The UNR acquired three high-tech pieces of equipment that will allow the Faculties of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Veterinary Sciences and Architecture, Planning and Design to improve their scientific and technological research capabilities.
Three high-tech pieces of equipment were acquired by the Universidad Nacional de Rosario Through the Federal Program Equipar Ciencia (Equipping Science), an initiative that enabled public institutions within the National System of Science, Technology, and Innovation to acquire medium and large-scale equipment. After three years of management by the University's Science, Technology, and Innovation department, the Faculties finally received the equipment.
A [unclear] was installed in the Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences FT-IR/NIR Spectrometer for the Pilot Plant for Drug Production authorized by ANMAT, as part of the modernization of the quality control laboratory.
The goal is to comply with Good Manufacturing Practices requirements, enabling on-site identification of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients. This eliminates the need to outsource these tests.
This team not only ensures the quality of its own products (including orphan antivirals for pediatric HIV), but also enables the Plant to offer technological services to third parties in areas such as the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, the cosmetic and food industry, environmental and judicial analysis (example: identification of designer drugs).
“This advance positions UNR as a central player in public production and pharmaceutical quality control in the region,” said the Dean of that Faculty, Andrés Sciara.
A [unclear] was installed at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences Quaternary gradient liquid chromatography system with automated injection and diode array detector. This aims to optimize the operation of a laboratory that was created to meet the needs of the productive sector in southern Santa Fe province.
The equipment allows the analysis and determination of the presence of glyphosate in honey and its metabolite AMPA, whose parameters are key to setting the purchase price by exporters of honey production.
According to the dean of that Faculty, Mariano Garate, “with the extraction room and the public laboratory of the Faculty, it was possible to carry out studies and contribute to improving the quality and reliability of the product to advance with the levels of commercialization both locally and abroad, imprinting a seal of quality and identity of its own from the province of Santa Fe.”
This equipment not only benefits beekeepers in Santa Fe, but also has applications in the food industry for the analysis of antioxidant compounds, in veterinary pharmaceuticals for the development of new antibiotics, in human medicine for the investigation of glyphosate concentrations in plasma, and in the field of agronomy for analyzing the presence of that same substance in soils, among other uses.
A [unclear] was installed at the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design GPU Cluster System for AI, Rendering and VR/AR ProcessingThis new equipment will be located in the Faculty's Technological Development Center and will be combined with the 3D scanner. Students will be able to access rendering power freely and without needing state-of-the-art computers.
“This will provide greater equity in access to digital tools without the need to possess the material resources,” said Dean Pedro Ferrazini, adding that “this equipment will support the projects that are underway and help us think about that agenda for the future.”
It's worth noting that processing services can also be provided to third parties, and specific actions can be coordinated with public entities. "Data management is a sensitive issue, which is why this equipment will give us digital sovereignty in terms of developing our own artificial intelligence models."
Journalist: Victoria Arrabal/Photographer: Camila Casero