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| Name: | Corporacion CorpoGen |
| Street 1: | Cra 5 # 66A 34 |
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| City: | Bogotá D.C. |
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| Post Code: | 110231 |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Phone: | 57 1 8050092 |
| Organization Email: | corpogen@corpogen.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.corpogen.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Technical agencies |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Academic / Research Institution |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| Academic private non-profit research institute, is officially recognized by the Colombian National Administrative Department for Science, Technology and Innovation (Colciencias) as one of the leading biotechnology centers for scientific research and development in the country. It consists of multidisciplinary research groups of biologists, microbiologists, chemists, and bioinformaticians studying basic genomic and biochemical aspects of human and animal pathogens, and by metagenomics, exploring the microbial biodiversity of neotropical ecosystems. CorpoGen has strong collaborations with academic groups and private enterprises in the country and abroad. It works actively in research, training of human resources and development of biotechnological products such as molecular biology kits and offering scientific services to the local scientific community and to industry. The research center has been participating in several National, Latin American, and European research consortia of networked projects. Regarding international funding, CorpoGen has proven to be a dynamic, competent and reliable research partner for international life sciences research projects in Colombia. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| One of our research with a national consortium of research in tuberculosis, contributed to change the way the patients of TB and their contacts are following in Colombia | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Colombia |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Argentina Belgium Colombia |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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Drug-Resistant TB: Developments of molecular diagnostic platforms for rapid detection of MDR and XDR TB New Diagnostics: Developments of new diagnostics for a rapid detection of TB in clinical samples Fundamental Research: Research for understanding the dormant state of bacilli in Latent TB |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | September 28, 2010 |
| Last updated: | September 16, 2011 |