About us

The Translational 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 the health and lives of animals and human patients with low back pain and knee joint pain.

Latest news

• Looking back at ARI Orthopedics Cartilage & Disc meeting 2026July 2, 2026
  It may have been a little while since we made the journey back from Davos to Utrecht, but we’re still…
• Amir Kamali wins Best Oral Presentation Award at ARI Orthopedics 2026June 29, 2026
  Another prize for the Regenerative Orthopedics group! Amir Kamali won the Best Oral Presentation during the ARI Orthopedics Cartilage &…
• NWO Open Mind grant for Chantal Voskamp and Lisanne LaaglandJune 19, 2026
  On June 18th, the second round for the NWO Open Mind 2026 grant application took place during NWO’s annual TEKNOWLOGY…
• Chantal van der Meer wins Best Poster Award at VSD 2026June 19, 2026
  HP MSc student Chantal van der Meer won the award for Best Poster at the Veterinary Science Day 2026 held…
• TEKNOWLOGY 2026June 16, 2026
  Chantal Voskamp and Lisanne Laagland have been nominated together with 19 other finalists by the Open Mind jury committee to…
• Veterinary Science Day 2026June 16, 2026
  We’ll be joining the 2026 edition of the VSD on June 18th where research conducted within the Faculty of Veterinary…

Funding

We are incredibly grateful to all funding bodies, in no particular order, for the financial support that allows us to continue our research!