News
- October 21, 2024
Diversity Travel Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Lucia Morales for receiving a Diversity Travel Fellowship Award to attend the 2024 ORS PSRS meeting. https://www.ors.org/psrs-2024-diversityawards/
- September 1, 2024
Notice of Award
We recently received the R16 Equipment Supplement NOA to purchase the Inovenso NE300 Multi Nozzle Electrospinning & Spraying Machine. Stay tuned for new results!
- August 28, 2024
Cell Communication and Signaling Acceptance
Our work on role of miR-155-5p in IVD degeneration with a focus on inflammation and mechanosensing was published in Cell Communication and Signaling. DOI: 10.1186/s12964-024-01803-7.
- July 31, 2024
Goodbye to Mikkael Lamoca
Mikkael Lamoca, a vital member of our lab for many years, will continue his research endeavors at NUS with a Fulbright Scholarship. For more info click here.
- July 1, 2024
Welcome to Lucia Morales
A warm welcome to our new PhD student, Lucia Morales, who will work on our NIH R21 project. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucia-morales-513385227
- May 30, 2024
ISSLS Meeting 2024
Our lab was well represented at the Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) in Milan, Italy (two talks, special poster, symposium chair). https://www.isslsmeetings.org/
- May 11, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Petra Cazzanelli
Celebrating our team member Petra Cazzanelli during the 2024 doctoral convocation and hooding ceremony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VrCrDPCvBM
- April 27, 2024
Imagine RIT
Interactive community outreach activities at Imagine RIT, showcasing our electrospinning and mechanobiology research. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J9AbfjQEHE
- March 25, 2024
AIMBE Induction
Prof. Dr. Karin Wuertz-Kozak was elected into the AIMBE College of Fellows, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. For more info click here.
- December 12, 2023
WuertzLab Hosts Disc4All Conference
Professor Wuertz-Kozak hosted a successful 3-day Disc4All conference in the picturesque Finger Lakes region of New York State.
- January 17, 2023
WHAM13 News Feature
Prof. Wuertz-Kozak was interviewed by WHAM13 on the lab's work on developing new solutions for back pain.
https://13wham.com/news/local/rit-researchers-working-on-potential-solution-for-back-pain - August 8, 2022
Brain and Spine Acceptance
Our work on the incidence of reoperation and adjacent segment degeneration of anterior lumbar stand-alone fusion was accepted in Brain and Spine
doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2022.100924 - July 2022
Funding Acquisition
Our project on a Substrate Stiffness, Topography, and TRPV4 in AF Mechanotransduction was funded by the National Institute of Health (SuRE-First R16) with $730,462.
Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Program (R16) - June 29, 2022
Cell Dev. Biol. Acceptance
Our work on the Immuno-Modulatory Effects of Intervertebral Disc Cells was published in Front. Cell Dev. Biol.
doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.924692 - June 23, 2022
Women in Engineering Day 2022
Prof. Dr. Wuertz-Kozak was highlighted in RIT’s Women in Engineering Day 2022 News Feature. For more info click here.
- May 27, 2022
Funding Acquisition
Our project on a novel 3D scleroderma skin model to test therapeutic TRPC6 modulation was funded by the Department of Defense (CDMRP) with $409,121
https://cdmrp.army.mil/srp/default
- April 11, 2022
MDPI Pharmaceutics Acceptance
Our work on Resveratrol Microencapsulation into Electrosprayed Polymeric Carriers for the Treatment of Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds was accepted in MDPI Pharmaceutics
doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14040853 - February 04, 2022
Cells acceptance
Our work on Acrylonitrile and Pullulan Based Nanofiber Mats as Scaffolds for 3D Skin Cell Models was published in MDPI Cells
doi: 10.3390/cells11030445 - February 04, 2022
Cells Acceptance
Our work on Sulfated Hydrogels in Intervertebral Disc and Cartilage Research was published in MDPI Cells
doi: 10.3390/cells10123568 - July 17, 2021
MDPI Nanomaterials Acceptance
Our work on pH-responsive Chitosan/Alginate polyelectrolyte complexes on electrospun PLGA nanofibers was published in MDPI Nanomaterials.
