The 44th Annual Meeting of ISSLS took place in Athens, Greece from May 29th to June 2nd, 2017. Dr. Iatridis moderated 1 session (Disc Regeneration) and provided 2 podium presentations: “Hyperosmolar overloading induces notochordal cell differentiation with osmosensitive aquaporin3 upregulation and altered N-cadherin and connexin-43 expression” and “Bioactive dietary polyphenol preparation for preventing painful behavior associated with lumbar disc degeneration: an in-vivo rat model”.