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Attention glycosaminoglycan afficionados! Be sure to check out @blankjonathon.bsky.social's latest paper on GAG depletion in the Achilles Tendon! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40853742/

Mark your calendars for this Tendon Section Webinar organized by our Kappa Delta King, Dr. Dyment! See y'all on 9/24!

Check out this PTHr-Pretty cool work by friend of the Lou Lab, Wonsae!

Dr. Mike DiStefano as king of Staten Island.

HUGE congrats to the Lou Lab's newest PhD, Mike DiStefano, on his successful defense today! #GymTanTendie

Deadline Extended! Articles are now due December 31, 2025 for the Special @jorthopres.bsky.social ‬Issue on #tendonresearch, building on the 2024 ORS Tendon Conference at Mayo Clinic. Contribute to a key resource for #orthoresearchers. Submit now: ors.memberclicks.net/jorsubmit!

Looking for a fun Monday night activity to fill the Love Island-sized hole in your heart? Check out the Lou Lab's latest paper on age-related changes in the supraspinatus tendon: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40575962/
#(Rotator)CuffingSeason

Knees are a little too important for how easy it is to destroy them imo

And BIG CONGRATS to our #TendieFriendie and #BoerckelLabBestie, Elizabeth (‪@eseidlscience.bsky.social of ‪@jboerckel.bsky.social‬ lab), who won the best poster award!

Jon Blank presenting "Structural and functional adaptations of the rat Achilles tendon to long-term passive loading".

Jon (@blankjonathon.bsky.social) represented the Lou Lab at Penn's Orthopaedic Research Day, discussing efforts to generate overuse tendinopathy models through the The Penn Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation!

Picture of the Real Housewives of New York holding collagen molecules

The Real Collagens of Tendon Healing (also known as @maggietamburro.bsky.social's defense) is coming to a big screen near you!
Thursday, 5/15, at 10:00 AM EST; DM for Zoom info!

Mature murine supraspinatus tendons demonstrate regional differences in multiscale structure, function and gene expression The hierarchical structure of tendon dictates its ability to effectively transmit loads from muscle to bone. Tendon- and site-specific differences in mechanical loading result in the establishment and...

Big news from the Lou Lab this week! Check out our latest publication on regional differences in the supraspinatus tendon: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
It's a *supra* read!

Lou Lab had a Fun Friday Field Trip learning about human tendons at Baxter Lab HQ!

Tendon-themed Valentine's Day cards

Lou Lab Valentine's Day cards are back by popular demand! Don't forget to wish your tendie friendies a Happy Valentine's Day! 💗Lou Lab

The people are rejoicing 🙌🏻

Lab watching the Super Bowl

PHL reppin in PHX! Go Birds!

Thanks for doing this, Dr. Zlotnick! Can you add Lou Lab and our members @blankjonathon.bsky.social, @nat-thurlow.bsky.social, and @maggietamburro.bsky.social! Thank you! #TeamTendon

And be sure to follow our Lou Lab members who are new to Bluesky: @nat-thurlow.bsky.social, @blankjonathon.bsky.social, and @maggietamburro.bsky.social!

Big thanks to all of our co-authors especially those who are back home keeping the lab running and those who couldn’t make it to Arizona!

Lou Lab is in Phoenix for #ORS2025! We are excited for our extracellular matrix extravaganza! 🌈 Check out all of the Lou Lab action below!

The Tendon Research community is growing, feel free to join and share: go.bsky.app/PG4bxW7

Lou Lab would love to join! #TeamTendon

We spy @nat-thurlow.bsky.social, @maggie-tamburro.bsky.social, and many McKay friends! Follow along for Open Door updates! ⬇️

Picture of our lab after our White Elephant gift exchange

We had a great time at the annual Lou Lab White Elephant! Gifts included a bedazzled pipette tip box, book about anatomical oddities, and Sponge Bob hat!

Moderate- and High-Speed Treadmill Running Exercise Have Minimal Impact on Rat Achilles Tendon - PubMed Exercise influences clinical Achilles tendon health in humans, but animal models of exercise-related Achilles tendon changes are lacking. Moreover, previous investigations of the effects of treadmill ...

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