University College of Dublin
University College Dublin (UCD) is a leading research-intensive university, ranked in the top 1% globally. It has over 38,000 students from 152 countries and a 133-hectare Dublin campus. UCD contributes to Ireland’s growth through diverse disciplines, research, and innovation. Research spans individual scholars to large collaborations. In 2022/23, UCD secured €161 million in research grants, and over €1.3 billion since 2012/13. UCD leads in innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship, emphasizing collaboration to utilize research outputs.
Work in m2M
UCD will contribute with the team’s extensive expertise to experimental model execution and offer clinical and surgical knowledge on biomaterials validation in different systems and scenarios.
Researchers involved
Past Publications
- Xu et al. Incorporating strontium enriched amorphous calcium phosphate granules in collagen/collagen-magnesium-hydroxyapatite osteochondral scaffolds improves subchondral bone repair. Mater Today Bio. 2024;25:100959.
- Kearney et al. A Translational Model for Repeated Episodes of Joint Inflammation: Welfare, Clinical and Synovial Fluid Biomarker Assessment. Animals (Basel). 2023;13(20):3190.
- Kearney et al. Treatment Effects of Intra-Articular Allogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome in an Equine Model of Joint Inflammation. Front Vet Sci. 2022;9:907616.
- Fahy et al. Chondrogenically Primed Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Persist and Undergo Early Stages of Endochondral Ossification in an Immunocompetent Xenogeneic Model. Front Immunol. 2021;12:715267.
- Burdis et al. Spatial patterning of phenotypically distinct microtissues to engineer osteochondral grafts for biological joint resurfacing.
Biomaterials. 2022;289:121750.
Past financed projects
- Engineering structurally anisotropic and mechanically functional musculoskeletal tissues by guiding the fusion, differentiation and (re)modelling of stem cell derived cartilage spheroids
- Comparison of accuracy of pedicle probing versus endoscopic inspection for assessment of pedicle wall integrity in the canine thoracolumbar spine: an ex-vivo study
- Investigation of efficacy and mode of action of platelet rich plasma (PRP) as a treatment for joint inflammation
- Developmentally inspired approaches to cartilage defect healing
- Feasibility study of sensor-based continuous welfare assessment in large animal experimental studies
- Optimisation of Translational Large Animal Models
- NANOstructured oSteoChOndral scaffold: novel biomimetic tRiggErS for enhanced bone regeneration (NANO-SCORES)
- 4D-BOUNDARIES
- INTEGRATE
