Proyectos

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]El proyecto tiene como propósito levantar evidencias cualitativas sobre el impacto de la educación artística en la convivencia escolar de escuelas rurales antes, durante y después de la pandemia Covid-19. La investigación es de índole cualitativa puesto que se han diseñado instrumentos como entrevistas en profundidad, grupos focales con docentes y estudiantes y metodologías artísticas como collage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]EFECTO DE LA OBESIDAD INDUCIDA POR EL CONSUMO DE UNA DIETA ALTA EN GRASAS SOBRE LA ACTIVACIÓN DEL INFLAMASOMA NLRP3 EN LA CÓCLEA Y LA FUNCIÓN DEL SISTEMA AUDITIVO[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]EFECTO DE LA OBESIDAD INDUCIDA POR EL CONSUMO DE UNA DIETA ALTA EN GRASAS SOBRE LA ACTIVACIÓN DEL INFLAMASOMA NLRP3 EN LA CÓCLEA Y LA FUNCIÓN DEL SISTEMA AUDITIVO[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]EFECTO DE LA OBESIDAD INDUCIDA POR EL CONSUMO DE UNA DIETA ALTA EN GRASAS SOBRE LA ACTIVACIÓN DEL INFLAMASOMA NLRP3 EN LA CÓCLEA Y LA FUNCIÓN DEL SISTEMA AUDITIVO[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]EFECTO DE LA OBESIDAD INDUCIDA POR EL CONSUMO DE UNA DIETA ALTA EN GRASAS SOBRE LA ACTIVACIÓN DEL INFLAMASOMA NLRP3 EN LA CÓCLEA Y LA FUNCIÓN DEL SISTEMA AUDITIVO[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]North-central Chile and south-east France are facing semi-arid and Mediterranean climates, respectively. In addition to being historically exposed to water supply challenges, these regions are sensitive to climate change, which is increasing aridity. Thus, the pressure on water resources to meet domestic, agricultural and industrial demands is high and growing. As precipitation in these regions is low and highly variable, the water stored underground is a key adjustment variable to mitigate years with low precipitation. Hence, groundwater resources need to be carefully managed in order to secure water supply in the years and decades to come. To tackle this challenge, this project aims to develop geophysical characterization and groundwater modeling approaches to support sustainable groundwater management. The main objective of the project is to produce key information about groundwater for water resources planners in semi-arid and Mediterranean areas such as in north-central Chile and southeast France. This objective will be achieved by training students and young researchers in state-of-the-art technologies such as the Magnetic Resonance Sounding (MRS) geophysical method and the WEAP-MODFLOW integrated water resources modeling framework.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]Proyecto que aborda el uso del compost como sustrato en la viverización de especies nativas. Se participó en el diseño y desarrollo de la propuesta pero finalmente se optó por ser prestadores de servicios, además de montar los ensayos asociados al proyecto.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]Proyecto de investigación básica en procesos de arrastre estocásticos.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]

During the last decades, compelling evidence shows how the context in which early life takes place impinges risk or protection for later development of non-communicable chronic diseases. In this regard, impaired fetal growth, as occur in the fetal growth restriction (FGR), leads to a higher risk for later cardiovascular diseases, an effect that would be mediated by accelerated aging at molecular, structural, and functional levels. FGR remains a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality, affecting ~10% of pregnancies, but ranging from 5 to 25% depending on the population surveyed, with a higher prevalence among pregnant women of low socioeconomic status. In the clinic, FGR is normally defined by a fetal weight below the 10th percentile, however, new evidence shows that impaired intrauterine growth may affect several neonates born over the 10th percentile, especially late in pregnancy, which may be missed from the perinatal survey for preventing adverse outcomes. This points out the need for further studies to improve the understanding and