Tomás Egaña
- Position
- Associate Professor | Assistant Director of Graduate Studies
- Academic unit
- Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering UC
- Lines of Research
- Biomaterials
- Tissue engineering
- Developmental Biology
- Summary
Associate Professor at the Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering (IIBM), Professor Tomás Egaña holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Chile, a PhD in Human Biology from the University of Lübeck and a habilitation in Experimental Plastic Surgery from the Technical University of Munich.
His research has focused mainly on Regenerative Medicine and together with his research group
, he combines approaches in Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Therapy with the
development of new experimental models. One of his main contributions has been to "Photosynthetic Therapy".Collaborations
- Hospital del Salvador
- Hospital del Trabajador
- Agrosuper Ltda.
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- 2003: Molecular Biotechnology Engineer, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
- 2008: PhD in Biology. Universität zu Lübeck, Germany.
- 2009: Doctor in Pharmacology. University of Chile.
- 2016: Doctor Habilitatus in Experimental Plastic Surgery, TU München, Germany.
Current Projects
Fondecyt Regular Nr. 1240273 (2024-2029). "Enhancing the biomechanical properties of osteoporotic bones. A proof-of-concept study". Principal Investigator. Amount of financing: 234,227,000 CLP.
ANID Exploration Nr. 13220024 (2023- 2026). "Engineering oxygen-carrying photosynthetic microorganisms to improve oxygenation in animal tissues". Principal Investigator. Amount of financing: 271,920,000 CLP.
Fondef IDeA I+D Nr. ID24I10228 (2024-2026). "The use of photosynthetic microalgae to enhance the photodynamic properties of a bioactive hydrogel for the treatment of infected wounds: towards an alternative therapeutic approach against drug-resistant microorganisms". Principal Investigator. Funding amount: 227.700.000 CLP.
Seed fund with MIT (CoI). Amount of funding: 27,250 USD.
Previous Projects
CORFO Portfolio Nr. 18PIDE98887 (2018- 2022). "Development of a technological and commercial platform for the chronic wound treatment by photosynthetic oxygenation".
CORFO Contracts Nr. 18COTE-98070 (2018- 2020). "Development of a photosynthetic machine for
liver ex vivo for transplantation".
Fondecyt Regular Nr. 1160270 (2016- 2020). "The role of oxidative stress as a major effector of
cigarette smoke toxicity. A novel approach to develop bioactive filters for smokers".
CORFO Linea-2 Nr. 14IDL2-30154 (2015- 2017). "Development of a photosynthetic scaffold that
induce regeneration of non-healing chronic wounds".