Disc, Tendon, Ligament

Moderator(s)

• JN

  Jennifer Nichols, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, United States
• 

  Robin Queen

  Professor
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States

Presentations:

• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  CRISPR Epigenome Editing of TNFR1 and IL6ST Reduces Behavioral Pain Sensitivity from Disc Degeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Trone, MS (he/him/his) – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Joshua Stover, PhD – University of Pittsburg

  Co-Author: Christian Lewis, MS (he/him/his) – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Hunter Levis, MS – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Matthew Philippi – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Brandon Lawrence – University of Utah Orthopedic Center

  Primary Investigator: Robby Bowles – University of Utah
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Machine learning distinguishes phenotypes of Intervertebral Disc degeneration using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pain, and histological metrics.
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel Thompson (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Liudmila Bardonova – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Judith Hoyland – University of Manchester

  Co-Author: Vadim Byvaltsev – Irkutsk State Medical University

  Co-Author: Morgan Giers – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Joseph Chen – Oregon State University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Extended intra-articular presence of fluorescent C’ Dot nanoparticles in naïve and arthritic rat knee joints
  

  Presenting Author: Aiyana G. Fortin, M.S. – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Erica Secor, DVM, MS – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Uli B. Wiesner, PhD – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Heidi Reesink, VMD, PhD, DACVS-LA – Cornell University

  Last Author: Lawrence Bonassar, PhD – Cornell University
• 4:45 PM – 4:52 PM PDT

  Translational and Rotational Response of a Keeled Total Disc Replacement After One-, Two-, and Three-Level Implantation
  

  Presenting Author: Antonio Valdevit, PhD – S-E-A, Ltd.

  Co-Author: Nicole Mottole – SEA, Ltd

  Co-Author: Jason Cuellar, MD – Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

  Co-Author: Todd Lanman, MD – Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

  Co-Author: Michael Wernke, RPh, PhD – SEA, Ltd

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Carruthers – SEA, Ltd
• 4:52 PM – 4:59 PM PDT

  Mechanical strength of suture anchors used for attaching prosthetic tendons in rabbits
  

  Presenting Author: Obinna P. Fidelis, MSc – University of Tennessee Knoxville

  Co-Author: Katrina L. Easton – University of Tennessee Knoxville

  Co-Author: David E. Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee Knoxville

  Co-Author: Pierre-Yves Mulon – University of Tennessee Knoxville

  Primary Investigator: Dustin L. Crouch, PhD – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• 5:00 PM – 5:07 PM PDT

  The Role of TLR-2 associated miR-155-5p in Inflammation and Mechanosensing of Intervertebral Disc Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Petra Cazzanelli, MSc – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

  Co-Author: Mikkael Lamoca – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

  Co-Author: Oliver Nic Hausmann – Neuro- and Spine Center, Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna (Lucerne) and Neurosurgical Department, University of Berne (Berne)

  Co-Author: Addisu Mesfin – Medstar Orthopaedic Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine

  Last Author: Karin Wuertz-Kozak – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Schön Clinic Munich Harlaching, Spine Center, Academic Teaching Hospital and Spine Research Institute of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg (Austria), Munich, Germany