Proyectos vigentes

Proyectos en ejecución 2026

Investigadores/as Principales INTA

Hispanic Latino Lipid Consortium

Principal Investigator: María Paulina Correa Burrows
Co-Investigators: Daniel Carlos Bunout Barnett, Raquel del Carmen Burrows Argote, Christian Enrique González Billault and Rodrigo Hernán Troncoso Cotal
Funding: Otros Internacionales - Proyectos Internacionales
Start: Jan-2023
End: Jan-2027
Code: 2R01HL142302-05A1

Intestinal microbiota transplant as a strategy to enhance the resilience capacity of the elderly aiming to retain muscular, cognitive, and metabolic functions in a stressful environment

Principal Investigator: Gonzalo Andrés Jorquera Olave
Co-Investigators: Pamela Urrutia Vargas
Funding: Otros Internacionales - Proyectos Internacionales
Start: Sep-2023
End: Sep-2026
Code: WL20230

Juego de mesa Agrocatástrofe

Principal Investigator: Lee Ann Meisel
Funding: Dirección de Innovación - Redes, Núcleos e iniciativas de colaboración académica de carácter transdisciplinario
Start: Nov-2025
End: Nov-2026
Code: DE0225

Temporal Network Analysis of Sweet Cherry Fruit Ripening: using plant growth regulators to unravel the cross-talk between developmental and environmental cues

Principal Investigator: Lee Ann Meisel
Co-Investigators: Jonathan Elías Maldonado Soto and Herman Patricio Silva Ascencio
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2023
End: Mar-2027
Code: 1231491

Integrating Pedigree-based QTL analysis and Genomic Selection for quantitative traits in Japanese plum

Principal Investigator: Igor Alejandro Pacheco Cruz
Co-Investigators: Paulina Andrea Ballesta Muñoz and Rodrigo Arturo Infante Espiñeira
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2023
End: Mar-2027
Code: 1231614

Consumption of Ultra-Processed foods and breast density: differences during the life-course

Principal Investigator: Ana Inés Pereira Scalabrino
Co-Investigators: Mariana Cifuentes Koster, Camila Luz Corvalán Aguilar, María Luisa Garmendia Miguel and Jacard Cangas Marcela Evelyn
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2023
End: Mar-2027
Code: 1230813

The methylome transcriptional regulatory network activated by copper in Enterococcus faecalis

Principal Investigator: Mauricio Alejandro González Canales
Co-Investigators: Víctor Manuel Faúndes Gómez and Angélica Sofía Reyes Jara
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2023
End: Mar-2027
Code: 1230194

Empirical analysis of bacterial community interactions inferred from co-occurrence networks: a case study on Pappostipa frigida rhizosphere

Principal Investigator: Mauricio Alejandro González Canales
Co-Investigators: Liliana Verónica Cambiazo Ayala and Javiera Rocío Ortiz Severín
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1241424

Germline, mono-allelic variants in ITGB1 cause a novel congenital genetic syndrome

Principal Investigator: Víctor Manuel Faúndes Gómez
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Iniciación en Investigación
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2027
Code: 11240332

Colina y su rol esencial para una óptima salud materna e infantil

Principal Investigator: María Fernanda Mujica Coopman
Funding: Fondo Central de Investigación - U-INICIA
Start: Oct-2024
End: Oct-2026
Code: UI-006/24

Consumo de alimentos ultra procesados y marcadores de adiposidad y estado metabólico en adolescentes chilenos: desarrollo del núcleo de Epidemiología Nutricional del Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA) de la Universidad de Chile

Principal Investigator: Natalia Isadora Rebolledo Fuentealba
Co-Investigators: Camila Luz Corvalán Aguilar
Funding: Capital Humano - Subvención a la Instalación en la Academia
Start: May-2024
End: May-2027
Code: 85240064

Development of Phage Therapy Strategies for Effective Prevention of Vibriosis and Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Aquaculture

Principal Investigator: Jaime Moisés Romero Ormazábal
Co-Investigators: Johana Esther López Polo, Claudio Daniel Miranda Pérez, Jennie Marianne Risopatrón González and Alejandro Villasante Urquiza
Funding: Centros de Investigación Asociativa - Anillos de Tecnología
Start: Jun-2024
End: Jun-2027
Code: ACT240045