doi: 10.3390/nano11071850 - June 21, 2021
Polymer Reviews Acceptance
Our work on pH-responsive electrospun nanofibers and their applications was published in Polymer Reviews.
doi: 10.1080/15583724.2021.1939372 - June 02, 2021
IJMS Acceptance
Our work on extracellular vesicles as potential mediators of psychosocial stress contribution to osteoporosis was published in the International Journal of Molecular Science.
doi: 10.3390/ijms22115846 - June 02, 2021
JOR Spine Acceptance
Our work on TRPV4 as a mediator of cell damage and inflammation induced by hyperphysiological compression was published in JOR Spine.
doi: 10.1002/jsp2.1149 - February 27, 2021
European Spine Journal Acceptance
Our work on the effect of BMI on the clinical outcome following spinal decompression surgery was published in the European Spine Journal.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-021-06765-9 - February 15, 2021
Advanced Biology Acceptance
Our work on engineering advanced in vitro models of systemic sclerosis for drug discovery and development was published in Advanced Biology.
doi: 10.1002/adbi.202000168 - January 13, 2021
IJMS Acceptance
Our work on the multiscale regulation of the intervertebral disc was published in the International Journal of Molecular Science.
doi: 10.3390/ijms22020703 - January 13, 2021
SCRT Acceptance
Our work on the secretome of mesenchymal stromal cells exposed to healthy, traumatic and degenerative intervertebral discs was published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy.
doi: 10.1186/s13287-020-02062-2 - November 16, 2020
Front. Vet. Sci. Acceptance
Our work on fibronectin fragments and inflammation during canine intervertebral disc disease was published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
doi:10.3389/fvets.2020.547644 - September 10, 2020
IJMS Acceptance
Our work on the effects of early life stress on bone homeostasis in mice and humans was published in the International Journal of Molecular Science.
doi: 10.3390/ijms21186634 - August 15, 2020
New Industry Collaboration
We are now working with Sanatela Medical to create nanofibrous scaffolds from decellularized Wharton’s Jelly matrix.
Sanatela Medical | A research and development biotechnology company - August 06, 2020
JOR Spine Acceptance
Our work on electrospinning and 3D bioprinting for intervertebral disc repair was published in JOR Spine.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.1117 - July 01, 2020
Frontiers in Pharmacology Acceptance
Our work on the of role TRP Channels in disc inflammation due to hypoosmotic stress was published in Frontiers in Pharmacology.
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00952 - June 30, 2020
Biomedicines Acceptance
Our work on Cutibacterium acnes in intervertebral disc inflammation was published in Biomedicines.
doi:10.3390/biomedicines8070186 - May 20, 2020
IJMS Acceptance
Our work on microRNAs in intervertebral disc degeneration, apoptosis, inflammation, and mechanobiology was published in IJMS.
doi: 10.3390/ijms21103601 - April 21, 2020
Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology Acceptance
Our work on cell-laden agarose-collagen composite hydrogels for mechanotransduction studies was published in Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00346 - April 17, 2020
Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology Acceptance
Our work on the therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles in degenerative diseases of the intervertebral disc (in collaboration with the Gaborski Lab) was published in Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00311 - December 11, 2019
Scientific Reports Acceptance
Our work on the differential regulation of TRP channels by intervertebral disc degeneration and back pack was published in Scientific Reports.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55212-9 - November 22, 2019
European Spine Journal Acceptance
Our work on the expression and activity of hyaluronidases (HYALs) in intervertebral disc health and disease was published in the European Spine Journal.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06227-3 - October 24, 2019
Incoming Funding
Project funding in biology and medicine (SNF division III)
The Money follows Researcher Program of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) agreed to support the move of Prof. Wuertz-Kozak from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland) to RIT by allowing the transfer of project-related funds. The total budget of this project, which is related to microRNAs in the disc, is 310,000 USD. - October 22, 2019
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Acceptance
Our work on alterations in bone homeostasis and microstructure related to depression and allostatic load was accepted in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
doi: 10.1159/000503640 - October 2019
Welcome to the Tissue Regeneration & Mechanobiology Lab
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