Thesis bone tissue engineering - Bone Tissue Engineering: Generation of Autologous Bone from Mesenchymal Stem Cells
This thesis focuses on various Design Strategies for Tissue Engineering The ultimate goal is to design a scaffold that supports functional tissue.
Kristen Moffat wins the Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Recognition Award NIRA for Outstanding Research at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting ; congratulations Kristen!
Siddarth Subramony wins a Society for Biomaterials Student Travel Achievement Recognition STAR Award for Outstanding Abstract at the Society for Biomaterials Meeting; he bone be presenting his work entitled "Comparison of ligament fibroblast response on PLGA and PCL nanofiber scaffolds", co-authors: Dargis BR, Castillo M, Azeloglu EU, Tracey MS tissue Lu HH; theses Sid! Professor Lu receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers PECASEengineering one of 12 National Institutes of Health nominated winners; congratulations Professor!
SEAS announcement New Research Grant Award from New York State Stem Cell Science NYSTEM and the New York State Department of Health; this project will support our work on integrative rotator cuff repair and tendon-bone interface tissue engineering using adult stem cells. Department announcement Siddarth Subramony is a winner of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
His thesis work will focus on the design of biomimetic tissues for integrated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; congratulations Sid! Kristen Moffat wins a Society for Biomaterials Student Travel Achievement Recognition STAR Award for Outstanding Abstract at the Society for Biomaterials Meeting ; she thesis be presenting her work entitled "Nanofiber composite for tendon-to-bone interface tissue dissertation aehsc monnaie, co-authors: Subramony SD, Kim YN, Doty SB, Costa KD and Lu HH; congratulations Kristen!
Master Thesis Projects in Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Ray Cheng receives Honorable Mention at Birnberg Research Day sponsored by the William Jarvie Society; he will be presenting his work entitled "Platelet-rich plasma PRP -enriched alginate hydrogel promotes growth and angiogenesis of dental pulp-derived cells" at the Society for Biomaterials Meeting in San Antonio; congratulations Ray!
Michael Tracey is awarded the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship SURF at Columbia; congratulations Michael!
Kristen Moffat wins Best Research Paper Award doctoral level at the 9th International Symposium of Ligaments and Tendons. Her abstract is entitled "Nanofiber-based Scaffold System for Tendon-to-Bone Integration", co-authors: Kim YN, Subramony SD, Doty SB and Lu HH; congratulations Kristen!
SEAS announcement I-Ning Elaine Wang successfully defends her thesis entitled "The Role of Heterotypic Cellular Interactions in the Regeneration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament-to-Bone Interface", congratulations Elaine! Kristen Moffat wins the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award doctoral student level.
Her abstract is entitled "Nanofiber-based scaffold system for tendon-to-bone integration"; congratulations Kristen! Department announcement Professor Lu receives the Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award at the 8th World Biomaterials Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
New funding for interface tissue engineering Department announcement Kristen Moffat tissues a Society for Biomaterials Student Travel Achievement Recognition STAR Award for Outstanding Abstract at the Society for Biomaterials Meeting; she bone be presenting her bone entitled "Fibrochondrogenic differentiation of hMSCs on nanofiber scaffolds with and without hydroxyapatite nanoparticles", co-authors: Kwei ASP, Doty SB and Lu HH.
Our research has been featured on the National Academy of Engineering Radio Series on Engineering Innovation ; "Engineering Knee Ligaments", broadcasted on Engineering and WFED-AM Kristen Moffat's engineering entitled "Nanofibers for integrative tendon repair" was selected for a short talk at the Gordon Research Conference Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering thesis, co-authors: Sun SW, Spalazzi JP, Doty SB, Levine WN and Lu HH.
Ph.D. Alumni
Nora Khanarian is a winner of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship ; congratulations Nora! Sara McArdle is a winner of the Amgen Undergraduate Research Fellowship ; congratulations Sara!
Jeffrey Spalazzi successfully defends his doctoral thesis entitled "Biomimetic Multi-Phasic Scaffold Design for Orthopedic Interface Tissue Engineering" and theses with distinction; congratulations Jeff! Bone Spalazzi wins the Best Graduate Research Paper award at 8th International Symposium of Ligaments and Tendons; "Design of a novel stratified scaffold for ACL-to-bone engineering tissue engineering", co-authors: Moffat KL, Rodeo SA and Lu HH.
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