Unveiling Host-Microbe Interactions: Exploring the Interface Between Microbiome and miRNAome in Yellowtail Larvae Cultivated in Northern Chile

Principal Investigator: Jaime Moisés Romero Ormazábal
Co-Investigators: Karin Berta Lohrmann Sheffield, Johana Esther López Polo, Claudio Daniel Miranda Pérez and Rodrigo Alejandro Rojas Araya
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1240430

Exploring Synthetic Phage-Based Tools for Controlling Bacterial Pathogens

Principal Investigator: Jaime Moisés Romero Ormazábal
Co-Investigators: María Elena Lienqueo Contreras, Rafael José Daniel Opazo Salas and Alejandro Villasante Urquiza
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Proyectos de Exploración
Start: Oct-2024
End: Oct-2028
Code: 13240071

Vitamin D stabilization by nanoencapsulation in liposomes enriched in grape seed tannins to promote healthy aging through the fortification/generation of functional foods

Principal Investigator: Fernando Dagoberto Pizarro Aguirre
Co-Investigators: Natalia Daniela Brossard Aravena, Johana Esther López Polo, Andrea Cristina Silva Weiss and Paola Alejandra Navarrete Wallace
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1241250

Priorization of healthy food environment policies to promote healthier food consumption in Chile: a participatory mixed-method approach

Principal Investigator: María Luisa Garmendia Miguel
Co-Investigators: Camila Luz Corvalán Aguilar, Ana Pamela Eguiguren Bravo, Pedro Felipe Ferrer Rosende and María Fernanda Mujica Coopman
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1240833

Exploring designing ROS release materials for biofilm control of L. monocytogenes: Understanding molecular and genetic bacterial mechanisms under food-processing environments conditions

Principal Investigator: Angélica Sofía Reyes Jara
Co-Investigators: Alex Humberto Di Genova Bravo and Humberto Cristian Palza Cordero
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1241084

Repurposing of non-antibiotic host-directed drugs as a rational strategy for the control of Salmonid Rickettsial Septicemia (SRS)

Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Enrique Pulgar Tejo
Co-Investigators: Mario Stefano Caruffo Madrid, Paola Alejandra Navarrete Wallace and Jurij Mauricio Wacyk González
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Proyectos de Exploración
Start: Dic-2024
End: Dec-2028
Code: 13240202

Nitrous acid-mediated gastric amplification of the antioxidant properties of flavonols: Bridging a chemico-biological gap

Principal Investigator: Hernán Elías Speisky Cosoy
Co-Investigators: Jocelyn Natalia Fuentes García
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1250088

Early markers of breast cancer risk and food additives: analysis at critical windows in the life course

Principal Investigator: Camila Zancheta Ricardo
Co-Investigators: Ana Inés Pereira Scalabrino
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Postdoctorado
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2028
Code: 3250781

Better Children's Diets: understanding children's experiences, quality and coherence of food environments for improved efficiency and equity

Principal Investigator: Camila Luz Corvalán Aguilar
Co-Investigators: Paz Belén Cavada Robert, María Luisa Garmendia Miguel, María Fernanda Mujica Coopman and Isabel Alejandra Pemjean Contreras
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1250757

The Role of FKBP51 in the onset and treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Hernán Troncoso Cotal
Co-Investigators: Víctor Antonio Cortés Mora and Eugenia Morselli
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1250720

Long-term consumption of diets high in ultra-processed foods (UPF) and low in dietary fibers promotes a pro-inflammatory gut microbiome in children

Principal Investigator: Paola Alejandra Navarrete Wallace
Co-Investigators: Camila Luz Corvalán Aguilar, Marie Bruno Gotteland Martín and Marcela Adriana Reyes Jedlicki
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1250640

Unraveling the potential of novel functional lipids containing gamma-linolenic and stearidonic acids to ameliorate nutrition-related disease issues in "in vitro" (HT-29 and 3T3-L1 cells) and "in vivo" (Drosophila melanogaster) models

Principal Investigator: Miguel Angel Rincon Cervera
Co-Investigators: Adriano Costa de Camargo and Nicolás Andrés Tobar Bachler
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1250619

