Congratulations to the 2023 Award Recipients!
| 2023 Winners | Presentation Topic | |
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Kyle Kuchynsky Ohio State University |
Single-Cell RNA-Seq of Human Cartilage Endplate Cells Identifies Clusters that Drive Healthy and Diseased Phenotypes |
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Jasmin Mertens Scripps Research |
Identification of Multiple Stem Cell Populations in the Healthy Human Intervertebral Disc |
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Denise Iliff Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Hypersensitization of Spinal Cord Following Vertebral Endplate Micro Fracture Injury Using an In Vivo Model |
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Kevin Burt University of Pennsylvania |
HMGB1 Mediates Macrophage Recruitment and Regional Intervertebral Disc Properties Following Injury |
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Fei San Lee University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
In Vitro Screening for Nerve Dieback Compounds in Dorsal Root Ganglia and Evaluating Cytotoxicity on Nucleus Pulposus Cells |
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Lauren Lisiewski Columbia University |
TGF-b3-Releasing Bioinstructive Constructs Promote AF- and NP-Like IVD Cell Phenotypes in 3D Printed Scaffolds |
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Andres Bonilla Colorado State University |
Synergy of the Autoimmune Response in a Model of Degenerative Disc Disease |
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Tori Kroon Mount Sinai |
Females Activate More Inflammatory Pathways than Males and WNT Signaling-Deficiency in Aging Attenuates Inflammatory Pathways in Response to Disc Injury |
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Karthikeyan Rajagopal University of Pennsylvania |
Physiological Measurement of Nucleus Pulposus Oxygen, Glucose, and Lactate in a Large Animal Model of Disc Degeneration: Preliminary Findings |