identification of altered fetal growth trajectories and their consequences on vascular function. Studies in the placenta show that FGR vascular dysfunction is also found at birth in chorionic and umbilical arteries. We have demonstrated the presence of functional and molecular markers (e.g. vasodilator mediators and epigenetic changes) of endothelial dysfunction in human FGR umbilical and chorionic vessels, findings that have been further confirmed by comparing systemic and umbilical arteries in guinea pigs and chicken FGR models. These traits suggest that umbilical artery endothelial cells (HUAEC), in complement with approaches in animal models, can be used as a surrogate to explore the vascular programming within the fetus, however, their translation to clinical preventive applications for promoting healthy aging deserves further studies. It worth noting that fetal reduced oxygen supply (fetal hypoxia) and altered blood flow patterns (e.g. shear stress) are key clinical markers in the FGR, independently of the constraints leading to impaired growth, and both factors exert a tight control of vascular development and function across life. However, how these key stimuli interact and impose an epigenetic program on the endothelial function remains elusive. This proposal will focus on the crosstalk between hypoxia and shear stress that results in the endothelial programming related to impaired fetal growth, and the molecular mechanisms that mediate the vascular responses to these stimuli. Furthermore, we will address if these molecular markers may allow detecting early vascular aging in FGR subjects beyond the 10th centile cutoff. We hypothesize that “Impaired fetal growth conditions are associated with epigenetic programming of aging- and mechanosensing-related miRNAs and transcripts in the endothelium, which can be triggered by the confluence of altered flow patterns and hypoxia resulting in molecular and structural pro-hypertensive biomechanical vascular properties”. This hypothesis will be addressed by three General Objectives (GO) involving ex vivo, in vitro, and in vivo observational and mechanistic approaches: GO1 To demonstrate, in HUAEC, whether late FGR results in epigenetic changes related to the regulation of vascular aging and the expression of mechanosensing mechanisms involved in the endothelial-dependent relaxation, and their relationship with general prenatal parameters of vascular health. GO1 will be performed by recruiting HUAEC samples from late FGR and control pregnancies, to assess transcriptomic and DNA methylation analyses that will be crossed with prenatal clinical data. GO2 To study, in vivo, whether hypoxia and shear stress differentially regulate mechanosensing pathways involved in the endothelial-dependent relaxation and their relationship with the in vivo and ex vivo vascular properties (e.g. functional and biomechanical). GO2 will be performed in chicken embryos exposed to hypoxia and treated with agents targeting mechanosensing pathways, in which wall shear stress will be determined by Ultrasound Localization Microscopy, with complementary functional, structural, and molecular analyses. GO 3. To study, in cultured HUAEC, whether stimuli related to impaired fetal growth converge in the regulation of mechanosensing- and aging-related transcripts and miRNA, contributing to the cellular programming of endothelial dysfunction. GO3 will be performed in HUAEC exposed, in vitro, to sustained hypoxia and diverse flow patterns (shear stress), in which target DNA methylation, miRNA, transcripts, and proteins will be assessed. Our expected outcome is to improve the knowledge about the endothelial epigenetic programming after FGR in humans and enhance the characterization of the shear stress patterns and mechanisms associated with chronic fetal hypoxia. These effects will be isolated by studying, in vivo, hypoxic chicken embryos and, in vitro, cultured HUAEC exposed to FGR-like flow patterns. This project is not only relevant to uncover the developmental mechanisms that determine short- and long-term vascular dysfunction but also to open potential approaches for preventing, diagnosing, and treating FGR-pregnancies.

