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Dr. Manuel Mazo Vega
Principal investigator of the Cardiac Tissue Engineering group.
Preferential dedication to cardiac tissue engineering applied to Regenerative Medicine and pharmacological testing.
Professional career
Degree in Biochemistry in 2003 from the University of Navarra.
PhD in Biochemistry in 2009 by the University of Navarra.
Postdoctoral stay at Imperial College London (2012-2016), Stevens Group.
Since 2017 he is a researcher at the Cima University of Navarra and is part of the team of the Cell Therapy Area of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
Coordinator of the Regenerative Medicine research group since 2020.
Visiting Researcher at the Harry Perkins Institute – University of Western Australia (2026)
RESEARCH AREAS
- Participation and leadership in national and international research projects, including AES (ISCIII), Government of Navarra, H2020, AECC.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Design, manufacture and maturation of human cardiac tissues for tissue regeneration.
- Development of new testing platforms for cardiotoxicity detection.
- New biomaterials.
- Additive manufacturing-3D printing.
Activity
In research
Author of more than 50 scientific publications in national and international journals, being main author in 19 of them.
He has given several presentations at national and international conferences relating to his field of specialism.
Reconocimientos
- Premio extraordinario de doctorado en Bioquímica’09.
- Becado por Marie Skłodowska-Curie’14.
More information
Latest scientific publications
- Melt electrowritten 3D human cardiac engineered tissues reproduce the enhanced sensitivity of fibrotic patients to doxorubicin Aug 6, 2025, | Magazine: European Heart Journal Supplements
- Uncovering cell type-specific phenotypes using a novel human in vitro model of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy Jul 16, 2025 | Magazine: Stem Cell Research & Therapy