Verónica Barragán, PhD (Institute ofSigueSigue leyendo «SARSCoV2 genome sequencing in patients from Ecuador during the 2020 pandemic»

Secuenciamiento del genoma de SARSCoV2 en pacientes de Ecuador durante la pandemia 2020

Este proyecto busca entender la patogenia y epidemiología del virus SARSCoV2 mediante el secuenciamiento y análisis del genoma a partir de muestras de pacientes.

Científico Líder: Paúl Cárdenas, PhD (Instituto de Microbiología USFQ)

Pharmacological interventions for the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of preprint articles: The good, the bad and the ugly

Nicolalde et al. (2020). Pharmacological interventions for the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of preprint articles: The good, the bad and the ugly. Research Square.

Decenas de cepas de coronavirus existirían en el Ecuador, según estudio

Entrevista en el noticiero de Ecuavisa.
Desde que llegó el coronavirus al Ecuador, el laboratorio del Instituto de Microbiología de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito se dedica exclusivamente al análisis de este virus. Actualmente, son los únicos que secuencian las cepas del COVID-19 en Ecuador.