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 us at ISSLS 2024!March 25, 2024
  Marianna Tryfonidou, Chantal Voskamp, Aida Moreira, and Daniele Corraini will have an oral presentation at the ISSLS conference to be … Read more
• iPSpine final consortium meetingMarch 25, 2024
  It feels like yesterday that the iPSpine project started, but it’s almost coming to an end already! It’s been a … Read more
• Meet us at OARSI 2024March 25, 2024
  Lizette Utomo will be joining the OARSI 2024 meeting held on April 18-21st in Vienna, Austria. She’s co-organizing the Regenerative … Read more
• New vacancy: research technicianMarch 25, 2024
  We are looking for a scientific research technician who will be providing technical support to our research team by performing … Read more
• New vacancy: PhD candidateMarch 18, 2024
  We’re looking for a motivated PhD candidate to join our team! See the full vacancy here >>
• Meet us at NBTE 2023!November 14, 2023
  Aida Moreira, Lizette Utomo, and Iris Gill will be joining the annual meeting of the Netherlands Society of Biomaterials and … Read more
• Extracellular Vesicles & Nanoparticle-based Therapeutics Europe 2023 conferenceNovember 14, 2023
  Aida Moreira is joining the Extracellular Vesicles & Nanoparticle-based Therapeutics Europe 2023 conference in Rotterdam this year. Come say hi!
• New publication: Notochordal cell-derived matrix inhibits MAPK signaling in the degenerative disc environmentNovember 14, 2023
  A new publication by Laagland et al. is online! Congrats Lisanne on your work unveiling signalling pathways of notochordal cell-derived … Read more