Andrea Jamarnik, the famous virologist, realizes that Conicet has been dismantled. Andrea's team is dedicated to studying the molecular biology of dengue.
She stated in an interview for the article that laboratories developing dengue diagnostics are having difficulty doing their work due to lack of resources. Moreover, the new government did not implement administrative procedures that would allow for the purchase of inputs for laboratories, the transfer of doctoral scholarships and funding for research.
“This project has stopped because we cannot buy the inputs, and the young researchers do not have the motivation to continue working.”
Researcher Maria Belén Garcia Fabiani, who is looking into developing diagnostic methods for dengue and other viral diseases in the region, submitted a competition to Conisit, but, with Miley's measures, she does not know whether the ones that have been approved will be recalled. “This may lead to scientists having to devote themselves to other work or even encourage the flight of specialists from the public system,” he said.
Lautaro Bertone is one of Conisit's young scientists, but he is unable to move forward with his research due to lack of resources.
“I am waiting for the results of the doctoral scholarships that were supposed to be released in December to start paying in April,” said the researcher who studies molecular biology. “The scholarships have been reduced to less than half, from 1,300 to 600.” Of viruses such as Dengue fever. The value of the PhD scholarship is currently approximately 675 thousand pesos (3,300 Brazilian reals, at the parallel exchange rate).
