Dr. Lawrence Bonassar

Biography

Lawrence Bonassar joined Cornell University in 2003 after five years on the faculty at the Center for Tissue Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bonassar's research group focuses on the regeneration and analysis of musculoskeletal tissues, including bone and cartilage. His approach involves a multidisciplinary strategy that employs biomechanics, biomaterials, cell biology, and biochemistry. His technology applications include the repair of articular cartilage, intervertebral discs, and craniofacial defects. At the cellular level, his work explores the interactions between chondrocytes, fibroblasts, and stem cells with biomaterials. He has developed techniques for tissue injection molding and cell-mediated sintering, which create living implants under conditions that support cell viability. His group also investigates the structure-property relationships of engineered tissues through experimental correlations and mathematical modeling.

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