{"id":168640,"date":"2025-03-14T12:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=168640"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:19:04","slug":"tec-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tech\/tec-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Cities and the Fight Against Superbugs: Scientific Breakthroughs from Tec de Monterrey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers at Tec de Monterrey are working on solutions to help humanity tackle challenges such as organ transplants, greenhouse gases, and urban living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/tec-science-summit-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tec Science Summit 2025<\/a>, scientists shared their insights on potential solutions and the obstacles they have encountered along the way in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tag\/tec-talk\/\">Tec Talks<\/a> format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.tec.mx\/tecsciencesummit\/season:5\/videos\/tec-talks-inspirando-el-futuro-de-la-ciencia-y-la-innovacion?_gl=1*d69xxo*_gcl_au*MTIzNTk4ODU2LjE3NDIzMTYyOTA.*_ga*MTc1ODg0MDc5OC4xNzQyMzE2Mjkx*_ga_D9LSDN87GD*MTc0MjMxODIzMy4yLjEuMTc0MjMxODcyNy4zLjAuODcyNzI0MDUx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-1.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\r\n            <\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Makes a City Truly Livable?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is the best city in the world to live in?\u201d asks <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tec.mx\/es\/facultad-de-impacto\/roberto-ponce?srsltid=AfmBOoqSYv6HOI8jmFV_z0TiZItF_6wQncCRQX2dLgfFqCMD-fAHjpHR&amp;_gl=1*cj3rq0*_gcl_au*MTIzNTk4ODU2LjE3NDIzMTYyOTA.*_ga*MTc1ODg0MDc5OC4xNzQyMzE2Mjkx*_ga_D9LSDN87GD*MTc0MjMxODIzMy4yLjEuMTc0MjMxOTEyMy4zMS4wLjg3MjcyNDA1MQ..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roberto Ponce<\/a><\/strong>, a researcher at the <a href=\"\/es\/tag\/centro-para-el-futuro-de-las-ciudades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for the Future of Cities and the School of Government and Public Transformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ponce, there is no universal answer\u2014it all depends on the needs and preferences of its inhabitants. However, specific characteristics define cities where people thrive and enjoy a <strong>high quality of life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-2.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/tec-talk-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\r\n            <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roberto Ponce, researcher at the Center for the Future of Cities (Photo: Alejandro Salazar \/ TecScience)<br><br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally, a great city provides proximity\u2014residents do not depend on private vehicles. It also offers affordable housing, accessible jobs, and diverse commercial options. A well-planned city fosters density and diversity, with walkable spaces and various activities within reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Due to costly social, environmental, and financial urban models, Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara<\/strong>&nbsp;face unique challenges<\/span>. Over the past two decades, these cities have lost up to 31% of their population while expanding chaotically into the peripheries. This has led to social segregation, neglected central areas due to rising housing prices, and inefficient public transportation systems due to weak regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these issues, Ponce proposes several solutions, including infrastructure projects such as new public transit lines, land-use regulations that promote higher density in central areas, and economic incentives for affordable housing. He emphasizes the importance of long-term urban planning for the next 20 years, integrating technologies like virtual modeling, computer vision, and <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a> to analyze urban environments and measure safety and livability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u00bfC\u00f3mo deben ser las mejores ciudades para vivir?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KCAZA_d8o2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sustainability in Agriculture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture accounts for 4% of Mexico\u2019s GDP and remains a cornerstone of the global socio-economic system. \u201cNearly 30% of the world\u2019s population is employed in this sector,\u201d explains <a href=\"\/en\/biotechnology\/ashutosh-sharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashutosh Sharma<\/a>, director of the Regional Department of Bioengineering at Tec de Monterrey\u2019s <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/campus-queretaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quer\u00e9taro campus<\/a>. However, agriculture contributes 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major environmental and climate challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/tec-talks-3.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/tec-talks-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175185\"\/>\r\n            <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ashutosh Sharma, director del Departamento Regional de Bioingenier\u00eda en el Tec campus Quer\u00e9taro. (Foto: Alejandro Salazar \/ TecScience)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharma argues that sustainable agriculture is key to addressing food security, poverty, health, and environmental issues. In collaboration with organizations like Nestl\u00e9 and the Swiss National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, one of his projects focuses on dairy farms, which generate 6% of the sector\u2019s total emissions. The goal is to cut these emissions by half within five years by optimizing livestock diets, using biomolecules to neutralize emissions, improving manure management, and developing low-cost sustainable technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His research also supports Mexico\u2019s agricultural independence. For instance, 100% of strawberry seedlings used in Mexico are imported from the United States. Through micropropagation\u2014cloning genetically identical, high-quality plants\u2014his team aims to enable large-scale local production at a lower cost over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Sharma\u2019s lab is working on ultra-fast-growing hybrid trees\u2014capable of growing six centimeters per day\u2014that could revolutionize reforestation and the timber industry. These trees reach four meters in just three and a half months and potentially absorb ten times more CO\u2082 than traditional trees, helping combat climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His team also collaborates with pharmaceutical companies, farmers, and government agencies on projects focused on cultivating and preserving medicinal plants like Galphimia. They are also developing mobile cloning laboratories for rural areas, which are ten times cheaper than conventional labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Future Without Corneal Blindness<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tech\/lab-cornea\/\">Judith Zavala<\/a><\/strong>, a leading researcher at Tec de Monterrey and a member of the National System of Researchers, has spent years working on synthetic corneas. In 2019, her project peaked: extensive scientific production, promising results, ample resources, and a team of graduate students ready to proceed to clinical trials. Then, the pandemic hit, forcing everything to a standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/tec-talks-4.