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Sriram Eleswarapu

Bioengineering (Rice University)

Undergraduate Institution: Rice University

Year: Third-Year Graduate Student

Mentor: Kyriacos Athanasiou, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: The Cell Source Problem in Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Chondrogenesis of hiPS Cells and Reduction of Immunogenicity in Self-Assembled Cartilage

Publications:

Elder BD*, Eleswarapu SV*, Athanasiou KA. Extraction techniques for the decellularization of tissue engineered articular cartilage constructs. Biomaterials. 2009; in press. (* Equal contribution).

Eleswarapu SV, Leipzig ND, Athanasiou KA. Gene expression of single articular chondrocytes. Cell Tissue Res. 2007 Jan; 327(1):43-54.

Leipzig ND, Eleswarapu SV, Athanasiou KA. The effects of TGF-beta1 and IGF-I on the biomechanics and cytoskeleton of single chondrocytes. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2006 Dec; 14(12):1227-36.