In this act, the President of the Scientific Committee, Dr. Lida Morisoli, presented this event to an attentive audience, and several distinctions were awarded.

A Round Table, "Biochemistry in XXI Century", coordinated by Professor Dr. Oscar H. Fay, followed. The members outlined, from their different points of view, the paths that this speciality can take in the present century.
Professor Dr. Regina W. Wikinski, Dean of the Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and Permanent Member of the Academia Nacional de Farmacia y Bioquímica referred to "Biochemistry, a discipline and a profession". Later, Professor Dr. Ernesto J. Calvo, Head of Department of the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and Senior Researcher of the CONICET lectured about: "Lab-on-chip: how is clinical analysis developing in the XXI Century?. Finally Dr. Juan J. Fanara, Teacher of the Ecology, Genetics and Evolution Department of the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales of the Universidad of Buenos Aires and Researcher of the CONICET talked about the "The Genome Project: realities and perspectives".

The participants of the Round Table had an important exchange of ideas and answered the questions of the audience.

Fundación Wiener lab. is an entity that was established by Wiener Laboratorios SAIC, with a wide range of goals, which include promoting post-graduate training in biochemistry and other health-related professions, and encouraging the study and applied research in different areas of biochemistry and the life sciences.

Twenty years ago, Dr. Miguel L. Rojkín, Founder of Wiener Laboratorios SAIC, a company located in Argentina with more than forty years of experience in the research, development and manufacturing of diagnostic reagents, brought to life his idea of returning to the biochemistry professionals the support he received from them.

He decided to establish and support Fundación Wiener lab., as the company's scientific and philosophic bases were a deep vocation for the study of Biochemistry and its related disciplines, and the continuous recognition of the humanitarian work of many professionals, who contributed to the preservation of human health through their work and research.

Fundación Wiener lab. is managed by a Scientific Committee of five members, all distinguished professionals, professors and researchers of our city. It is complemented by the Regional Consultant Committee, made up of 32 delegates at present, from the different regions of our country, distributed in 28 different cities.
Since the beginning of its activities, over 370 update and improvement courses have been given in 46 different cities; free of charge for more than 20,200 attendees.

An annual award to the Biochemistry graduates with the best average marks in all the universities of the country, was also established. Among its future projects is to spread its activities to Latin America.