Justin Bendigo, M.S.
Research Specialist
University of Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Pennsylvania
Education
M.S. (Bioengineering) University of Pennsylvania, 2018
B.S. (Biomedical Engineering) Drexel University, 2013
Areas of Special Interest
Translational therapeutics for intervertebral disc degeneration
Publications
Gullbrand SE, Malhotra NR, Schaer TP, Zawacki Z, Martin JT, Bendigo JR, Milby AH, Dodge GR, Vresilovic EJ, Elliott DM, Mauck RL, Smith LJ. (2016) A Large Animal Model that Recapitulates the Spectrum of Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. (Accepted)
Abstracts
Bendigo JR, Gullbrand SE, Stoeckl BD, Zawacki Z, Schaer TP, Smith HE, Mauck RL, Malhotra NR, Qu F, Smith LJ. (2016) Novel Techniques for the Evaluation of Physical Activity in a Large Animal Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Model. - 2016 Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2016. (Poster Presentation) - 2016 PCMD Annual Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2016. (Poster Presentation) - Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Mar 2017. (Poster Presentation)
Peck SH, Bendigo JR, Gullbrand SE, Tobias JW, Dodge GR, Mauck RL, Malhotra NR, Smith LJ. Effects of Hypoxia and TGF-ß Exposure during Monolayer Expansion on the Survival and Matrix Producing Capacity of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. - 2016 Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2016. (Podium Presentation) - Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Mar 2017. (Poster Presentation)
Gullbrand SE, Schaer TP, Bendigo JR, Agarwal P, Zawacki Z, Dodge G, Vresilovic E, Elliott D, Mauck RL, Malhotra NR, Smith LJ. (2016) Stem Cell Seeded Injectable Hydrogels for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration in a Preclinical Animal Model. - 2016 Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2016. (Poster Presentation) - 2016 PCMD Annual Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2016. (Poster Presentation) - The Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Mar 2017. (Podium Presentation)
Piazza M, Peck SH, Gullbrand SE, Bendigo JR, Smith HE, Malhotra NR, Smith LJ. Comparison of Quantitative Imaging Techniques for Detecting Degenerative Changes in a Mouse Caudal Intervertebral Disc Injury Model. Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. November 2016. (Poster Presentation)