Updates (The When)
Check out accomplishments and events from the lab!
Recent Lab Updates
Apr 13, 2026
Congratulations to Aniya on being awarded a GRFP from the NSF!
Mar 27, 2026
Hanna, Aniya, and Jay present the lab’s work at the Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting in Charlotte!
Mar 25-28, 2026
Tristan, Christine, Rehaan, and Alan present the lab’s work at the Society for Biomaterials Meeting in Atlanta!
Previous News
2026
Mar 20 - Congrats to Alan on winning a STAR Award from SFB!
Feb 23-24 - Tristan presents twice at the C3i/VA-TEAM Bootcamp in Dallas!
Jan 29 - Congrats to the lab on four accepted abstracts to the Society for Biomaterials meeting, here in Atlanta in March!
Jan 22 - Congrats to Hanna and team on selection of their image of “fibrin flowers” as the front cover for Biomaterials Science! (Link)
Jan 14 - Christine presents her work as an IBB Petit Scholar - awesome job this past year!
Jan 13 - Awesome presentation by Caroline Dingler at the MSKRC seminar series, on work spanning from basic science to the clinic!
Jan 4 - Jay presents that lab’s cartilage repair work at the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) meeting in San Juan!
2025
Dec 14 - Lab Holiday Party!
Dec 12 - Congrats to Hanna on obtaining her Master’s from UF in Microbiology!
Nov 7 - Congrats to Nick, Amogh, and team on their accepted manuscript on PDGF in ankle fusion in Foot & Ankle International! (Link)
Oct 28 - Great presentation by Hanna at the Emory MSK Seminar Series!
Oct 13 - Jay presents the lab’s work at the ICRS World Congress in Boston!
Oct 8 - Congrats to Hanna, Maddie, Amogh, and Xander, as well as our collaborators John Peroni and team at UGA on their recently accepted manuscript in Biomaterials Science! (Link)
Sep 12 - Caroline presents e-posters from the lab at the AOFAS Annual Meeting in Savannah!
Sep 11 - The lab’s recent image was published on the back cover of a special issue in Cytoskeleton! (Link)
Aug 29 - The lab submits 3 abstracts to the ORS annual meeting in Charlotte!
Aug 15 - Congrats to Adi Pucha on transitioning to an excellent post-bacc position at the NIH! Look out for this future superstar!
Aug 15 - Welcome Aniya Hartzler, our newest PhD student!
Aug 7 - The lab presents four posters at the Atlanta VA-Morehouse Joint Research Symposium!
July 30 - Great presentations by Adi and Hanna at the CReATE Motion annual symposium in Atlanta!
July 22- Our labs at the VA installed and received training on a new BioAssembly Bot!
July 21 - Congrats to Nick, Amogh, and the rest of the team on their manuscript in JOR - check it out!
June 9 - Jay attends the ICRS Sachdev Fellowship in New York City!
May 30 - Congrats to Maddie on her next steps - starting medical school at the University of Pennsylvania! We’re gonna miss her!
May 11 - Congratulations to Adi on graduating from Emory, with Highest Honor’s in Biology!
Apr 26 - The lab had a great time at the 6th Annual Emory MSK Research Symposium! Nice presentation Maddie and congrats to Adi on a poster award!
Apr 21 - Joint lab meeting with Dr. John Peroni and team! Many exciting discussions.
Apr 18 - Congrats to Caroline and Amogh on their AOFAS abstract acceptances!
Apr 9-12 - Tristan and Adi present their work during oral presentations at the SFB annual meeting.
Apr 2 - Congrats to Adi on passing his thesis defense with highest honors!
Mar 20 - Congrats to Tristan on being selected for the SPARK program at the Atlanta VAMC and for an ON Education Grant to attend SFB!
Mar 12 - Congrats to Jay on being selected as a Sachdev Translational Innovation Fellow from the ICRS!
Mar 3 - Congrats to Tristan and team on their recent manuscript on chondrocyte inflammatory responsiveness in Cytoskeleton! (Link)
Feb 17 - Congrats to Hanna on an excellent rapid fire talk and poster at the AfroBioTech Conference in Atlanta!
Feb 7-11 - Congrats to Hanna, Maddie, Adi, Tristan, and Amogh on their presentations at the Orthopaedic Research Society in Phoenix!
Jan 31 - We welcome Christine Lee, undergraduate student from Georgia Tech, as a Petit Scholar!
Jan 28 - Congrats to Tristan and Adi for oral presentation acceptances at the SFB meeting in April!
Jan 24 - Jay presents the lab’s work at The Meniscus meeting in Berlin, Germany!
Jan 18 - Lab Outing! Some good old bowling, losing team has to bake for lab meeting!
Jan 7 - Congrats to Adi on being selected for the Class of 2025 100 Senior Honorary!