Congratulations to Dr. Hortensius!

Very excited that Dr. Rebecca Hortensius successfully defended her doctoral dissertation this morning: ‘Bioinspired alterations of collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffolds for tissue regeneration applications.’ Rebecca joined us after receiving her M.S. at the University of Michigan and B.S. from Syracuse University. She has been leading a project to modify the glycosaminoglycan chemistry of our scaffolds to enhance growth factor sequestration and to alter the inflammatory response after implantation to improve regenerative healing of musculoskeletal defects. She led efforts in the lab to isolate amniotic membrane matrix from placentas to help in this project. Congratulations on a job very well done!