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/tec-talks-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175186\"\/>\r\n            <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Judith Zavala, part of the Research Group in Visual Sciences. (Photo: Alejandro Salazar \/ Judith Zavala)<br><br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her research focuses on making corneal endothelial cells\u2014cells that do not naturally regenerate in the eye\u2014proliferate under laboratory conditions while maintaining their original characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of us take our ability to see for granted, but for others, it\u2019s a distant dream,\u201d Zavala explains. \u201cEleven million people worldwide suffer from corneal blindness, and transplants are their only option. However, transplants come with significant challenges: long waiting lists, a shortage of donors, high costs, and, on top of that, the cornea is the least-donated organ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), corneal transplants are the most common type of organ transplant worldwide. Yet, only one cornea is available for every 70 needed, impacting individuals\u2019 lives, their families, and their ability to work and live independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zavala\u2019s team has developed a strategy to multiply corneal cells in a laboratory setting, achieving up to ten times more cells from a single donor cornea. They also created a synthetic biomaterial scaffold that allows cells to attach and form functional biosynthetic tissue closely resembling a healthy human cornea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the pandemic, Zavala faced significant hurdles restarting her research. With expired reagents, dead cell cultures, no students, and no funding, she had to decide: give up or find a new path. She chose the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By leveraging the unexpected entrepreneurial training she received during the pandemic, Zavala secured investment to establish a scientific startup. Now, her team is on the verge of clinical trials and commercializing the technology, aiming to produce six to ten corneal implants from a single donor cornea at a fraction of the traditional transplant cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe dream of creating small-scale corneal tissue production labs is no longer far-fetched. In a few years, I hope to share the story of our first patient regaining sight. We\u2019re not just making synthetic tissue but restoring dreams and hope. That is how we put science at the service of society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Judith Zavala, la investigadora que cultiva c\u00f3rneas en laboratorio para devolver la vista\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-v32gF-PDLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Missiles, Shields, and Swords: The Battle Against Superbugs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Where does the next major threat to human health lie? In superbugs\u2014the silent pandemic. <strong><a href=\"\/en\/biotechnology\/nanotechnology-at-the-3m-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mar\u00eda Luisa del Prado<\/a><\/strong>, a professor and researcher at Tec de Monterrey\u2019s Department of Sustainable Technologies, describes the growing danger of antibiotic resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u00bfInvisibles e invencibles? La batalla contra las superbacterias\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AtbGixLsU14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBacteria are everywhere, inside us and on our skin,\u201d she explains. \u201cWe tend to think we can control them with antibiotics. Unfortunately, that\u2019s no longer the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/tec-talks-5.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/03\/tec-talks-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175187\"\/>\r\n            <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mar\u00eda Luisa del Prado, research professor at the Department of Sustainable Technologies, School of Engineering and Sciences. (Photo: Alejandro Salazar \/ TecScience)<br><br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria evolve to withstand previously effective drugs. They share genetic information, making even non-pathogenic bacteria capable of transferring resistance to harmful strains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Factors like self-medication and improper antibiotic use contribute to this crisis. \u201cWhen we don\u2019t complete our treatments, we kill off the weaker bacteria but leave the stronger ones with knowledge of our weapons\u2014without delivering a lethal dose,\u201d del Prado warns. If unchecked, antimicrobial resistance could lead to 39 million deaths by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At her lab, del Prado\u2019s team is developing polymer-based controlled-release drug platforms\u2014nicknamed \u201cmissiles, shields, and swords\u201d\u2014enriched with natural molecules such as Mexican oregano oil, carvacrol, and curcumin, all known for their antimicrobial properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These innovations include nanoparticles that directly target antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, bioactive membranes that break down bacterial biofilms (protective bacterial structures), and microneedle patches that deliver antimicrobial agents precisely where needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe battle is far from over,\u201d del Prado emphasizes. \u201cWe need global collaboration across disciplines to win this fight. It\u2019s time to take action\u2014bacteria won\u2019t wait.\u201d <em><strong>(Michael Ram\u00edrez \/ Ricardo Trevi\u00f1o)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Did this story catch your interest? Would you like to publish it? Contact our content editor to learn more: <a>marianaleonm@tec.mx<\/a><br><\/em><\/strong><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers share their advancements and how they help us tackle some of society\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":168641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[509,203,548],"class_list":["post-168640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-campus-queretaro","tag-tec-science-summit","tag-tec-science-summit-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tec Talk: Better Cities and the Fight Against Superbugs: Scientific 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