Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Seminar Series

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)

 

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