Research

Fourteen Research Areas study interactions between microorganisms and hosts from molecular and biotechnological perspectives.

Explore the research lines, teams, projects, outputs and capabilities of each unit.

Research and funding

Institutional summary of strategic projects.

BactiVac Network (University of Birmingham)

Scale-Up and production of a Bordetella pertussis Bifunctional Vaccine/ Adjuvant Candidate for Clinical Trials (BVNCP9-08)

Lead: Daniela Hozbor
Amount: £50,000
Period: November 2024 – July 2025
Status: Reported
Laboratory: Vaccines and Health — VACSAL

Source: BactiVac Round 9

BactiVac Network (University of Birmingham)

Innovative OMV-Based Vaccines for Human and Veterinary Applications (BVNCP11-03)

Lead: Daniela Hozbor
Amount: £100,000
Period: November 2025 – October 2026
Status: Reported
Laboratory: Vaccines and Health — VACSAL

Source: BactiVac Round 11

FITBA 2025

Desarrollo y registro de la primera vacuna multivalente para la producción intensiva de bovinos: enfoque Una Salud para prevenir el SUH

Lead: Daniela Hozbor
Amount: —
Period: 2025
Status: Selected
Laboratory: Vaccines and Health — VACSAL

Source: FITBA 2025

Williams Foundation

RNA-based crop improvement project (Flavio Blanco team)

Lead: Flavio Blanco
Amount: ARS 22 million
Period: 1 year (2026 announcement)
Status: Selected
Laboratory: Root Biology

Source: IBBM news

Williams Foundation

Role of conserved transcription factors in legume flooding tolerance and their applications

Lead: Mauricio Reynoso
Amount: ARS 22 million
Period: 1 year (2026 announcement)
Status: Selected
Laboratory: Root Biology

Source: IBBM news

Williams Foundation — Complementary Funds 2024

Experimental validation of determinants involved in bacterial differentiation into bacteroids for efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Lead: Gonzalo Arturo Torres Tejerizo
Amount: –
Period: 2024
Status: Selected
Laboratory: Genomics and Molecular Ecology

Source: 2024 results

Williams Foundation — Complementary Funds 2024

Aplicación exógena y estudio de los mecanismos de acción de ARNs para el mejoramiento del rendimiento y calidad de los granos de leguminosas

Lead: María Eugenia Zanetti
Amount: up to ARS 20,000,000 (call maximum)
Period: 2024
Status: Selected
Laboratory: Root Biology

Source: 2024 results

Williams Foundation — Complementary Funds 2024

Challenges to rhizobial adaptability in a changing climate: Sinorhizobium meliloti response to elevated temperatures and its impact on nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Lead: María Florencia Del Papa
Amount: up to ARS 20,000,000 (call maximum)
Period: 2024
Status: Selected
Laboratory: Genomics and Molecular Ecology

Source: 2024 results

High-Impact Federal Networks — RIBOLEG

Develop technologies to optimize biological nitrogen fixation and improve legume production. Institutions: IBBM-CONICET-UNLP, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral-CONICET-UNL and INTA NOA-SUR/Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres.

Lead: Network teams (IBBM participation)
Amount: USD 1,000,000
Period: Strategic network
Status: Reported
Laboratory: Root Biology (IBBM participation)

Source: UNLP — Federal Networks

CONICET — PIP 2025–2027

Adjuvant and immunomodulatory capacity of outer membrane vesicles derived from the genus Bordetella and others

Lead: Daniela Hozbor
Amount: $26,000,000
Period: Code: 11220250101367CO · PIP 2025–2027
Status: Awarded; CONICET results published on 30 June 2026
Laboratory: Vaccines and Health — VACSAL

Source: CONICET — resultados PIP 2025–2027

ANPCyT / Secyt — PICT 2022

Regulation of symbiosis by non-coding RNAs in Phaseolus vulgaris

Lead researcher: Flavio Antonio Blanco · Responsible Group: Carolina Rípodas
Amount: $14,000,000
Period: PICT 2022-2022-09-00050 · 2024–2028
Status: Awarded
Laboratory: Root Biology

Source: IBBM funding record