Alexandra Baranyai
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Pennsylvania
Hometown
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Education
B.A. Health and Societies, University of Pennsylvania, 2028
Areas of Special Interest
Alexandra's research interests include degenerative disc disease and its pathophysiology, as well as how new alternative treatments, including tissue engineered therapeutics, may be able to reverse the course of disease. Outside of the lab, Alexandra likes to play rugby, beekeep, eat good food, and get lost in Wikipedia!
Conference Abstracts and Presentations
- 2026 | Fainor M, Levis H, Baranyai AJ, Bowles RD, Gullbrand SE. CRISPR Regulation of Noggin for Growth-Factor-Free Vertebral Endplate Tissue Engineering. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2026. Podium Presentation.
- 2026 | Orozco BS, Baranyai AJ, Fainor M, Habib M, Fields AJ, Gullbrand SE. Comparison of Transport Properties Between Human and Tissue-Engineered Vertebral Endplates. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2026. Poster Presentation.
- 2025 | Fainor M, Baranyai AJ, Mauck RL, Smith HE, Gullbrand SE. IL-1beta Does Not Exacerbate Cell Death in a Large-Scale Tissue-Engineered Intervertebral Disc. 2025 ORS PSRS Spine Research Symposium. Podium Presentation.