2019
Tin Soldiers – A journey to identify the disease-causing stem cell in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
John Shepard
Scientist
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Date: November 5, 2019
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Patterson Lecture Hall
Tendon enthesis development and regeneration
Stavros Thomopoulos
Professor of Biomechanics
Director of Carroll Laboratories for Orthopedic Surgery
Vice Chair of Basic Research in Orthopedic Surgery
Columbia University
Date: November 1, 2019
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Patterson Lecture Hall
Lubricin/PRG2 treatment induces a pro-regenerative response post-injury through regulation of blood flow and immune responses
Roman Krawetz
Associate Professor
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Bone and Joint Stem Cell Biology
McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health
University of Calgary
Date: October 11, 2019
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Friends Lecture Hall
Mechanisms of zonal tendon-to-bone repair
Nathaniel Dyment
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Date: September 13, 2019
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Patterson Lecture Hall
Bone derived anorexigenic signals: from mice to humans
Stavroula Kousteni
Associate Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Dept. of Physiology/Cell Biophysics
Columbia University
Date: May 3 5, 2019
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Friends Lecture Hall
2018
Using the mouse digit tip as a model of innate composition tissue regeneration
Jessica Lehoczky
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Dept. of Orthopedics, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Date: November 30, 2018
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Massey Auditorium
Mechano-Active Materials to Direct Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Repair
Robert Mauck
Mary Black Ralston Professor of Education and Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Date: May 11, 2018
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Friends Lecture Hall
New Insights into regulation of osteoclasts and arthritic bone erosion
Kyung-Hyun Park-Min
Assistant Scientist
Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
Date: May 4, 2018
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Friends Lecture Hall
2017
Genetic and epigenetic influences in Cartilage development and disease
Nidhi Bhutani
Assistant Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Date: October 6, 2017
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Room L7040A
Boundary Lubricating Properties (and more) of PRG4 / Lubricin on Articular Cartilage, the Ocular Surface, and Other Biomaterials & Biointerfaces
Tannin Schmidt
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UConn Health School of Dental Medicine
Date: September 29, 2017
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Friends Lecture Hall
2016
Osteocyte-Osteoclast Cross-Talk: The Role of Cathepsin K and Wnt Signaling
Roland Baron, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Date: Friday, December 9, 2016
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Room Oniyiuke Dining Room
Bone, blood and fat metabolism: an osteocyte-centered view
Paola Divieti Pajevic, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Boston University
Date: Friday, October 7, 2016
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: ARB Large Conference Room (EG-013)
Interactions between inflammation and bone remodeling
Danka Grcevic, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, UConn Health
Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Immunology, University of Zagreb
Date: Friday, May 20, 2016
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Room L7040A
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bone Remodeling and Skeletal Diseases
Xu Cao
Lee Riley Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Friday, March 11, 2016
Time: Noon
Location: Keller Auditorium
Functional Genomics Approaches to Understand Human Development, Evolution and Disease
Justin Cotney
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Genetics and Genome Sciences
UConn Health
Friday, January 29, 2016
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: ARB Large Conference Room (EG 013)
2015
FGF Signaling in Craniofacial Development
Jacob Eswarakumar
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Yale University
Friday, December 11, 2015
Time: Noon
Location: UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, Seminar Room 4002
Mechanotransduction: Beyond Stiffness: stem cells and viscoelasticity
David Mooney
Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Friday, November 6, 2015
Time: Noon
Location: Onyiuke Dining Room
Evidence for a mature osteoclast derived coupling factor
Julia Charles
Instructor
Associate Physician
Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy
Harvard Medical School
Friday, October 30, 2015
Time: Noon
Location: UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, (MARB) 4th Floor – Seminar Room 4002
Positional control of hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation in bone marrow
João P. Pereira
Assistant Professor
Department of Immunobiology
Yale University School of Medicine
Friday, June 5, 2015
Time: Noon
Location: UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, (MARB) 4th Floor – Seminar Room 4002
2014
Application of Human Genetics, Genome Engineering, and Animal Models Towards the Development of Biologic Therapeutics
Aris Economides
Senior Director
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Friday, October 10, 2014
Time: Noon
Location: Lecture Room A (LM-036)
IL-6 family cytokines and their effects on bone formation through the osteocyte
Natalie Sims
Associate Director Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit
St. Vincent’s Institute
The University of Melbourne
Friday, June 20, 2014
Time: Noon
Location: Lecture Room A (LM-036)
Neurologic Mechanisms Driving Cancer Pain
Brian L. Schmidt
Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Director, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research
New York University College of Dentistry
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Time: Noon
Location: ARB Conference Room (EG052)
Skeletal Stem Cells in Health and in Disease
Pam Robey
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Chief, Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, DIR
Co-Coordinator, NIH Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Transplantation Center
Chief, Skeletal Biology Section, CSDB, DIR
Chief, Matrix Metalloproteinase Section
Acting Scientific Director, NIH Stem Cell Unit
Friday, April 11, 2014
Time: Noon
Location: Lecture Room A (LM-036)
2013
Models for mineralized tissue development, disease and regeneration
Pamela Yelick
Professor and Director
Division of Craniofacial and Molecular Genetics
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Tufts University, Boston, MA
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Time: Noon
Location: Lecture Room A (LM-036)