Heo Laboratory

Felicia Pinto

Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania

Hometown

Huntingdon Valley, PA

Education

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2023

Areas of Special Interest

Tendon metabolism, musculoskeletal regeneration and repair, 3D tissue constructs. During my free time I like cooking new things, dancing, reading, and exploring new places with friends.  

Publications

Mlawer SJ*, Pinto FR*, Sikes KJ, Connizzo BK (2025), Coordination of Glucose and Glutamine Metabolism in Tendon Is Lost in Aging. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.26100   *: Equal contributions as first author

Conference Abstracts and Presentations

Pinto FR, Blanch T, Heo SC. “Epigenetic Crosstalk Between Tenocytes and Chondrocytes in Inflammatory Shoulder Degeneration.” 2025 Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting. February. Phoenix, AZ. (Poster presentation)

Blanch T, Lee DG, Pinto FR, Dokyoon K, Heo SC. “Single Epigenetic Enzyme Tracking Predicts Chromatin Dynamics in Living Cells.” 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. (Podium presentation)

Avery K, Blanch T, Pinto FR, Heo SC. “Epigenetic Responses to Fluid Shear Stress: Mechanistic Insights into Atherosclerosis.” 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. (Poster presentation)

Pinto FR, Aggouras AA, Connizzo BK. The Role of Glutamine Supplementation in Protein Synthesis of Murine Tendon Explants. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, 2022. San Antonio, TX. (Poster presentation)

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