People
Amy L. McNulty, Ph.D. Associate Professor Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology Duke University School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University |
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Dawn Chasse is a Research Analyst and Laboratory Manager for the McNulty Lab. Currently, she is working on teasing out the differences between young and old chondrocytes utilizing RNAseq and proteomics to elucidate possible mechanisms to rejuvenate old and osteoarthritic tissues. |
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Jon Ley is a Research Technician II studying regenerative medicine. He is working on fabricating and characterizing scaffolds to engineer meniscus tissue. |
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A’nna Kelly is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student in the McNulty Lab. She is currently working to identify mechanosensitive pathways in the meniscus by applying mechanical stimuli to meniscus tissue. Understanding these pathways will increase knowledge in meniscus repair, regeneration, and osteoarthritis prevention. |
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Vianna Martinez is a Pathology PhD student in the McNulty Lab. She is working to identify critical age-related mechanoresponsive pathways in articular cartilage tissue to modulate these pathways and prevent osteoarthritis development. |
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Allison Robinson is a Pathology PhD student in the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology training program. She is investigating the effects of blood on the meniscus and the cellular responses to joint injury. Understanding the consequences of blood and its constituents on meniscus tissue could point to developmental pathways of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. |
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Chris Otap is a Research Technician II investigating the effects of weight loss, ACL, and meniscus repair on cartilage strain and post-traumatic osteoarthritis development. |
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Sebastian Pino is a Research Technician II investigating biochemical changes that result from ACL and meniscus injuries, as well as the impact of weight loss on cartilage strain and osteoarthritis development. |
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Pranav Rastogi is a Duke Undergraduate Researcher working on understanding the influence of blood on meniscus tissue repair and post-traumatic osteoarthritis development and the influence of age-related changes on cartilage homeostasis. |
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Navjot Rehal is a Duke Biomedical Engineering master’s student working on bone morphometric analysis of meniscus injured joints and understanding the influence of biological and biomechanical changes following joint injury on cartilage homeostasis. |
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Nikol Trajkovski Polastri is a Duke Undergraduate Intern working on developing and characterizing CRISRPRi constructs to understand the function of mechanosensitive channels in meniscus cells and tissue. |