[vc_section el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center circle--pattern" css=".vc_custom_1648956589196{padding-top: 3rem !important;}"][vc_row el_class="pb-5"][vc_column][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu="6"][uoh_breadcrumb_component automatic_breadcrumb="true"][uoh_title_component title_dropdown="big" title_decorator="true"]{{title}}[/uoh_title_component][vc_column_text css=""]During the last decades, compelling evidence shows how the context in which early life takes place impinges risk or protection for later development of non-communicable chronic diseases. In this regard, impaired fetal growth, as occur in the fetal growth restriction (FGR), leads to a higher risk for later cardiovascular diseases, an effect that would be mediated by accelerated aging at molecular, structural, and functional levels. FGR remains a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality, affecting ~10% of pregnancies, but ranging from 5 to 25% depending on the population surveyed, with a higher prevalence among pregnant women of low socioeconomic status. In the clinic, FGR is normally defined by a fetal weight below the 10th percentile, however, new evidence shows that impaired intrauterine growth may affect several neonates born over the 10th percentile, especially late in pregnancy, which may be missed from the perinatal survey for preventing adverse outcomes. This points out the need for further studies to improve the understanding and identification of altered fetal growth trajectories and their consequences on vascular function. Studies in the placenta show that FGR vascular dysfunction is also found at birth in chorionic and umbilical arteries. We have demonstrated the presence of functional and molecular markers (e.g. vasodilator mediators and epigenetic changes) of endothelial dysfunction in human FGR umbilical and chorionic vessels, findings that have been further confirmed by comparing systemic and umbilical arteries in guinea pigs and chicken FGR models. These traits suggest that umbilical artery endothelial cells (HUAEC), in complement with approaches in animal models, can be used as a surrogate to explore the vascular programming within the fetus, however, their translation to clinical preventive applications for promoting healthy aging deserves further studies. It worth noting that fetal reduced oxygen supply (fetal hypoxia) and altered blood flow patterns (e.g. shear stress) are key clinical markers in the FGR, independently of the constraints leading to impaired growth, and both factors exert a tight control of vascular development and function across life. However, how these key stimuli interact and impose an epigenetic program on the endothelial function remains elusive. This proposal will focus on the crosstalk between hypoxia and shear stress that results in the endothelial programming related to impaired fetal growth, and the molecular mechanisms that mediate the vascular responses to these stimuli. Furthermore, we will address if these molecular markers may allow detecting early vascular aging in FGR subjects beyond the 10th centile cutoff. We hypothesize that “Impaired fetal growth conditions are associated with epigenetic programming of aging- and mechanosensing-related miRNAs and transcripts in the endothelium, which can be triggered by the confluence of altered flow patterns and hypoxia resulting in molecular and structural pro-hypertensive biomechanical vascular properties”. This hypothesis will be addressed by three General Objectives (GO) involving ex vivo, in vitro, and in vivo observational and mechanistic approaches: GO1 To demonstrate, in HUAEC, whether late FGR results in epigenetic changes related to the regulation of vascular aging and the expression of mechanosensing mechanisms involved in the endothelial-dependent relaxation, and their relationship with general prenatal parameters of vascular health. GO1 will be performed by recruiting HUAEC samples from late FGR and control pregnancies, to assess transcriptomic and DNA methylation analyses that will be crossed with prenatal clinical data. GO2 To study, in vivo, whether hypoxia and shear stress differentially regulate mechanosensing pathways involved in the endothelial-dependent relaxation and their relationship with the in vivo and ex vivo vascular properties (e.g. functional and biomechanical). GO2 will be performed in chicken embryos exposed to hypoxia and treated with agents targeting mechanosensing pathways, in which wall shear stress will be determined by Ultrasound Localization Microscopy, with complementary functional, structural, and molecular analyses. GO 3. To study, in cultured HUAEC, whether stimuli related to impaired fetal growth converge in the regulation of mechanosensing- and aging-related transcripts and miRNA, contributing to the cellular programming of endothelial dysfunction. GO3 will be performed in HUAEC exposed, in vitro, to sustained hypoxia and diverse flow patterns (shear stress), in which target DNA methylation, miRNA, transcripts, and proteins will be assessed. Our expected outcome is to improve the knowledge about the endothelial epigenetic programming after FGR in humans and enhance the characterization of the shear stress patterns and mechanisms associated with chronic fetal hypoxia. These effects will be isolated by studying, in vivo, hypoxic chicken embryos and, in vitro, cultured HUAEC exposed to FGR-like flow patterns. This project is not only relevant to uncover the developmental mechanisms that determine short- and long-term vascular dysfunction but also to open potential approaches for preventing, diagnosing, and treating FGR-pregnancies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649209804184{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center p-md-0 pt-5"][vc_column el_class="p-0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section css=".vc_custom_1649210787516{background-color: #f6faff !important;}" el_class="p-md-0 pt-md-5 pb-md-5"][vc_row el_class="container mx-auto align-items-center"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]