News
New publication: Isolation and tracing of matrix-producing notochordal and chondrocyte cells using ACAN-2A-mScarlet reporter human iPSC lines
A massive congrats to Xiaole Tong and the team for this amazing collaborative effort! Read the full paper in Science Advances here >>
New publication: Outcome One Year after Acetabular Rim Extension Using a Customized Titanium Implant for Treating Hip Dysplasia in Dogs.
A new publication by Irin Kwananocha is out now! Read here >>
Meet us as the ORS PSRS 7th International Spine Research Symposium
Marianna Tryfonidou, Chantal Voskamp, Lisanne Laagland, Xiaole Tong, and Daniele Corraini will travel to Pennsylvania to join the ORS PSRS conference and ...
3 new internship positions available
We have three new internship positions available, all within the NC-CHOICE project. Check them out here!
New internship position: Differentiation of iPSC-lines combined with naturally-derived matrices
We have a new internship position available for this semester. Read the full description here, or click here for an overview of all available internships.
New master internship positions
Are you enrolled at the GSLS and are looking for an Master research internship? We have open positions! See here >>
The group @ Veterinary Science Day 2024
On June 6th, the Regenerative Orthopedics group joined the annual Veterinary Science Day, a symposium where the entire Veterinary Medicine faculty of ...
Thank you ISSLS 2024!
Last week, Marianna Tryfonidou, Lisanne Laagland, Aida Moreira, Chantal Voskamp, and Daniele Corraini, participated at the ISSLS 2024 conference in Milan, ...
Thank you iPSpine!
On May 22nd-24th we had our final iPSpine consortium meeting. It was a great time to catch up with everyone and to reflect on the journey of iPSpine. WP ...
Meet the Professor 2024
On March 20th, Marianna and Chantal contributed to the annual Meet the Professor event and visited a primary school in Utrecht to talk about the research ...
iPSpine Patient Symposium
On April 16th, lower back pain patients, researchers and medical professionals came together to address these topics and to learn more about the recent ...
Meet us at ISSLS 2024!
Marianna Tryfonidou, Chantal Voskamp, Aida Moreira, and Daniele Corraini will have an oral presentation at the ISSLS conference to be held in Milan on May ...
iPSpine final consortium meeting
It feels like yesterday that the iPSpine project started, but it’s almost coming to an end already! It’s been a wonderful ride and we will ...
Meet us at OARSI 2024
Lizette Utomo will be joining the OARSI 2024 meeting held on April 18-21st in Vienna, Austria. She’s co-organizing the Regenerative Medicine ...
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 ...
Extracellular Vesicles & Nanoparticle-based Therapeutics Europe 2023 conference
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 environment
A 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 regeneration
Are you looking for an exciting MSc internship in regenerative medicine? We have a position available focussing on ex vivo models for musculoskeletal joint ...
Michelle Teunissen co-organizes the ICEL Scientific Conference 2023
Michelle Teunissen has a seat in the local organization commitee of the 9th International Conference on Canine and Equine Locomotion (ICEL). Following the ...
New publication: A combined western and bead-based multiplex platform to characterize extracellular vesicles
Congrats to Josette van Maanen on her paper in Tissue Engineering: part C which describes the evaluation of a combined western and bead-based multiplex ...
The team @ NVMB
On June 1st 2023, the majority of the team presented their work at the annual meeting of the Dutch Society for Matrix Biology (NL: Nederlandse Vereniging ...
Corinde Warmerdam wins Best Poster Award at VSD2023!
Congrats to MSc student Corinde (right), who won the Best Poster Award at the Veterinary Science Day 2023. Corinde presented her work on differentiation of ...
Meet us as the annual meeting of the NVMB
Many team members will join the annual meeting of the Dutch Society for Matrix Biology (NVMB) in Zeist on June 1-2nd. Additionally, Marianna Tryfonidou is ...
Lisanne Laagland wins podium presentation award @ TERMIS-EU 2023 Manchester
Congrats to Lisanne, who won the 2nd prize for Best Oral Presentation Award at the TERMIS-EU 2023 conference held in Manchester, UK! Well done!
