What's New
February 6, 2024
Congratulations to Michael Duffy!
Michael received the New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) at the ORS 2024 Annual Meeting for his abstract "Mapping human bone marrow cellular heterogeneity by single-cell transcriptomic and proteomics".
2024 ORS PODIUM presentations for Qin Lab!
Dr. Jun Li's abstract "Synovium and joint fat pad share common mesenchymal progenitors and undergo coordinated changes in osteoarthritis" has been chosen for a PODIUM presentation at the ORS 2024 Annual Meeting.
Jiawei Lu's abstract "Tracing muscle mesenchymal progenitors in fracture healing" has been chosen for a PODIUM presentation at the ORS 2024 Annual Meeting.
September 1, 2023
Congratulations to Jiawei Lu!
Jiawei received the 2023 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for his abstract "RANKL from bone marrow adipogenic lineage precursors is required for bone resorption and pathological bone loss in adult mice".
February 11, 2023
Congratulations to Jiankang Fang!
Jiankang was as a New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) finalist at the ORS 2023 Annual Meeting for his abstract "Marrow Adipogenic Lineage Precursors (malps) Facilitate Bone Marrow RecoveryAfter Chemotherapy".
ASBMR PODIUM presentation for Qin Lab!
September 11, 2022
Leilei's abstract, Csf1 from marrow adipogenic precursors is required for bone resorption, has been chosen for a PODIUM presentation at the ASBMR 2022 Annual Meeting.
Paper Accepted for Publication - Qin Lab
February 21, 2022
"EGFR signaling is required for maintaining adult cartilage homeostasis and attenuating osteoarthritis progression." was accepted to be published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research!
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong and Lutian Yao!
February 21, 2022
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong, Lutian Yao, and coauthors for their paper titled "Transient expansion and myofibroblast conversion of adipogenic lineage precursors mediate bone marrow repair after radiation." that was accepted for publication in JCI Insight!
Congratulations to Tao Gui!
February 21, 2022
Tao's paper, Superoxide dismutase-loaded porous polymersomes as highly efficient antioxidant nanoparticles targeting synovium for osteoarthritis therapy, has been accepted for publication in Biomaterials.
Congratulations to Michael Duffy!
January 01, 2022
Congratulations to Michael for receiving Penn Training Grant in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases!
Congratulations to Tao Gui
November 17, 2021
Congratulations to Tao Gui for receiving a podium presentation at ORS 2022 Annual Meeting for his abstract "Superoxide Dismutase-Loaded Porous Polymersomes as Highly Efficient Antioxidant Nanoparticles for Osteoarthritis Therapy "!
Congratulations to Lutian Yao!
August 31, 2021
Congratulations to Lutian Yao for receiving a podium presentation at ASBMR 2021 Annual Meeting for his abstract "A single-cell transcriptome atlas of mouse long bone fracture repair"!
Congratulations to Luqiang Wang, Lutian Yao, and Co-Authors!
August 31, 2021
Luqiang and Lutian's paper, Plasminogen regulates bone fracture repair by promoting the functions of periosteal mesenchymal progenitors, has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Congratulations to Yulong Wei!
June 02, 2021
Yulong's paper, The critical role of Hedgehog-responsive mesenchymal progenitors in meniscus development and injury repair, has been accepted for publication in eLife.
Congratulations to Lutian Yao!
February 17, 2021
Lutian has won the NIRA award at the 2021 ORS Annual Meeting for his abstract A Subset of FAP Cells Expressing Gli1 Promote Muscle Regeneration With Less Fat Accumulation.
Congratulations to Lutian Yao!
February 11, 2021
Lutian's paper, Gli1 defines a subset of fibroadipogenic progenitors that promote skeletal muscle regeneration with less fat accumulation, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
In the News from Qin's Lab: New Treatment Target Discovered That Halts Osteoarthritis-Like Knee Cartilage Degeneration
January 14, 2021
In the News from Qin's Lab: Potential Cellular Target for Eliminating Bone Breakdown in Osteoporosis Found
November 25, 2020
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong!
November 25, 2020
Leilei's abstract, Transient Expansion and Myofibroblast Conversion of Marrow Adipogenic Lineage Precursors (MALPs) Mediate Bone Marrow Repair After Radiation, has been chosen for a PODIUM presentation and POSTER presentation at the ORS 2021 Annual Meeting as a New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) finalist.
Congratulations to Tao Gui!
November 24, 2020
Tao's abstract, Targeting Cartilage EGFR Pathway for Osteoarthritis Treatment, has been chosen for a PODIUM presentation at the ORS 2021 Annual Meeting.
Congratulations to Lutian Yao!
November 24, 2020
Lutian's abstract, A Subset of FAP Cells Expressing Gli1 Promote Muscle Regeneration With Less Fat Accumulation, has been chosen for a PODIUM presentation and POSTER presentation at the ORS 2021 Annual Meeting as a New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) finalist.
Congratulations to Wei Yu!
September 14, 2020
Congratulations to Wei Yu on being selected to receive the 2020 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for his abstract presentation "Bone marrow adipogenic lineage precursors (MALPs) promote osteoclastogenesis in bone remodeling and pathologic bone loss."
