Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Orthopaedic Research Club Seminar 2023-2024

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91016415184?pwd=Q3NxbkR3V1A0aVJzRVFId3c3WmVxZz09 
Title: "Examining Age-Related Changes in Matrix Remodeling Through In Vitro Explant Models"
Brianne Connizzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91016415184?pwd=Q3NxbkR3V1A0aVJzRVFId3c3WmVxZz09 
Title: "Injectable Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications"
Sebastian Vega, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Rowan University
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91016415184?pwd=Q3NxbkR3V1A0aVJzRVFId3c3WmVxZz09 
Title: "The potential therapeutic use of cannabinoids in fracture healing"
Reyad Elbarbary, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University
Past Seminars  

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 12:00pm-1:00pm
BlueJeans Virtual https://bluejeans.com/4876705489

Title: “Synovial Joint Cavitation Initiates with Microcavities in Interzone and is Coupled to Skeletal Flexion and elongation in developing mouse embryo limbs"
Minwook Kim, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Title: "Mandibular Condyle Contains a Unique Chondrocyte Progenitor Population to Maintain Mandibular Bone Homeostasis."
Xiaobin Huang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn Dental

Wednesday, October  26, 2022, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96572195545
Title: "Emerging Applications of the Miniature Joint System in Studying Osteoarthritis and Developing Treatments"
Hang Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/2552281180
Title: "The Impact of Aging on Joint Homeostasis: Inflammation and Cell Death as Mediators of Cartilage Degeneration"
Jennifer Jonason, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center
Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/95060543329
Title: "Novel Strategies to Prevent Radiation Induced Bone Loss"
Colleen Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine
Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/95060543329
Title: "Bioelectricity for Cartilage Drug delivery and Imaging"
Ambika Goel Bajpayee, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Northeastern University
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Title: "Synovial Fibroblasts: Their Roles in Joint Health and Disease"
Pallavi Bhattaram, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Emory University School of Medicine
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Title: "Ectopic Ossification of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) in a Murine Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta"
Jason (Joohyun) Lim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
University of Delaware
Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Title: "Regulating GPCR Signaling in Cartilage Development and Disease"
Fadia Kamal, PharmD, Msc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Pharmacology
Penn State University, College of Medicine
Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Title: "Mechanical Regulation of Monocyte Fate in Fibrotic Niches"
Kyle Vining, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive and Restorative Sciences, Penn Dental Medicine, and Materials Science and Engineering
Penn Engineering

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Special Trainee Seminar

 

In vivo Validation of a Continuous Gradient Porous Scaffold for Osteochondral Defect Repair in a Rabbit Model
Kyra Smith, PhD Student
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Role of Regulator of G Protein Signaling 12 (RGS12) in Inflammatory Arthritis
Gongsheng Yuan, Postdoc Fellow
Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, Penn Dental Medicine

Wednesday, October  25, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96572195545
Title: "Endogenous small molecule mineralization regulators: differential effects on bone and soft connective tissues?"
Koen van de Wetering, DVM,  Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic, Thomas Jefferson University
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96572195545
Title: “Regulation of adipose tissue remodeling and fibrosis responses”
Patrick Seale, Ph.D.,
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm
BlueJeans Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91016415184?pwd=Q3NxbkR3V1A0aVJzRVFId3c3WmVxZz09 
Title: “Ectopic ossification of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a murine model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta"
Jason (Joohyun) Lim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware 
Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm
BlueJeans Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91016415184?pwd=Q3NxbkR3V1A0aVJzRVFId3c3WmVxZz09 
Title: “Spatially controlling biomaterial properties to direct osteochondral tissue formation”
Lesley W. Chow, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Materials Sciences & Engineering, Lehigh University
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Virtual
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91016415184?pwd=Q3NxbkR3V1A0aVJzRVFId3c3WmVxZz09 
Title: “Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) as a potential therapeutic for osteoarthritis”
John Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

 

For a full list of past Orthopaedic Research Club speakers please click here

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