Bonassar Lab

Our warmest congratulations to Spencer and Janie Witt, who recently welcomed a newborn into their family! Wishing you all immense happiness and health during this special time. So thrilled for you!

Cornell Engineering has announced its new name, the Duffield College of Engineering, following a generous gift from alumnus David Duffield.🔴⚫️🎉🎉🎉 @Cornell @CornellBME wsj.com/us-news/educat… via @WSJ

More than $520 million in contributions from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64 – including a new pledge of $371.5 million – will establish the Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering. His newest pledge is the largest single gift in @Cornell history. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

Congratulations to Avdhesh Vermani, who defended his thesis on "Articular Cartilage Protection via IGF-I Targeted Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles." He will next join Jubilant Hollisterstier as a process engineer. We are so proud of you! @CornellBME @CornellMSE @GroupWiesner

Congratulations to @BonassarLab alum Lindsay Browning (@LTBrowning) on winning the Richie Moran Award - what an amazing researcher and athlete! @CornellBME @CornellWHockey #cartilage

@AmparoGuemes @AlexanderJBoys @biochemist_hero Congratulations to you Alex and the rest of the team at Cambridge on this amazing work!

Thrilled to share our paper on bioelectronics for electrophysiological recordings from the gut, a major but enjoyable effort with @AlexanderJBoys and @biochemist_hero. Huge thanks to our collaborators for their invaluable guidance in making this work possible #gut #Neuroscience

We are delighted to welcome Manav Surti to the lab and team #Lubrication! @CornellBME @CornellGrad

We are excited to welcome Alessandra to the lab and team #meniscus! @CornellBME @CornellGrad

The BonassarLab is thrilled to share our findings at #TERMISAM2025 in Detroit! Check out the presentations below to learn about the ongoing research in our lab. @TERMISAM @HSpecialSurgery @CornellBME

Congratulations on our undergraduate student Ryan Lyppens's first-author paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.jbio…) in @JBiomech, whose work enables the direct visualization of lubrication enhancements on articular cartilage surfaces. @CornellBME  @CornellEng #TeamLubrication #cartilage

So proud to hear about the amazing work from my @CornellBME colleague, Jim Antaki, on the radio this morning (npr.org/2025/10/09/nx-…) - an amazing work of perseverance by all involved.

The Bonassar Lab is excited to share our findings at #BMES2025 in San Diego! Check out the presentations below to learn about the ongoing research in our lab. @CornellBME  @BMESociety  @HSpecialSurgery

The Bonassar Lab is looking for Cornell undergraduate and/or master's students to work on projects mentored by our graduate students! Projects vary in topic, so please see the posted descriptions on our website. Reach out to Dr. Bonassar (lb244@cornell.edu) to express interest.

Congratulations on @Serafina_Lopez4 for her paper (doi.org/10.1002/jor.70…) in @JOrthopRes describing the changes in proteoglycan deposition, cell morphology, and collagen network in the meniscus following cartilage damage. @CornellBME #TeamMeniscus #TissueEngineering #collagen

Many congratulations to Dr. Alikhan Fidai (@Khancepts_ ) for defending his thesis: “Bioactive Therapies for Degenerative Disc Disease.” Dr. Fidai has now commenced as a Clinical Trial Manager at @Mesoblast. We are so proud of you! @CornellBME @CornellEng @WeillCornell

In the first week of starting my faculty position, the final paper from my PhD was accepted - full circle! ✨ We evaluated local shear properties of cartilage across species, comparing rabbit, bovine, equine, and human tissues @BonassarLab #cartilage doi.org/10.1016/j.jbio…

@FortinAiyana @ActaBio @GroupWiesner @CornellBME @CornellMSE Free access at this link for another 3 weeks! authors.elsevier.com/c/1l7E66CFjZXr…

Congratulations to @FortinAiyana for her paper in @ActaBio describing extended joint residence time and chondrocyte internalization of C’Dot nanoparticles for #osteoarthritis therapy. #NSFfunded @GroupWiesner @CornellBME  @CornellMSE

Congratulations to @Serafina_Lopez4 for her paper (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…) in @ACSBiomaterials describing the effect of SLRPs on fiber assembly and mechanics of collagen gels. @CornellBME #TeamMeniscus #TissueEngineering #collagen