Meet us at TERMIS-EU 2023 in Manchester!
Lisanne Laagland and Lizette Utomo will travel to Manchester to join the 2023 TERMIS-EU chapter conference in Manchester, UK! Come see our talks at S25 on ...
New publication: Responsible innovation in stem cell research: using responsibility as a strategy
Marianna Tryfonidou and Lizette Utomo contributed to a bioethics paper by Assen et al. on the concept of responsibility in stem cell research. The paper ...
Regenerative Orthopedics at the 2023 Cartilage Biology and Pathology GRC
Michelle Teunissen, Chantal Voskamp, Joost von Hegedus, and Lizette Utomo will travel to Lucca, Italy to join the Gordon Research Conference on Cartilage ...
OA Bio consortium meeting
The consortium meeting of the OA Bio project will be held in Davos, Switzerland on February 16-17th. Marianna Tryfonidou, Joost von Hegedus, and Ann-Sofie ...
Meet us at ORS 2023!
Marianna Tryfonidou and Deepani Poramba-Liyanage tarvelled to Dallas, Texas to attend the ORS. Marianna will speak on Friday Feb 10th at 6.15PM in Session ...
New publication: The catabolic-to-anabolic shift seen in the canine osteoarthritic cartilage treated with knee joint distraction occurs after the distraction period
New publication by Teunissen, et al. in Journal of Orthopaedic Translation on the changes in cartilage physiology after knee joint distraction. Read paper ...
New publication: Sustained release of locally delivered celecoxib provides pain relief for osteoarthritis: a proof of concept in dog patients
New paper bij Tellegen, et al. in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage on a microsphere formulation for the controlled delivery of celecoxib to combat pain in ...
Goodbye, Frances!
After more than 10 years of working in our research group, we are saying goodbye to Frances Bach. Frances is known to be the walking encyclopedia on IVD(D) ...
VSD 2023
The veterinary science day will be held on May 11th! We will have a nice representation from the group. This year, Lisanne Laagland and Lizette Utomo are ...
iPSpine consortium meeting
The iPSpine consortium meeting will be hosted by UCBM in Rome, Italy on March 9-10th. The UU iPSpine team will travel to Rome to update the consortium and ...
Michelle Teunissen wins Bertus Kemp prize for best doctoral thesis
Today at the Dutch Society for Matrix Biology (NVMB), Michelle Teunissen was awarded the 2022 Bertus Kemp prize for Best Doctoral Thesis. Congrats Michelle!
New publication: Synovial membrane-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells from osteoarthritic joints in dogs possess lower chondrogenic-, and higher osteogenic capacity compared to normal joints
A new publication by Teunissen, et al. published in Stem Cells Research & Therapy provides insights in the differentiation capacity of mesenchymal ...
New publication: Hyperosmolar expansion medium improves nucleus pulposus cell phenotype
New paper by Laagland et al in JOR Spine shows the beneficiary effects of hyperosmolarity on in vitro expansion of canine NP cells. Congrats to Lisanne for ...
Vacancies
We are recruiting a PhD candidate and postdoctoral researcher! Closing date: Aug 25th 2022.
Frances Bach wins the ISSLS Research Grant 2022
Frances is the winner of the 2022 ISSLS Research Grant Award sponsored by Taisho Toyama Pharmaceuticals. She will receive a 20 000 USD award to investigate ...
Marianna Tryfonidou wins the TERMIS 2022 Mid Term Career Award
Marianna was awarded with the Mid Term Career Award at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) meeting in Krakow, ...
iPSpine consortium meeting and eCM conference
The iPSpine consortium will finally meet again after 2 years of online meetings in Davos, Switzerland on June 14-15th 2022. The UU-team will afterwards ...
Veterinary Science Day 2021/2022
Marianna Tryfonidou, Frances Bach, Lizette Utomo, Lisanne Laagland, Xiaole Tong, Frank Riemers, Saskia Plomp, and Floor Verdonk attended the Veterinary ...