🎓 Curious about a Graduate Degree in BME?
Join us for a virtual Grad Program Info Session!
📅 Wed, Oct 15
🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr...
#BME #GradSchool #URochesterBME #MS #InfoSession #CMTI #BiomedicalEngineering @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
1000000%! People forget (or don't like?) that good lab skills are a SKILL! skills take time to develop!
Can't wait, with working link now!!! 🤩🤩
Can't wait!! 🤩🤩
The link to register doesn't seem to work 🥲
Great article about our recent study on epitenon cells in tendon healing out today in the @urmed.bsky.social newsroom!
www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/r...
#teamtendon #teamepitenon
New #URochesterResearch in @natcomms.nature.com ⬇️
Led by Asst Professor of Orthopaedics Anne Nichols, PhD, the team uncovered the first direct evidence that epitenon cells play a key role in tendon healing and that removing them might actually improve recovery.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Finally, I don't know why we resist defining scientific research as a creative endeavor. Any scientist who has achieved some degree of professional success recognizes the creativity and the bursts of conceptual understanding that accompany major innovation.
Thanks Allison! Would love to hear your thoughts sometime!
Huge thanks to NIAMS for funding support, the reviewers who were fantastic, and my co-authors for all their help and support!
#teamtendon #teamepitenon
Still a lot of super interesting questions, and a lot more to learn about these cells, but happy to finally have this piece out in the world despite all the hurdles (global pandemic, supply chain issues, drug shortages, the academic job market....)!
Most exciting, targeted ablation of epitenon-derived cells improves functional recovery, suggesting they are a good target to improve tendon healing.
It ALSO turns out that mouse epitenon cells are really similar to the cells found in human peritendinous scar tissue, and express conserved markers that suggest shared function in mice and humans.
Not only did we find a driver, but we used it to explore the origins and fates of epitenon cells. As it turns out, they contribute to both peritendinous adhesions and to the pool of new tenocytes that appear post-injury.
This paper started as a wild hair- could I find a genetic driver that would let us trace epitenon cells during tendon healing? Short answer: yes. Long answer: YES beyond any of my initial hopes for the project. Huge thanks to my postdoc mentor Alayna Loiselle for encouraging me to chase this rabbit.
Huge thanks to NIAMS for funding support, the reviewers who were fantastic, and my co-authors for all their help and support!
#teamtendon #teamepitenon
Still a lot of super interesting questions, and a lot more to learn about these cells, but happy to finally have this piece out in the world despite all the hurdles (global pandemic, supply chain issues, drug shortages, the academic job market....)!
Most exciting, targeted ablation of epitenon-derived cells improves functional recovery, suggesting they are a good target to improve tendon healing.
It ALSO turns out that mouse epitenon cells are really similar to the cells found in human peritendinous scar tissue, and express conserved markers that suggest shared function in mice and humans.
Not only did we find a driver, but we used it to explore the origins and fates of epitenon cells. As it turns out, they contribute to both peritendinous adhesions and to the pool of new tenocytes that appear post-injury.
This paper started as a wild hare- could I find a genetic driver that would let us trace epitenon cells during tendon healing? Short answer: yes. Long answer: YES beyond any of my initial hopes for the project. Huge thanks to my postdoc mentor Alayna Loiselle for encouraging me to chase this rabbit.
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
And, apart from me announcing I am out of the office because of illness, should we talk about something more exciting? Anyone interested in human #fibroblasts and their roles in health and disease? Take a look at this Review we recently published in our journal!
👉https://rdcu.be/eqKaT
bit.ly/3Ztppa5
Today, my NIH colleagues and I did something scary but really important. We spoke up about egregious harms we are seeing happen to research participants and public health through thoughtless and politicized policies at NIH. 🧵1/3
apnews.com/article/nih-...
Join us on Tuesday, April 1 (6:00-7:00pm) in Goergen 108 to learn about the importance of prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in biomedical engineering!
#biomedicalengineering #diversity #inclusion #accessibility
I'm starting a project to help trainees (undergrads, graduates, or postdocs) in orthopaedic research who have been affected by recently terminated grants (e.g. diversity supplements). If you know someone affected, please send me the details. "Re-sky", pls! @orssociety.bsky.social @asbmr.bsky.social
