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)