NEWS
November 2023: Prof Albro visits Virginia Commonwealth University Biomedical Engineering to give seminar on “Raman spectroscopy for osteoarthritis diagnostics and treatment monitoring.” Thanks for the invite!
October 2023: Prof Albro gives talk at the University of Pittsburgh Joint Tissue Biology, Pathology, and Engineering Seminar Series on “Raman spectroscopy for osteoarthritis diagnostics and treatment monitoring.” Thanks for the invite!
October 2023: Albro Lab’s research on Raman spectroscopy featured in Bostonia, Boston University’s Alumni Magazine: “New Noninvasive Light-Based Device Could Help Diagnose Osteoarthritis Early.”
October 2023: The Albro Lab welcomes Enkhjargal (Jack) Budbazar to join the team as a Senior Research Scientist for work on cartilage tissue engineering.
October 2023: The Albro Lab welcomes Elzbieta Stepula as a visiting scientist to work on the development of Raman microscopy imaging platforms.
October 2023: Dev Mehrotra presents on “Raman spectroscopy for monitoring of articular cartilage regeneration” at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting. Great job Dev!
August 2023: Albro Lab’s research on Raman spectroscopy featured in the Brink: “New Noninvasive Light-Based Device Could Help Diagnose Osteoarthritis Early.”
June 2023: Albro Lab’s research on Raman spectroscopy featured as College of Engineering research highlight: “Aiming to Bring OA to its Knees.”
June 2023: Albro Lab students present 2 podium talks and 1 poster presentation at the SB3C meeting in Eastern Shore, Maryland. Great work by everyone!
May 2023: Prof. Albro gives talk at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Biomedical Materials Science on Raman spectroscopy for osteoarthritis diagnostics and treatment monitoring.” Thanks for the invite!
May 2023: Congratulations to this year’s Albro Lab graduating seniors: Farida Korna, Nicholas Mauro, Junhan Liao, and Yuton Deng.
March 2023: Albro Lab undergraduates are awarded summer fellowships: Alex Wager (Distinguished summer Research Fellow) and Shakaani Nasankar (UROP). Excited to start summer research projects!
March 2023: Prof Albro visits the Boston University Department of Biochemistry to give seminar on “Reaction-Diffusion Modeling of TGF-beta in Muskuloskeletal Connective Tissues.” Thanks for the invite!
March 2023: Tianbai Wang’s abstract on latent TGF-beta scaffolds and Sedat Dogru’s abstract on Damkohler analysis of growth factor transport selected as finalists for the SB3C PhD student paper competition. Congrats to both and all coauthors!
June 2023: Albro Lab students present 4 podium talks and 1 poster presentation at the SB3C meeting in Vail, Colorado. Great work by everyone!
February 2023: Albro Lab students present 2 podium talks and 5 poster presentations at the ORS meeting in Dallas, TX. Great job everyone!
January 2023: Prof. Albro presents the latest on Raman research projects at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, California.
October 2022: Sedat Dogru presents his research on “Spatial Activity and Functional Role of Mechanobiologically Activated TGF-beta in the Synovial Joint” at the BMES Annual Meeting. Great job Sedat!
October 2022: Prof. Albro presents TGF-beta mechanobiology research at the Boston University Center Multiscale & Translational Mechanobiology Annual Symposium.
August 2022: Albro Lab receives NIH R01 on Arthroscopic Raman Monitoring of Cartilage Content for PTOA Diagnosis and Chondroregenerative Treatment Response.
July 2023: Prof Albro visits the King’s College London Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology to give seminar on “Reaction-Diffusion Modeling of TGF-beta in Cartilage Tissue Engineering.” Thanks for the invite!
July 2023: Prof Albro presents invited talks at the World Congress of Biomechanics on “Reaction-diffusion modeling of TGF-beta delivery in cartilage tissue engineering” and “Spatial activity and functional role of mechanobiologically activated TGF-beta in the synovial joint.”
June 2022: Albro Lab receives NIH R01 on A Bio-Inspired Latent TGF-beta Conjugated Scaffold for Patient-specific Cartilage Regeneration.
May 2022: Congratulations to this year's Albro Lab graduating seniors, Andy Zhang and Gabriela Alba. Andy will be pursuing a PhD at Princeton and Gabriela will be performing clinical research at Boston Children's Hospital.
