Congratulations to Bonassar Lab alumna, Andrea Ippolito, on being named to President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition team for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Andrea earned both her BS and MEng degrees from Cornell, working on tissue engineering of human meniscus implants. … Continue Reading
Steven Ayala passed his A Exam and received his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Congrats, Steven!
Tianyu Gao passed his M Exam and received his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. Congrats, Tianyu!
Rebecca Irwin passed her B Exam and received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Her doctoral thesis was entitled “Imaging the microscope mechanical response of articular cartilage in early stage osteoarthritis treatments”. Rebecca’s thesis work examined the mechanical effects of early… Continue Reading
Liz Feeney passed her B Exam and received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Her doctoral thesis was entitled “Synovial Fluid Lubrication in Disease: Characterization, Mechanisms, & Therapy” and focused on applying tribological principles to understand variations in synovial fluid composition between… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Rebecca Irwin and her co-authors on their accepted manuscript in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage titled “Distinct tribological endotypes of pathological human synovial fluid reveal characteristics biomarkers and variation in efficacy of viscosupplementation at reducing local strains in articular cartilage.”… Continue Reading
Hello prospective PhD students! We, at the Bonassar lab, created this short video to give you a look into the daily activities that go on within our lab. If you have any further questions please feel free to reach out… Continue Reading
The Bonassar lab is traveling to the 2020 ORS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. We will be presenting the following abstracts: Steven Ayala is presenting: Spatial Pattern Of Cellular Response Of Articular Cartilage To Mechanical Injury Depends On Impact Magnitude,… Continue Reading
Stephen Sloan passed his B Exam and received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering. His doctoral thesis was entitled “Tissue-Engineered Annulus Fibrosus Repair and Nucleus Pulposus Augmentation in Pre-Clinical Models of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration” and focused on developing and optimizing a… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Rebecca and her co-authors on their accepted manuscript in PLOS ONE titled “The clot thickens: Autologous and allogeneic fibrin sealants are mechanically equivalent in an ex vivo model of cartilage repair.” This study investigated how allogeneic and autologous sources affected… Continue Reading
