Welcome to the Illien-Junger Lab

Our lab is part of the diverse and highly collaborative Department of Orthopaedics at the Emory University School of Medicine. The research focus of the Illien-Junger Lab is on intervertebral disc degeneration, specifically, our lab explores the molecular pathways that regulate intervertebral disc cellularity, and investigates how diets affect spinal health, using transgenic mice and mouse aging studies, and intervertebral disc organ and cell culture studies.