Christopher Panebianco, PhD
HOMETOWN
West Islip, New York
EDUCATION:
- B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2016
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2022
AREAS OF INTEREST
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Mechanobiology, Development, Regeneration, Engineering Education and Outreach
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS:
- Panebianco, CJ* (*Co-Corresponding Authors); Azar, TF; Duffy, MP; Nijsure, MP; Sharp, E; Tamburro, MK, Hast, M; Shore, EM; Mauck, RL; Soslowsky, LJ; Shuda, JR; Gullbrand, SE* "Learning on a Limb: An outreach module to engage high school students in orthopaedics" J Orthop Res, 2024 [DOI: 10.1002/jor.2601]
- Panebianco, CJ*; Constant, C* (*Co-First Authors); Vernengo, AJ; Nehrbass, D; Gehweiler, D; DiStefano, TJ; Martin, J; Alpert, D; Chaudhary, SB; Hecht, AC; Seifert, AC; Nicoll, SB; Grad, S; Zeiter, S; Iatridis, JC "Combining Adhesive and Non-Adhesive Injectable Hydrogels for Intervertebral Disc Repair in an Ovine Discectomy Model" JOR Spine, 2023 [DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.1293]
- Panebianco, CJ; Rao, S; Hom, WW; Meyers, JH; Lim, TY; Laudier, DM; Hecht, AC; Weir, MD; Weiser, JR; Iatridis, JC "Genipin-Crosslinked Fibrin Seeded with Oxidized Alginate Microbeads as a Novel Composite Biomaterial Strategy for Intervertebral Disc Cell Therapy" Biomaterials, 2022 [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121641]
- Panebianco, CJ*; Dave, A* (*Co-First Authors); Charytonowicz, D; Sebra, R; Iatridis, JC "Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Atlas of Bovine Caudal Intervertebral Discs: Discovery of Heterogeneous Cell Populations with Distinct Roles in Homeosta- sis" FASEB J, 2021 [DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101149R]
- Panebianco, CJ; Iatridis, JC; Weiser, JR "Teaching Principles of Biomaterials to Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic with At-Home Laboratory Experiments" Chem Eng Educ, 2021 [DOI: 10.18260/2-1-370.660-125552]
- DiStefano, TJ*; Chen, HY*; Panebianco, CJ* (* Co-First Authors); Kaya, KD; Brooks, ML; Gieser, L; Morgan, NY; Phoida, T; Swaroop, A "Accelerated and Improved Differentiation of Retinal Organoids from Pluripotent Stem Cells in Rotating-Wall Vessel Bioreactors" Stem Cell Reports, 2018 [DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.11.001]
AWARDS:
- New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA), ORS, 2025
- Rising Star in Engineering in Health, Boston, Cornell, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins Universities, 2024
- Early Career Outreach Travel Award, ORS, 2023
- Arthur Cederbaum Mentoring by a Graduate Student Award, ISMMS, 2022
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, NIH/NIAMS, 2021
- Orthoregeneration Network Education Grant, Orthoregeneration Network Foundation, 2021