86 Seminar Speakers
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May 2026 Joint IRM/PCMD Seminar Cancelled Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Cell Biology & Physiology |
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Past Seminars
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 57 Building Tissues: Engineering Complexity Through Biomaterial Design 34 Brendan A. Harley, Sc.D. 5c Robert W. Schaefer Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2b Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) 36 Carl R. Woses Institute for Genomic Biology 34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 7e Biomanufacturing, Biomaterials, and Biomechanics for Improved Treatment of Volumetric Muscle Loss Injuries 2c Chuanju Liu, PhD 50 Professor and Director, Translational Orthopaedic Research Laboratory 2c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 25 Department of Cell Biology 94 NYU Grossman School of Medicine |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 8:00 am-6:30 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons 37 Annual Scientific Symposium 62 Navigating a Path to Understanding Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Arthritis 2c Keynote Speaker: 87 Lori A. Setton, PhD., Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor & Chair of Biomedical Engineering 2c Washington University in St. Louis |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium bf The Physiology and Pathophysiology of FGF23 in Skeletal and Mineral Biology 3c Michael T. Collins, M.D., FASBMR 1e Senior Investigator 47 Chief, Section on Skeletal Disorders and Mineral Homeostasis 41 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research 26 National Institute of Health |
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM c9 Life, Death, and Transformation in the Transition Zone, Implications for Bone Healing 2f Ralph Marcucio, PhD 2c Professor of Orthopaedic Research 39 Director, Laboratory for Skeletal Regeneration 27 Orthopaedic Trauma Institute 46 Co-Director, Oral and Craniofacial Science Graduate Program 31 University of California, San Francisco |
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 45 From Bench to Human Trials: How did we get there? 39 Patrick Mooney, M.D., CEO and Director 48 Christopher Natale, PhD, Co-Founder and VP, Research 1f Linnaeus Therapeutics |
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium d9 Biomechanical & Energetic Factors Associated with Physical Activity Limitations in Osteoarthritis 38 Kharma C. Foucher, M.D., PhD 47 Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition 42 Director, Biomechanics and Clinical Outcomes Laboratory 2b University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 22 Joint with IRM d2 Thinking Outside the Joint: Can Targeting the Intestine Support OA Disease Modification? 2f Michael Zuscik, PhD 3c Mack Clayton Professor and Vice Chair of Research 24 Department of Orthopedics 20 University of Colorado |
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Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 130pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium b9 Targeting the Immune System in Regenerative Medicine and Biomaterials 33 Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD 5a Morton Goldberg Professor and Director, Translational Tissue Engineering Center 68 Wilmer Eye Institute and Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery, Chemical 47 Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering 22 Johns Hopkins University |
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 130pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium c5 Decorin: A Central Player of Cartilage Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease 28 Lin Han, PhD 5c Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems 1b Drexel University |
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium c2 My Journey to Demystify the Marvelous Misunderstood Meniscus 2e Suzanne Maher, PhD 2f Senior Scientist, Research Institute 53 Co-Director, Orthopedic Soft Tissue Research Program, Research Institute 39 Associate Director, Department of Biomechanics 26 Hospital for Special Surgery |
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 8:00 am-6:30 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons 37 Annual Scientific Symposium 48 Navigating the NIH: The Program Director Perspective 2c Keynote Speaker: 8d Charles Washabaugh, PhD, Program Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 26 National Institute of Health |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium c2 Understanding Joint Health Through Whole Joint Biomechanics and Mechanobiology 28 Hai Yao, PhD 39 Professor and Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair 3d Associate Chair for CU-MUSC Bioengineering Program 3d Associate Vice President for Biomedical Innovation 27 Department of Bioengineering 1c Clemson University |
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 22 Joint with IRM a3 Myostatin: A Molecular Rheostat for Muscle Mass 31 Se-Jin Lee, M.D., PhD 4d Presidential Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences 49 Joint Appointment, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine 2b MD/PhD Executive Committee Chair 23 University of Connecticut |
