Who We Are


Board (2018-2020):

Edward Málaga-Trillo
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú (Head)

Enrique Salas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México

Flavio Zolessi
Universidad de la República-Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay


FULL MEMBER GROUPS (PIs):
CANDIDATE MEMBER GROUPS (PIs):

Guatemala: Eduardo Álvarez; Perú: Carmen Marín-Tello


ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
Alejandro Mechaly-García (Argentina)
Hernán López-Schier (Helmholtz Zentrum, München, Germany)
Ariel Bazzini (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
Lázaro Centanin (Heidelberg University, Germany)

                                                                                    HONORARY MEMBERS:
Herman Spaink (Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Miguel Moreno-Mateos (Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Sevilla, Spain)
Marco Brocca (Tecniplast, Buggigiate, Italy)


History and aims:

LAZEN was created in 2010, as an AMSUD-Pasteur Network, in a first meeting of researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. This meeting took place at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, on December 10-11.

Download the First Meeting Program
Download the First Meeting Poster



The main aims of the network are to promote the use of the experimental model, to facilitate the exchange  of materials and to foster advanced training of young scientists in the region. 
A critical mass of laboratories in these countries has been reached and investigators are looking for ways in which to create synergy by combining efforts.




Access a report on the I Meeting, published in Zebrafish, here.