Treena Livingston ArinzehThis week, we would like to introduce you to Dr. Treena Livingston Arinzeh! Treena Livingston Arinzeh is a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA, specializing in stem cell tissue engineering, developing biomaterial repair of bone, cartilage and musculoskeletal tissues. Her research, focusing on the development of functional biomaterials that can accelerate repair utilizing stem cells and other cell types, has revolutionized adult stem cell therapy for which she gained national recognition and awards such as the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2004), Technology Rising Star Award, 21st Women of Color STEM Conference (2016) and the Thomas Edison Patent Award, R&D Council of NJ (2017), to name a few. Breakthroughs: A method to repair bone damaged by trauma or tumors by creating a demineralized bone matrix derived from donor tissue that can act as a scaffold to support bone-building adult stem cells (FDA approved product). Showed first evidence that adult stem cells taken from one person could be implanted in another without causing an adverse immune response. Fun fact! Dr. Arinzeh can play the flute, piano, violin and percussion and was in the wind ensemble in her school orchestra. Relevant articles: Khader, A., and Arinzeh, T. L. (2019) Biodegradable zinc oxide composite scaffolds promote osteochondral differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27173 Wu, S. et al. (2018) Aligned fibrous PVDF-TrFE scaffolds with Schwann cells support neurite extension and myelination in vitro. Journal of Neural Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aac77f Lee, Y-S., and Arinzeh, T. L. (2011)Electrospun Nanofibrous Materials for Neural Tissue Engineering. Polymers. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym3010413 Jigeesha Mukhopadhyay PhD student
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