We recently published the paper “Macromolecular Interactions in Cartilage Extracellular Matrix Vary According to the Cartilage Type and Location” in Cartilage and the paper “Quantitative measures of bone shape, cartilage morphometry and joint alignment are associated with disease in an ACLT and MMx rat model of osteoarthritis” in Bone.

The entire ICRG team would like to congratulate Dr Kathryn Stok for being appointed Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne!

2020 is not the year any of us planned – including the ICR Group. It’s involved a lot of re-scoping and re-focussing. So all said, we are happy to celebrate the achievements; big and small: Endeavour Discipline Prize (Mechanical Engineering) for Nigel Kour, Joshua Parker, Kelvin Wang and Will Hoon Publications by Mateus, Colet, Nigel … More 2020 in a nutsell

There are two joint PhD positions available with the Integrative Cartilage Research Group (UoM) and Rehabilitation Sciences (UoT). You can read more about each project here and here, including programme details and eligibility requirements.

Are you interested in joining the ICR Group for a research project? Visit to find Capstone, Summer, MSc and PhD research opportunities. We are currently looking for two PhD students in: Digital Image Processing and Analysis for microCT In Vivo Musculoskeletal Imaging