Pre-and post-natal vitamin B-12 and its association with cardiometabolic risk in the offspring in a context of high maternal B-12 deficiency

Principal Investigator: María Fernanda Mujica Coopman
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Iniciación en Investigación
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2028
Code: 11250252

Enhanced Neuronal Ferroptosis Sensitivity Induced by Senescent Astrocytes via IRP1 Activation

Principal Investigator: Pamela Urrutia Vargas
Funding: Otros Internacionales - Proyectos Internacionales
Start: Aug-2025
End: Aug-2026
Code: CDG_24_01

CCL28 as a Gut Microbiota–Modulated Biomarker of Frailty in the Elderly

Principal Investigator: Gonzalo Andrés Jorquera Olave
Funding: Otros Internacionales - Proyectos Internacionales
Start: Aug-2025
End: Aug-2026
Code: CCL282025-01

Fish and Infection Research Center (FIRC): Implementación de un bioterio de peces para desafíos con enfermedades infecciosas

Principal Investigator: Javiera Rocío Ortiz Severín
Funding: Fondo Central de Investigación - Apoyo a la Infraestructura para la Investigación
Start: Nov-2025
End: Nov-2026
Code: INFRA 015/2025

SCFA-induced H2O2 signaling: a coupling mechanism for baseline mucin exocytosis and bicarbonate secretion at the colonic epithelium

Principal Investigator: Omar Hugo Porras Espinoza
Co-Investigators: Marcelo Aquiles Catalán Gaete and Natalia Andrea Hassan López
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2026
End: Mar-2030
Code: 1260940

Desarrollo y validación de modelos de predicción genómica en cerezo para una selección anticipada y precisa de nuevas variedades

Principal Investigator: Igor Alejandro Pacheco Cruz
Funding: Subdirección de Investigación Aplicada - IDEA I+D
Start: Jun-2026
End: Jun-2028
Code: ID26I10617

Desarrollo de un bioproducto mixto para el control de Agrobacterium spp.

Principal Investigator: Gastón Ariel Higuera Guajardo
Funding: Subdirección de Investigación Aplicada - IDEA I+D
Start: Jun-2026
End: Jun-2028
Code: ID26I10832

Colaboraciones INTA

Instituto Milenio Centro de Regulación del Genoma

Principal Investigator: Miguel Luis Allende Connelly
Co-Investigators: Liliana Verónica Cambiazo Ayala, Beatriz Eugenia Diez Moreno, Mauricio Alejandro González Canales and Rodrigo Antonio Gutiérrez Ilabaca
Funding: Iniciativa Científica Milenio - Institutos Milenios en Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Start: Feb-2022
End: Feb-2027
Code: ICN2021_044

Unravelling associations between the major histocompatibility complex, the gut microbiota and the environment in wild carnivore hosts across a human disturbance gradient

Principal Investigator: Constanza Gabriela Napolitano Valenzuela
Co-Investigators: Paola Alejandra Navarrete Wallace, Lía del Pilar Ramírez Fernández and Andrea Ximena Silva Baez
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1251063

Simulation of agents' counterflows: Closing the gap between different sciences

Principal Investigator: Max Alberto Ramírez González
Co-Investigators: María Paulina Correa Burrows
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1240663

Pro and antioxidants in fish diets: studying the dynamics between oxidative damage and defenses

Principal Investigator: Jurij Mauricio Wacyk González
Co-Investigators: Hernan Dantagnan Dantagnan and Rodrigo Enrique Pulgar Tejo
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2027
Code: 1241976

Estudio de la capacidad de dispersión de inóculos microbianos de las cucarachas nativas del género Moluchia luego de un evento de incendio en el bosque esclerófilo de Chile central

Principal Investigator: Constanza Patricia Schapheer Carrasco
Co-Investigators: Mauricio Alejandro González Canales
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Postdoctorado
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2027
Code: 3240385

Legume Sprouts: Novel Sources of Bioactive Compounds for Healthy Diets

Principal Investigator: Raquel Bridi
Co-Investigators: Adriano Costa de Camargo and Andrés Ricardo Schwember Neira
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1240627

Oh, don't run! OGDH is the gun! Exploring the mitochondrial adaptations that support the chemotherapy-induced metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer cells

