Liu Laboratory

Tala Azar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania

Hometown

Yonkers, NY

Education

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2023, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

B.E. Biomedical Engineering, 2018, Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York

Hobbies

Exploring new food places and cafes, painting, learning to crochet, hiking

Honors and Awards

Training in Musculoskeletal Research Grant Appointment, 2020

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2019 

Areas of Interest

Mechanotransduction, microCT imaging, osteoporosis, bone biomechanics

Abstracts

Wang W, Azar T, Dyment N, Liu XS. PTH-related peptide(PTHrp) induces Greater Modeling-based Bone Formation and Anabolic Window than  Parathyroid Hormone(PTH) during Treatment and Early Withdrawal. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting; February 12-16, 2021.

Azar T, Wang W, Tseng WJ, Zhao H, Dyment N, Liu XS. Greater Activities of Modeling-Based Bone Formation and Improvement in Bone Microarchitecture by Intermittent PTHrP vs. PTH in Ovariectomized (OVX) Rats. American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting; September 11-14, 2020.

Tseng WJ, Wang W, Zhao H, Bennett A, Mariani L, Li Y, Dyment N, Kim DG, Turner K, Liu XS. Differences in Material Properties of Trabecular Bone Tissue from Modeling- and Remodeling- Based Bone Formation in Rats. American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting; September 11-14, 2020.

Wang W, Tseng WJ, Zhao H, Azar T, Dyment N, Liu XS. Dynamics of Modeling- and Remodeling- Based Bone Formation in Response to Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Treatment and Discontinuation. American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting; September 11-14, 2020.

Wang W, Tseng WJ, Zhao H, Azar T, Dyment N, Liu XS. Dynamics Of Modeling- And Remodeling-Based Bone Formation In Response To Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Treatment And Discontinuation. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting; February 8-11, 2020 Phoenix, AZ. 

Azar T, Cassimatis N, Draqowich M, R Hashemiyoon, BB Ratliff. “Comparative Study of the Mechanical Properties of New PEGSSDA Hydrogels and Their Effects on the Stem Cell Secretome.” Poster Presented at Experimental Biology; April 22-26, 2017; Chicago, IL.

Publications

C. Barnett, O. Nnoli, W. Abdulmahdi, L. Nesi., M. Shen., J.A. Zullo, D.L. Payne, T. Azar, P Dwivedi. K. Syed., J. Gromis., M. Lipphardt., E. Jules, E.L. Maranda, A. Patel., M.M. Rabadi, B.B. Ratliff, “Low Birth Weight is Associated with Impaired Murine Kidney Development and Function,” Pediatr Res 2017, 82(2): 340-348.

W. Abdulmahdi, M. Lipphardt, B. Ratliff, D. Patel, Ms. Rabadi, T. Azar, E. Jules, R. Hashemiyoon, “HMGB1 Redox during Sepsis,” Redox Biology 2017, 12:600-607.

K.Sunderic, C. Li, D. Dawkins, T. Azar, L. Cardoso, S. Wang, “Optimization of Thermal Dosing for Osteogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured with Pro-inflammatory Cytokines,” 2017, submitted.

J.A. Zullo, J. Fan, T.F. Azar, W. Yen, M. Zeng, J. Chen, B.B. Ratliff, J. Song, J.M. Tarbell, M.S. Goligorsky, B.M. Fu, “Exocytosis of Endothelial Lysosome-Related Organelles Hair-Triggers a Patchy Loss of Glycocalyx at the Onset of Sepsis,” Am J Pathol 2016, 186: 248-258.

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