Research group
Materials for Sustainability and Wellness
Position
Academic Staff
Bruno Jorge Antunes Colaço obtained his PhD degree at Veterinary Faculty, University of Leon, Spain, in 2008. He started teaching veterinary Anatomy at UTAD in 2002 and is currently assistant professor. He has co-authored 65 full manuscripts in international peer-reviewed journals. Since 2010 he is accredited by the corresponding national authorities (DGAV) has an investigator-coordinator to perform animal experimentation. His research in the last ten years has been focused in the fields of animal models (bone regeneration, cartilage regeneration and cancer), osteoarthritis imaging and biomedical potential of agriculture-based products.
Representative Publications
A minocycline-releasing PMMA system as a space maintainer for staged bone reconstructions-in vitro antibacterial, cytocompatibility and anti-inflammatory characterization
10.1088/1748-605X/aa68b8
Biodegradation, biocompatibility, and osteoconduction evaluation of collagen-nanohydroxyapatite cryogels for bone tissue regeneration
10.1002/jbm.a.35540
Bisphosphonates induce the osteogenic gene expression in co-cultured human endothelial and mesenchymal stem cells
10.1111/jcmm.12154
Diels-Alder functionalized carbon nanotubes for bone tissue engineering: In vitro/in vivo biocompatibility and biodegradability
10.1039/c5nr01829c