Principal Investigator: Félix Ariel Urra Faúndez
Co-Investigators: Ramiro Juan Araya Maturana, Eduardo Javier Fuentes Quinteros, Marcela Alejandra Hermoso and Rodrigo Enrique Pulgar Tejo
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1241547

Genética del contenido de antocianinas y carotenoides en frutos de ciruelo japonés: hacia la mejora genética del color y potencial nutracéutico

Principal Investigator: Arnau Fiol Garví
Co-Investigators: Igor Alejandro Pacheco Cruz
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Postdoctorado
Start: Mar-2024
End: Mar-2027
Code: 3240559

The role of adipocyte derived extracellular vesicles containing Caveolin-1 in promoting tumor angiogenesis

Principal Investigator: Frederick Geoffery Quest Andrew
Co-Investigators: Mariana Cifuentes Koster, Lisette Leyton Campos and Lorena de Lourdes Lobos González
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2028
Code: 1251598

Metals from air pollution: hidden drivers of antibiotic resistance

Principal Investigator: Dinka Slavje Mandakovic Seyler
Co-Investigators: Marcoleta Caldera Andrés Esteban, Angélica Sofía Reyes Jara and Ugalde Casanova Juan Antonio
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1250936

Neomayor, software para fomentar la práctica de una vida saludable en las personas mayores. Optimización y actualización

Principal Investigator: Carolina Andrea Delgado Derio
Co-Investigators: Délano Reyes Paul Hinckley, Gutiérrez Villegas Myriam Deborah, More de la Cruz Jamileth Yasmin and Musa Salech Gada, Carol San Martín and Carlos Másquez
Funding: Subdirección de Investigación Aplicada - IDEA I+D
Start: Jun-2025
End: Jun-2027
Code: ID25I10379

Producing cryoconcentrated calafate (Berberis microphylla) and matico (Buddleja globosa) with multiple health-promoting bioactivities through centrifugal- and ultrasound-assisted block freeze concentration

Principal Investigator: Patricio Antonio Orellana Palma
Co-Investigators: Guillermo Rodrigo Petzold Maldonado, Francisco Antonio Pérez Bravo and Rommy Zúñiga Pardo Nazareth
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1252203

Lactadherin in extracellular vesicles secreted by cancer-associated adipocytes potential to the malignant of breast cancer promoting metastasis

Principal Investigator: Lorena de Lourdes Lobos González
Co-Investigators: Rodrigo Antonio Acuña Astudillo and Mariana Cifuentes Koster
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2026
End: Mar-2030
Code: 1261178

Disentangling environmental drivers of UV protective pigment accumulation in Mimulus luteus (Phrymaceae): underlying mechanisms and consequences for its reproductive success

Principal Investigator: Jaime Andrés Alonso Martínez Harms
Co-Investigators: Gastón Oscar Carvallo Bravo, Pablo César Guerrero Martin and Igor Alejandro Pacheco Cruz
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2026
End: Mar-2030
Code: 1261983

Early-life predictors of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a longitudinal multidimensional study from the childhood to young adulthood in the growth and obesity cohort study

Principal Investigator: Juan Cristóbal Gana Ansaldo
Co-Investigators: Gigliola Loredana Alberti Reus, Marco Antonio Arrese Jiménez, Camila Luz Corvalán Aguilar and Ana Inés Pereira Scalabrino
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2026
End: Mar-2030
Code: 1261881

Multi-omics approach and single-cell RNA sequencing for exploring premature abscission of sweet cherry fruits

Principal Investigator: Nathalie Alexandra Kühn Weber
Co-Investigators: Fuentealba Carrasco Claudia Viviana, Lee Ann Meisel and Pedreschi Plasencia Romina Paola
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Regular
Start: Mar-2025
End: Mar-2029
Code: 1250790

Understanding the role of food access and intra-household dynamics on dietary quality: a mixed-method study in children from rural areas

Principal Investigator: Isabel Alejandra Pemjean Contreras
Co-Investigators: María Luisa Garmendia Miguel
Funding: ANID Fondecyt - Postdoctorado
Start: Mar-2026
End: Mar-2029
Code: 3260736

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