Previous News

2026

Aug 15 - Congrats to Maddie and team and submitting a manuscript on cartilage repair mechanobiology! Preprint on bioRxiv!

Aug 6 - Salim and Alan present our work at the annual Atlanta VA-Morehouse Research Symposium!

Aug 3 - Aniya presents her work on cartilage repair mechanobiology at the MSK Gordon in NH!

July 22 - Congrats to DOCTOR Nyssa Morgan on a tremendous PhD defense! Our lab’s first PhD student to defend!

July 3 - Congrats to Caroline for a successful two years with the group, and starting medical school at UGA!

June 26 - Tristan attends the SMDP Biotech program in San Diego!

June 1 - Welcome Salim, a PhD student at Morehouse, who will spend the summer with us via the VA SPARK program!

May 15 - Congrats to Tristan on being selected for the SMDP Biotech program and receiving an ON Open Education grant to attend!

May 7-10 - Congrats to Nyssa, Amogh, and Christine on their graduations!

May 1 - The lab presents their work at the annual Emory MSK Research Symposium - congrats Tristan on a best podium award!

Apr 27 - Tristan presents a final pitch through the VA-TEAM program on our cartilage-preserving technology!

Apr 13 - Congratulations to Aniya on being awarded a GRFP from the NSF!

Mar 27 - Hanna, Aniya, and Jay present the lab’s work at the Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting in Charlotte!

Mar 25-28 - Tristan, Christine, Rehaan, and Alan present the lab’s work at the Society for Biomaterials Meeting in Atlanta!

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!

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