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You can find information about the people involved in this research as well as additional information about our project in the link below.

This information is intended to complement the Poster and short talk #4 at the Cutting Edge OA conference.

Additional figures available temporarily:

Project partners:

Dr. Anna E. Rapp 

Dr. Anna E. Rapp is a Research Associate in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in the lab of Carla Scanzello. She has extensive experience in in vivo and in vitro models of OA and is currently working on the role of innate immunity in OA pathogenesis.

Contact: anna.rapp@pennmedicine.upenn.ed

Dr. Irene Mattiola

Dr. Irene Mattiola is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology (I-MIDI) working at the lab of Andreas Dieffenbach. She has extensive experience in vivo and in vitro models of cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. She is currently working on the role of Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs) in Osteoarthritis.

Dr. Nayar Durán-Hernández

Nayar Durán is a postdoctoral researcher at the Pitzer Lab for Osteoarthritis working onjoint immune responses in DMM and JSD models with particular interest in early inflammation responses after trauma. Currently working in scRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics of Age associated OA and post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

Xiaohui Liu

Xiaohui Liu is a PhD Candidate at the Pitzer Lab for osteoarthritis working on the interplay of innate immunity and mitochondrial function in human chondrocytes and its impact on OA development.

Contact: xiaohui.liu@drfz.de

Yujie Dai

Yujie Dai is a PhD candidate at the Pitzer Lab for Osteoarthritis working on joint innate immune responses in chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts. 

Contact: yujie.dai@drfz.de