About us
(Photography: Niels Blees)
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 NBTE 2023!Aida Moreira, Lizette Utomo, and Iris Gill will be joining the annual meeting of the Netherlands Society of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in Lunteren. Meet us there!
- Extracellular Vesicles & Nanoparticle-based Therapeutics Europe 2023 conferenceAida 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 environmentA new publication by Laagland et al. is online! Congrats Lisanne on your work unveiling signalling pathways of notochordal cell-derived matrix! Read paper >>
- Internship position available: development of an ex vivo model for local delivery and joint regenerationAre you looking for an exciting MSc internship in regenerative medicine? We have a position available focussing on ex vivo models for musculoskeletal joint diseases. Click here for more information >>