MANUEL ALEJANDRO VARAS GODOY
Research Professor
UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN
Santiago, Chile
Tumor Microenvironment; Extracellular Vesicles; Cancer Stem Cells, Cell Signaling
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Biochemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2004
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Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO. Chile, 2012
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Biochemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2006
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
2016 - 2019
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Research Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
2015 - 2016
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN
Medicine and Science
Santiago, Chile
2019 - 2020
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN
Medicine and Science
Santiago, Chile
2020 - A la fecha
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Professor Physiology Part Time
UCINF
Santiago, Chile
2012 - 2012
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Academic Assistant Part Time
Universidad Andres Bello
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2011
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Research Assistant Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2007 - 2008
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Postdoctoral Research Full Time
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Suecia
2012 - 2015
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Research Professor Full Time
Universidad de los Andes
Santiago, Chile
2015 - 2019
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Research Professor Full Time
Universidad San Sebastián
Santiago, Chile
2019 - A la fecha
Graduated Students
1. Constanza Pinochet, Bachelor in Biothecnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA, 12 March 2013, (Supervisor).
2. Paula Valenzuela, Master in Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO, 21 April 2016 (Co-supervisor).
3. Sebastián Venegas, Bachelor in Molecular Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, 28 July 2017 (Co-supervisor).
4. Evelyn Zirotti, Bachelor in Biothecnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA, 18 December 2017 (Supervisor).
5. Gonzalo Gomara, Master in Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO, 19 December 2018 (Co-supervisor).
6. Felipe Grunenwald, Bachelor in Biothecnology, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR, 17 April 2020 (Supervisor).
7. Nelly Vera, Bachelor in Biothecnology, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR, 9 June 2020 (Supervisor).
8. Daniela Riveros, Medical Technology,, UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTÍAN, 25 November 2020 (Supervisor).
9. Javiera Portus, Biochemist, UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTÍAN, 5 August 2021 (Supervisor).
10. Cristobal Cerda, PhD in Cell Biology and Biomedicine, UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN, 4 April 2022 (Co-supervisor).
11. Liseth Orosco, Bachelor in Biology, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTIN, AREQUIPA, PERU, 8 June 2022 (Supervisor).
12. Albano Cáceres, PhD in Biomedicine, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES, 13 June 2022 (Supervisor).
13. Jonathan Lillo, Biothecnology, UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA METROPOLITANA, 2 July 2022 (Supervisor).
Current Students
1. Jorge Catalan, PhD in Cell Biology and Biomedicine, UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN, (Supervisor).
2. Javiera Portus, Master in Molecular Biomedicine, UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTÍAN, (Supervisor).
3. Beatriz Caceres, Biochemist, UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTÍAN, (Supervisor).
Postdoc
1. Francisca Alvarez, ANID, 2020-
Selected Conference 2016-2019
1. Cáceres-Verschae A, Varas-Godoy M. IL-8/CXCR1 activation induces cancer stem-like cells properties in ovarian cancer cells. Chilean Society for Cell Biology – XXXIII Annual Meeting – November 25-29, 2019. Puerto Varas, Chile.
2. Cerda-Troncoso C, Alvarez F, Gaete-Ramirez B, Varas-Godoy M, and Burgos PV. Characterization of multivesicular bodies (MVBs) in chemoresistance ovarian cancer cells with reduced macroautophagy. Chilean Society for Cell Biology – XXXIII Annual Meeting – November 25-29, 2019. Puerto Varas, Chile. Puerto Varas, Chile.
3. Cerda-Troncoso C, Alvarez F, Gaete-Ramirez B, Varas-Godoy M, and Burgos PV. Role of microautophagy (eMI) during chemotherapy resistance to cisplatin in ovarian cancer cells. EMBO Workshop - Proteostasis: From organelles to organisms - November 15-19, 2019. Ericeira, Portugal
4. Iva Polakovicova, Edison Salas-Huenuleo, Lorena Lobos-González, Manuel Varas-Godoy, Nicolas Carrasco-Veliz, Alejandro Corvalán. Role of microRNA-335-5p in gastric cancer derived extracellular
vesicles. Annual Meeting International Society for Extracellular Vesicles. Barcelona, España, 2018.
5. Edison Salas-Huenuleo, Iva Polakovicova, Manuel Varas-Godoy, Lorena Lobos-González, Julian Bejarano, Alejandro Corvalán, Marcelo J. Kogan. A simple method to label vesicles for visualization and in vivo
tracking. Annual Meeting International Society for Extracellular Vesicles. Barcelona, España, 2018.
6. Albano Cáceres-Verschae, Sofia Cubillos, Sebastian E. Illanes, Manuel Varas-Godoy. Extracellular vesicles derived from ovarian cancer sphere increase tumorigenic properties of low invasive ovarian cancer cells. XXXI Annual Meeting Chilean Society for Cell Biology. Puerto Varas, Chile, 2017.
7. America Campos, Lorena Lobos-González, Rocio Bustos, Manuel Varas-Godoy, Carlos Salomon, Andrew FG. Quest. Caveolin-1-containing exosomes from metastatic breast cancer cells contain adhesion
proteins and enhance migration in recipient cells. XXXI Annual Meeting Chilean Society for Cell Biology. Puerto Varas, Chile, 2017.
8. Lobos-Gonzalez L, Bustos R, Campos A V, Silva V, Carrasco M, Guevara F, Varas-Godoy M, Oliveira L, Burzio V, 6 , Burzio L. Exosomes from metastatic breast cancer cells post-interference of ncmtRNAs decreased metastasis in a model of carcinomatosis intraperitoneally. XXXIX Annual Meeting Chilean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016.
9. Bustos R, Campos A, Varas-Godoy M, Carrasco M, Guevara F, Villegas J, Burzio V, Burzio L, Lobos Gonzalez L. Exosomes released upon knockdown of the antisense non-coding mitochondrial rnas modulate tumorigenic properties of the human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231. XXXIX Annual Meeting Chilean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016.
10. Alejandro Luarte, Roberto Henzi, Juan Pablo Ramírez, Matías Masalleras, Isabel Villalobos, Manuel Varas, Úrsula Wyneken. Astrocyte-derived exosomes interact with neurons decreasing neuritic branching. XXX Annual Meeting Chilean Society for Cell Biology. Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016.
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FUNDACION ARAUCARIA
SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE CARDIOLOGIA Y CIRUGIA CARDIOVASCULAR
Chile, 2006
Best work on heart disease award, Chilean Cardiology Congress
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NOVARTIS LABORATORY
SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE CARDIOLOGIA Y CIRUGIA CARDIOVASCULAR
Chile, 2007
Best original work published in Chile's Cardiology
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National Doctoral Scholarships 2008
COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA
Chile, 2008
Doctoral Fellowship
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Student National Travel Fellowship
COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA
Chile, 2010
Conicyt Student Travel Fellowship, Chilean Society for cell Biology
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Student National Travel Fellowship
COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA
Chile, 2011
Conicyt Student Travel Fellowship, Chilean Society for cell Biology
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Student International Travel Fellowship
COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA
Chile, 2011
Conicyt Student international Travel Fellowship
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE
Suecia, 2013
Karolinska Institutet Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Harnessing the Angiogenic Potential of Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes for Vascular Regeneration |
An integrated mechanism of cardiomyocyte nuclear Ca2+ signaling |