11/03/2024

On Monday, March 11th, Florencia Abinzano successfully defended her thesis titled "Articular Cartilage-Derived Progenitor Cells for Cartilage Tissue Engineering". Her research specifically focused on investigating the stimulation of these cells using BMP-9 and the creation of long-lasting osteochondral implants.

Proud supervisors: Jos Malda & Riccardo Levato and another Regenerative Medicine Utrecht graduate! Thank you Ingrid Meulenbelt, Harrie Weinans, Laura Creemers, Martin Stoddart and Marianna Tryfonidou for thesis evaluation and opposition and the AO Foundation and ReumaNederland for supporting this collaborative project with Gerjo van Osch, Jason Burdick, Ilyas Khan, David Eglin, Mauro Alini, René van Weeren, Juergen Groll and others.