Professor from the School of Microbiology participated in the International Symposium on Biotechnology

Professor Germán Zafra, from the School of Microbiology, participated as a keynote speaker in the International Symposium on Biotechnology: transforming science into solutions, held at the Center for Applied Biotechnology Research, National Polytechnic Institute – IPN. Tlaxcala, Mexico. The research entitled “Multiomic strategies in the study of the ecology and mechanisms of microbial degradation of […]
The UIS presents the photographic exhibition ‘South of the South’

Within the program of the U24 Fest is ‘South of the South’, a scientific and artistic experience of Antarctica led by Professor Julian Rodriguez Ferreira, who has represented the UIS twice during the Colombian Expedition to the ‘white continent’. According to Rodríguez Ferreira here he exposes his scientific and artistic experience of Antarctica “which I […]
Biology Master’s student represents UIS in scientific event in Guadalajara (Mexico)

Daniela Johanna Mojica Candela, Master’s student in Biology at the UIS, participated in the XIX Latin American Congress of Genetics with the research work on the ‘Revision of the scope of conservation genetics in birds of the family Trochilidae’. This research was carried out together with Leidy Johanna Rueda and Professor Fernando Rondón González. There, […]
Training Workshop on Industrial Materials at the UIS: Preamble to the II International School of Crystallography

The Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) is hosting from October 24 to October 26 students and professionals from different national and international universities as participants in the training workshop entitled “Characterization of materials of industrial interest using the Powder Diffraction File (PDF-5+) database”. This event is held as a preamble to the II International School […]
Participate in the X Meeting of Korean Studies in Colombia

To offer a space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences around the theme “Korean development: lessons learned and opportunities for cooperation with Colombia”, the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), in its role as a member of the board of directors of the Korean Studies in Colombia, invites the academic community to participate in the […]
UIS Civil Engineering students visited the Tona River Reservoir on an academic technical field trip

A group of students from the Civil Engineering program of the Hydraulics course visited the facilities of the Tona River Reservoir of the Metropolitan Aqueduct of Bucaramanga (amb), located in the course of the Tona River (hydrological confluence of the Tona and Suratá rivers). In the Hydraulics course, students apply knowledge from basic sciences to […]
UIS professors are co-authors of research articles

Professors Silvia Tijo, Guillermo Mejía and Aldemar Remolina, from the School of Civil Engineering, participated as co-authors in research articles on the implementation of capstone projects or design integration projects in the context of civil engineering. The papers can be consulted at the following links: Pilot integrative project: a comprehensive pedagogical and didactic strategy oriented […]
UIS professor participated in groundwater course

Professor John Jairo Márquez Molina, from the School of Civil Engineering, participated in the course “Groundwater in the integrated management of water resources”. The academic event was held recently in Medellin and was guided by Professor Dr. Ricardo Hirata, from the University of Sao Paulo, within the framework of the COL/7/005 agreement between the International […]
The Communications Department premieres the eighth season of ‘Científicos, esto sí tiene ciencia’ (Scientists, this has science)

The eighth season of ‘Científicos, esto sí tiene ciencia’ is already being broadcasted in the institutional social networks. This is an audiovisual product dedicated to the dissemination of science from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). It was created in the Communications Department of the institution in 2018 and through an agile, didactic format and […]
Indigenous community could be in danger of extinction, according to research led by the UIS

Oil exploitation and hunger could be influencing a possible threat of extinction of the “Hitnüs” indigenous community living in the department of Arauca, according to a study carried out by researchers of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). These people live in precarious sanitary conditions, with food insecurity and are victims of socio-political violence in […]