PhD candidate John Bradford representing the TARE Lab at Tuesday Noon @uwiscrm.bsky.social seminar last month. His work developing an in vitro model of discoid meniscus will allow us to explore regeneration in this historically understudied condition. Great presentation, John!

PhD candidate John Bradford presented a poster and lightning talk on his discoid meniscus in vitro model and the fascinating mystery of avascular regeneration in discoid meniscus at TERMIS @termisam.bsky.social this week. Great work John!

And just like that, first year PhD student Jordan Vanni has presented her first graduate school poster! Jordan recently shared the results of her summer project at Cascadia 6.0. Congrats Jordan!

Shoutout to PhD student Janie Johnson for representing ISCRM at ARCS Night to Ignite Science. The event raised $1.3 million for science in Washington State!

Congratulations are in order for Kyley Burkey, Ph.D. Candidate! Kyley recently passed her Comprehensive Exam and is on to the final stage of her Ph.D. journey. We're so proud of you, Kyley, and can't wait to read your dissertation!

Dr. Robinson and graduate students Katherine, Kyley, and Susy brought "Fun with Fibers" to the Chehalis STEM Camp this summer! High school students explored concepts in biomaterials and regenerative medicine through the TARE lab's hands-on experiments and demonstrations.

First year MechE PhD student Janie Johnson was awarded an ISCRM Fellowship this summer and presented her proposal at the ISCRM Fellows Symposium. She is investigating sex differences in meniscus mechanobiology and we're excited to see what she finds with our ISCRM colleagues!

Congratulations to first year MolES PhD student Jordan Vanni, who was awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) earlier this year! Dr. Robinson made cake for lab meeting to celebrate the big win.

Lab retreat September 2025: some great brainstorming followed by a water taxi adventure to West Seattle!

This fall we are excited to welcome three new PhD students to the TARE lab: Jordan, Janie, and Nini. Check out their profiles on our website!
sites.uw.edu/jrobins1/202...

Some bittersweet goodbyes in the lab this summer: Dr. Aidan Alemifar defended his PhD thesis and has returned to KU to finish medical school. Four undergraduate seniors, Sydney, Brian, Anika, and Nitya, graduated from the UW. Congratulations and thank you all for your hard work!