About us

The Regenerative Orthopedics group is a young, multidisciplinary, and international research team embedded within the department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The research laboratory is situated in the Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht (RMCU) which is located at Utrecht Science Park.

The group is led by Prof. Marianna Tryfonidou and focuses on osteoarthritis and low back pain due to intervertebral disc degeneration with a clear focus on clinical translation. The research follows the One Health-One Medicine principle and aims to make an impact on on the health of animals and human patients with low back pain and knee joint pain.

Latest news

• Meet the professor 2025January 14, 2025
  On March 19th 2025, Marianna and Lisanne will go to an elementary school for an interactive Q and A session…
• Marianna at ORS 2025January 10, 2025
  Marianna has been invited to speak at the Career and Professional Development Programs sessions at the annual ORS meeting in…
• Enroll your dog in a clinical trial for osteoarthritisJanuary 8, 2025
  Niels Blees is looking for clinical trial participants! Is your dog suffering from osteoarthritis? Read more info here (in Dutch)…
• Congrats Josette!December 23, 2024
  Josette succesfully defended her PhD thesis on November 21st 2024 and is hereby the first UU iPSpine PhD candidate to…
• New publication: Isolation and tracing of matrix-producing notochordal and chondrocyte cells using ACAN-2A-mScarlet reporter human iPSC linesOctober 25, 2024
  A massive congrats to Xiaole Tong and the team for this amazing collaborative effort! Read the full paper in Science…
• New publication: Outcome One Year after Acetabular Rim Extension Using a Customized Titanium Implant for Treating Hip Dysplasia in Dogs.October 3, 2024
  A new publication by Irin Kwananocha is out now! Read here >>