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Another successful IVD Retreat in the books! Huge thank you to Roger Härtl and his team for making the trip to Ithaca, and for their continued support for translational spine research @WCMCBrainSpine Cornell BME Weill Cornell CTSC

First ORS in the books! Had a phenomenal time meeting all the trainees and advisors. Thank you to the conference organizers for making this possible, and to all the presenters for sharing their work 🥂 #ORS2024

Had a great time at the 2024 HSS CAMEO retreat with poster presentations by Ashley Cardenas and Serafina Lopez! Cornell BME Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)

Excited to announce that Ashley Cardenas has been awarded a TL1 fellowship from Weill Cornell CTSC for her project on MSC-mediated mitochondrial transfer for IVD regeneration! Thanks to Dr. Roger Härtl of @WCMCBrainSpine for co-mentoring Ashley on this project. Cornell BME Cornell Engineering

The Bonassar Lab is heading to #SB3C2024! Tune into some great talks from Aiyana Fortin and Ashley Cardenas on Thursday and Friday, respectively. #Cartilage #IVD

Excited to be giving my first podium talk this Friday at 5p.m.!! Bonassar Lab #SB3C2024

I'm very excited to announce I'll be joining University of Rochester - Biomedical Engineering as an assistant professor in July 2025! Thank you to all my mentors/mentees 🙏 I'm looking forward to starting the Irwin Lab focusing on orthopedic mechanotransduction using biomaterials and intravital imaging approaches 🦵🔬

My first, first-authored publication is now out in @JORSpine! Incredibly grateful for the support, training, and guidance I received throughout the process 🐷🔬

Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this study! Thank you to everyone involved. Cornell BME Cornell Engineering Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Congratulations to Ashley Cardenas @Ashleycardalv for winning the 2024 RoosterBio Development Award for her proposal titled "MSC Mitochondria for the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease." This award will provide $10K in RoosterBio cells and reagents to support her work.

Congratulations to Ashley Cardenas for being awarded the Cornell Graduate Student Travel Grant! This funding will enable Ashley to train with @RobbyBowles on CRISPR editing cells for intervertebral disc regeneration.

The Bonassar Lab is thrilled to share our work at #BMES2024 in Baltimore! Check out the presentations below to learn about the ongoing work in our lab Biomedical Engineering Society Cornell BME Weill Cornell Medicine HSS Biomechanics

Another Biomedical Engineering Society meeting in the books! Thanks to the conference organizers and presenters for a great time in Baltimore #BMES2024

The Bonassar Lab is excited to share our findings at #ORS2025 in Phoenix! Check out the presentations below is learn about the ongoing research in our lab Orthopaedic Research Society ORS Spine Section ORS Meniscus Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Cornell BME

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Leaving #ORS2025, and perhaps my last grad school conference, feeling energized and inspired. Huge thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for sharing their incredible work! 😊

Congratulations to Ashley Cardenas (Ashley Cardenas) and Alikhan Fidai (Alikhan Fidai) for their review papers in press in World Neurosurgery Journal. These reviews are part of a 3-part series detailing bioactive therapies for degenerative disc disease Cornell BME Weill Cornell Medicine