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium - Seminar canceled 36 Perspectives on Tendon Development 31 Ronen Schweitzer, PhD 52 Interim Director of Research, Shriners Hospital for Children - Portland 4f Professor in Orthopaedics and Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology 30 Oregon Health & Science University |
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 22 Joint with IRM dc Bone Building Molecular Targets: Lessons from Mechanical Signaling in Skeletal Tissues 32 Alexander Robling, PhD 38 Chair, Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology 30 Indiana University, School of Medicine |
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Monday, April 15, 2024, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 3c Joint with Pennsylvania Muscle Institute 49 Mechanisms of Hippo Pathway Dysregulation in Sarcomas 2d Munir Tanas, M.D. 2b Associate Professor of Pathology 25 Carver College of Medicine 28 University of Iowa Health Care |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium a7 Rotator Cuff Tear and Repair: From Bedside to Bench 30 Kathleen Derwin, PhD 20 Department Vice Chair 32 Associate Staff, Biomedical Engineering 34 Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center 35 Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic |
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium be "Bone Microstructure, Mechanics, Mechanobiology, and Beyond" 36 Xiang-Dong Edward Guo, PhD 2e Professor of Biomedical Engineering 1d Columbia University |
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 22 Joint with IRM 8b Interrogating Osteoclast Biology by Live Cell Imaging Reveals Novel Insight into their Cellular and Resorption Dynamics 30 Sarah L. Dallas, PhD 45 University of Missouri Curator’s Distinguished Professor 39 Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Endowed Professor 2c University of Missouri-Kansas City |
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 8:00 am-6:00 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons 37 Annual Scientific Symposium 44 Regulation of Post-Natal Growth Plate Maturation 2c Keynote Speaker: 5b Marie DeMay, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 68 Intraarticular Microbial Products: a Potential Driver of Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis 31 Matlock Jefferies, MD 38 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine 30 University of Oklahoma Health Services |
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium aa Building Stronger Bones with Osteoblasts 2b Joy Wu, MD, PhD 20 Professor of Medicine 42 Vice Chair, Basic Science in the Department of Medicine 1d Stanford University |
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 24 NOTE TIME CHANGE 22 Joint with IRM ba A Series of Local Stem Cells Governing Skeletal Diseases 34 Matt Greenblatt, MD, PhD 43 Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 27 Weill Cornell Medical College |
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering |
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium |
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 2d NOTE TIME CHANGE cd Innovative Approaches in Regenerative Therapies for Disc Degeneration and Osteoarthritis. 2e Fackson Mwale, PhD, FIOR 22 Professor of Surgery |
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Friday, June 27, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium 22 Joint with IRM bc Noodle Hop Hop - On the Development and Evolution of Skeletal Proportion 30 Kimberly Cooper, PhD 34 Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology 2d University of California, San Diego |
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Monday, September 29, 2025, 11:00 am-12:00 pm / JMB Class of '62 Auditorium |
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium
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Modulating Inflammatory Factors to Prevent the Painful Pathoanatomy in Discogenic Low Back Pain 31 Simon Tang, PhD, MSCI35 Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 1f Washington University |
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 8:00 am-6:00 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons 3e Annual Scientific Symposium 1b Keynote Speaker: 2b Scott Rodeo, MD 3a Professor and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery 40 Co-Director, Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Research Program 35 Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium
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Repair Patrol: Sox9 Lineage Cells as Sentinels of Skeletal Regeneration 2c Francesca Mariani, PhD 2 50Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine |
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / RRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM
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Scaling Up: Why Large Animal Models are Transforming Musculoskeletal Research 25 Dana Gaddy, PhD 2 72Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / RRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with CreATE Motion Center
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Title: The Healing Potential of Progenitor Cells, from Preservation to Repair of Skeletal Tissues 28 Hicham Drissi, PhD 2 33Professor, Department of Orthopaedics |
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