April 2022: Albro Lab undergraduates are awarded summer fellowships: Farida Korna (Distinguished Summer Research Fellow), Junhan Liao (UROP, STARS), Nicholas Mauro (UROP, STARS), Yutong Deng (NSF REU), and Halide Haciguzeller (NSF REU). Congrats to all!
April 2022: Albro Lab students present at the 48th Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Masumeh Kazemi presents on, "Raman Needle Probe Assessment of Compositional and Mechanical Cartilage Degeneration in Early-Stage Osteoarthritis." Sedat Dogru presents on, "Spatiotemporal Activity of Transforming Growth Factor-beta in the Healthy and Osteoarthritic Synovial Joint."
February 2022: Albro Lab students present at the 2022 Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting. Tianbai Wang presents on, "A Bioinspired Latent TGF-beta Conjugated Hyaluronan Scaffold for Cartilage Tissue Engineering." Dev Mehrotra presents on, "Raman Arthroscopic Needle Probe for Assessment of Neocartilage Composition." Masumeh Kazemi presents on, "Raman Needle Probe Assessment of Cartilage Composition Predicts Functional Tissue Properties."
February 2022: Prof. Albro presents at the Closer Look Biomechanics Journal Club on, "Raman Spectroscopic for Osteoarthritis Diagnostics and Treatment Monitoring."
December 2021: Sedat Dogru completes his PhD prospectus on reaction-diffusion modeling of TGF-beta in cartilage. Congratulations Sedat!
December 2021: Tianbai Wang completes her PhD prospectus on cartilage tissue engineering. Congratulations Tianbai!
December 2021: Massie Kazemi's paper, "Raman Needle Probe Assessment of Cartilage Composition Predicts Functional Tissue Properties," is accepted as a late breaking abstract to the 2022 ORS Annual Meeting.
November 2021: Tianbai Wang, Yanli Lyu, and Dev Mehrota’s abstracts are accepted to the 2022 ORS Annual Meeting.
August 2021: Kim Kroupa, Maggie Wu, and Andy Zhang publish their work, "Raman Needle Arthroscopy for In Vivo Molecular Assessment of Cartilage," in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research.
August 2021: Yanli Lyu passes his MSE Master's thesis, "Optimization of Culture Media Replenishment for Cartilage Tissue Engineering." Congratulations Yanli!
June 2021: Andy Zhang wins second place in the Summer Bioengineering, Biomechanics, and Biotransport Conference Undergraduate Student Paper Competition for his work, "Raman Needle Arthroscopy Towards In Vivo Monitoring of Engineered Cartilage Growth." Congratulations Andy!
June 2021: Professor Albro gives a seminar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics entitled, "Raman Arthroscopy for OA Diagnostics and Treatment Monitoring."
June 2021: Yifan Peng and Dev Mehrotra pass their BME qualifying exams. Congratulations!
May 2021: Congratulations to this year's Albro Lab graduating senior Kirk Pierce! Kirk will be pursuing a PhD at Boston University in Biomedical Engineering.
March 2021: The Albro Lab's work on Raman arthroscopy for osteoarthritis diagnostics is featured in BU College of Engineering's Spotlight Research: "A Tool to Measure Cartilage Health."
March 2021: The Albro Lab, Bergholt Lab, and Snyder Lab are awarded a 3-year project grant from the Arthritis Foundation on, "Raman Needle Arthroscopy for Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Diagnostics and Treatment Monitoring." The award provides $297,000 for project support over 3 years.
February 2021: Professor Albro presents at the MGH Center for Skeletal Research (CSR) Bone Research Workshop on, "Mechanobiological Regulation of TGF-beta in the Synovial Joint."
February 2021: Albro Lab students present at the 2021 Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting. Sedat Dogru presents on, "Patient-specific internalization rates mediate TGF-beta delivery in cartilage tissue engineering." Tianbai Wang presents on, "Localized delivery of physiologic TGF-beta doses improves cell morphology in functional engineered cartilage." Andy Zhang presents on, "Raman plate reader for quantitative molecular monitoring of live cartilage explants and, "Raman needle arthroscopy for in vivo diagnostics of musculoskeletal connective tissues."
January 2021: The Albro Lab, Snyder Lab, and Grinstaff Lab receive a 2021 Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology (CMTM) Seed Grant Award on, "A Novel Mechanochemical Bioreactor Platform for Synovial Joint Therapeutic Screening." The award provides $25,000 for project support over 1 year.