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Tristan Driscoll

Graduate Student in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania

HOMETOWN
Blaine, MN

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering, 2009, University of Minnesota

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Areas of scientific interest: mechanical regulation of mesenchymal stem cells, alterations in mechanotransduction with differentiation, and the use of engineered tissue analogs for the study of structure function relationships in the annulus fibrosus.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Driscoll TP, Nerurkar NL, Jacobs NT, Elliott DM, Mauck RL. Fiber angle and aspect ratio influence the shear mechanics of oriented electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, (In Press)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Heo, SJ; Driscoll, TP; Mauck, RL; Dynamic Tensile Loading Triggers Activation of Both TGF? and BMP Pathways in Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference. Farjardo, Puerto Rico. (Submitted)
2. Han, WM; Heo, SJ; Driscoll, TP; Mauck, RL; Elliott, DM. Micro-Scale Strain Transfer in Fiber-Reinforced Native Tissue Differs from Cell-Seeded Scaffolds. Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference. Farjardo, Puerto Rico. (Submitted)
3. Driscoll, TP; Heo SJ; Mauck RL; Dynamic Tensile Loading and Altered Cell Contractility Modulate Nuclear Deformation and Cytoskeletal Connectivity. Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference. Farjardo, Puerto Rico. (Submitted)
4. Driscoll, TP; Heo SJ; Mauck RL; Dynamic Tensile Loading and Altered Cell Contractility Modulate Nuclear Deformation and Nesprin Espression. 38th Annual North East Bioengineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 2012. (podium)
5. Heo, SJ; Driscoll TP; Zhong Z; Mauck, RL. Altered Mechanosensitivity of Fibrochondrogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Modulation of Nuclear Mechanics. 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
6. Heo, SJ; Driscoll TP; Nerurkar, NL; Mauck, RL. Dynamic Tensile Stretch Promotes Lamin A/C Reorganization and Chromatin Condensation in Adult Stem Cells. 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
7. Driscoll, TP; Nakasone, RH; Szczesny; Elliott, DM; Mauck, RL. Biaxial Mechanics and Inter-lamellar Shearing of Electrospun Bilayers for Annulus Fibrosus Tissue Engineering. 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
8. Driscoll, TP; Yang, MT; Heo, SJ; Nakasone, RH; Chen, CS; Mauck, RL. Differential Nesprin Expression with Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fibrochondrogenesis and Altered Contractility. 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2012. (podium)
9. Driscoll, TP; Nakasone, RH; Szczesny, SE; Elliott, DM; Mauck, RL. Biaxial Mechanics of Electrospun Bilayers for Annulus Fibrosus Tissue Engineering. Philadelphia Spine Symposium, 2011.
10. Heo SJ, Nerurkar NL, Driscoll TP, Mauck RL. Differentiation and Dynamic Tensile Loading Alter Nuclear Mechanics and Mechanoreception in Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Famington, Pennsylvania, June 22-25, 2011.
11. Driscoll TP, Nerurkar NL, Jacobs NT, Mauck RL, Elliott DM. Fiber Angle and Aspect Ratio Influence the Shear Mechanics of Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Famington, Pennsylvania, June 22-25, 2011.
12. Driscoll TD, Nerurkar NL, Jacobs NT, Mauck RL, Elliott DM. Shear mechanics of electrospun scaffold for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering. 57th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, January 13 – 16, 2011.