Category Archives: Team

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ORS Acceptances!

Congratulations to the team on the excellent ORS abstract acceptances! We are proud of the diverse and exciting work submitted and accepted this year!

  1. Torre OM, Das R, Berenblum RE, Huang AH, Iatridis JC: Neonatal mice intervertebral discs restore function following herniation injury, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Session 013, Podium Presentation #: 0068, 2018.
  2. Torre OM, Evashwick-Rogler TW, Iatridis JC: Optimizing Biomechanical Loading Protocols Ex Vivo to Improve Detection of Mild Intervertebral Disc Injuries, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS1-054, Poster #: 0771, 2018.
  3. Krishnamoorthy D, Liu X, Lin L, Xue P, Zhang E, Zhang F, Linhardt RJ, Iatridis JC: Characterization of human lumbar intervertebral disc glycosaminoglycan sulfation patterns using multiple reaction monitoring with liquid chromatography- mass spectrometry, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS1-053, Poster #: 0748, 2018.
  4. Krishnamoorthy D, Torre OM, Natelson D, Smith M, Iatridis JC, Illien-Jünger S: Dietary advanced glycation end product consumption leads to mechanical stiffening of murine intervertebral discs, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS2-152, Poster #: 1630, 2018.
  5. Mui B, DiStefano T, Hecht AC, Iatridis JC: Hydrogel formulation and culture conditions influence TGF- β3 release kinetics and extracellular matrix elaboration in genipin-crosslinked fibrin for annulus fibrosus repair, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS2-154, Poster #: 1666, 2018.
  6. Hom WW, Lin HA, Korda N, Desai JS, Nasser P, Hecht AC, Nicoll SB, Iatridis JC: Ex vivo biomechanical evaluation of a combined annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus hydrogel repair in a large animal model of severe intervertebral disc herniation injury, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Spine: Modeling and Mechanics, Session 38, Podium Presentation #: 0216, 2018.
  7. Mosley GE, Evashwick-Rogler TW, Kaseta T, Lai A, Iatridis JC: Sex differences in rat lumbar intervertebral discs following annular puncture injury, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS2-152, Poster #: 1641, 2018.
  8. Zhou GK, Bradley EW, Westendorf JJ, Iatridis JC, Illien-Junger S: Role of Phlpp1 in Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis in Intervertebral Discs, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS1-053, Poster #:  0750, 2018.
  9. Real A, Ukogu C, Hecht AC, Iatridis JC: Elevated Glycohemoglobin HbA1c is Associated with Low Back Pain Independent of BMI, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, PS1-058, Poster #: 0802, 2018.
  10. Gluck MJ, Beck CM, Skodras A, Laudier D, Fowkes ME, Iatridis JC, Cagle PJ, Hausman MR: In Vivo Monitoring of Nerve Structure and Function Following Neural Stretch Injury via SHG Microscopy and Intra-Operative Nerve Stimulation, Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Session 056, Podium Presentation #: 0308, 2018.
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Publication in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research!

Congratulations to the team on the publication of “Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products Have Sex- and Age-Dependent Effects on Vertebral Bone Microstructure and Mechanical Function in Mice.”!

The recently published manuscript in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research demonstrated that a poor diet, high in advanced glycation end products can, independent of diabetic or overweight conditions, diminish vertebral microstructure, mechanical behaviors and fracture resistance in young female mice. This work suggests poor diet as a potential cause of accelerated spinal aging, especially in females

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Rose Long defends her dissertation!

Congratulations to Rose Long for successfully defending her dissertation! Rose was very productive during her PhD studies and developed many elegant methods for evaluating tissue engineering repair materials for injured intervertebral discs. Her dissertation was entitled “Repair of Herniated Intervertebral Discs: Designing and Translating Annulus Fibrosus Sealants”.

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Welcome to Nimrod Korda!

Welcome to Nimrod Korda who joins the lab as our student intern.  Nimrod will receive his BS from the ORT Braude College of Engineering in Israel where he was a part of Dr. Sarit Sivan’s lab.  For his research, Nimrod will be working on characterizing a GAG-mimetic hydrogel for nucleus pulposus replacement.

 

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Welcome to Kengo Fujii!

Welcome to Dr. Kengo Fujii who joins the lab for a research year as a postdoctoral fellow.  Dr. Fujii is a visiting orthopaedic surgeon from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. For his postdoctoral research, Dr. Fujii will apply his expertise to intervertebral disc biomechanics and mechanisms of discogenic pain.