Dr. Payne and her collaborators (Drs. Miller, Bryant, and Ferguson) were awarded a Gates Grubstake Fund to further their research on the development of a 3D printed implant for cartilage regeneration in pediatric growth plate injuries.
The Payne Lab and Bryant Lab were awarded a NIH R21 from NICHD to study a cartilage-mimetic hydrogel and mesenchymal stem cells for growth plate cartilage tissue engineering.
Drs. Payne, Miller, Bryant and Ferguson were awarded the first part of a NIH Phased Innovation Award (R21/R33) to develop a 3D printed biomimetic of growth plate cartilage. This is a multidisciplinary project involving graduate students at both the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and CU Boulder Campus.