Congratulations to Lutian Yao!
September 14, 2020
Congratulations to Lutian Yao on being selected to receive the 2020 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for his abstract presentation "Single cell analysis reveals transient expansion of marrow adipogenic lineage precursors as the mechanism for bone marrow recovery after radiation."
Congratulations to Yulong Wei!
September 14, 2020
Congratulations to Yulong Wei on being selected to receive the 2020 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for his abstract presentation "Targeting Cartilage Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Pathway for Osteoarthritis Treatment."
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong on being selected to receive a 2019 ASBMR Young Investigator Award!
July 10, 2019
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong on being selected to receive a 2019 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for her abstract presentation "Single Cell Transcriptomics Identifies a Unique Adipocyte Population That Regulates Bone Marrow Environment."
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong!
July 08, 2019
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong on being chosen by the Endocrine Fellows Foundation to attend the Thirteenth EFF/ASBMR Fellows Forum on Metabolic Bone Diseases!
Congratulations to Yulong Wei!
July 01, 2019
Congratulations to Yulong Wei on being selected by the ASBMR 2019 Program Committee to present his abstract "The Regulatory Role of EGFR Signaling in Adult Cartilage Homeostasis and Osteoarthritis" at the ASBMR 2019 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida!
Congratulations to Lutian Yao!
July 01, 2019
Congratulations to Lutian Yao on being selected by the ASBMR 2019 Program Committee to present his abstract "Gli1 labels a subpopulation of FAP cells that respond to muscle injury" at the ASBMR 2019 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida!
Congratulations to Hao Sun!
July 01, 2019
Congratulations to Hao Sun on being selected by the ASBMR 2019 Program Committee to present his abstract "Identification of Gli1 as a Progenitor Cell Marker for Meniscus Injury Repair" at the ASBMR 2019 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida!
Congrats to Ling and Rob!
June 25, 2019
Congrats to Ling Qin and Rob Mauck for being inducted as Fellows of International Orthopaedic Research at the 2019 ICORS meeting in Montréal!
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong!
June 21, 2019
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong on winning third place at the 2019 Orthopaedic Research Day Symposium for her presentation “Single Cell Transcriptomics Identifies a Unique Adipocyte Population that Regulates Bone Marrow Environment.”
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong on being selected as a NIRA finalist from the ORS!
November 08, 2018
Congratulations to Leilei Zhong on being selected as a New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) finalist from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) for co-authoring her paper titled "Deciphering The In Vivo Heterogeneity Of Mouse Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Progenitors At Single Cell Resolution."
Congratulations to Yulong Wei on being selected as a NIRA finalist from the ORS!
November 08, 2018
Congratulations to Yulong Wei on being selected as a New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) finalist from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) for co-authoring his paper titled "The Regulatory Role Of Egfr Signaling In Adult Cartilage Homeostasis And Osteoarthritis."
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Tower!
August 28, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Tower on being selected to receive an ASBMR 2018 Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Grant for the abstract presentation “Mineralizing Bone Surfaces Drive Blood Vessel Redistribution Through Asymmetric Angiogenesis.”
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Tower!
August 16, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Tower of the Qin Lab for being selected as the winner of the 2018 “Art in Science” competition for his paper, Spatial and temporal regulation of Collagen 2 labeling in the developing intervertebral disk, in the postdoctoral fellow category!
Congratulations to Dr. Luqiang Wang!
June 06, 2018
Congratulation to Luqiang on his paper "Analysis of Short-term Treatment with the Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitor Tadalafil on Long Bone Development in Young Rats" being accepted for publication into the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism!
Abstract Accepted as NIRA Finalist at ORS Annual Meeting - Qin Lab
November 10, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Ling Qin and Dr. Robert Tower on their "Multi-Modal Image Registration and Spatial Analyses to Unravel Angiogenic-Osteogenic Coupling" abstract being chosen as a NIRA finalist at the ORS 2018 Annual Meeting!
Paper Accepted for Publication - Qin Lab
October 04, 2017
"Subchondral bone plate sclerosis during late osteoarthritis is caused by loading-induced reduction in Sclerostin" was accepted to be published in Arthritis & Rheumatology!
Paper Accepted for Publication - Qin Lab
October 04, 2017
"Proteasome inhibitor Bortezomib is a novel therapeutic agent for focal radiation-induced osteoporosis" was published in the FASEB Journal!
Congratulations to Dr. Ling Qin
October 04, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Ling Qin on being the first Woman President-Elect of International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS)!
Congrats to Luqiang Wang
October 04, 2017
Congratulations to Luqiang Wang on being selected to receive an ASBMR 2017 Young Investigator Travel Grant for the abstract presentation "Prior Focal Radiation Causes Atrophic Nonunion Healing in Mouse Long Bone Fracture."
Congratulations to Abhishek Chandra and coauthors
December 13, 2016
Congratulations to Abhishek Chandra and coauthors for their paper titled "Suppression of Sclerostin alleviates radiation-induced bone loss by protecting bone forming cells and their progenitors through distinct mechanisms" that was accepted for publication in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research!
Congratulations to Xiaoyuan Ma
December 13, 2016
Congratulations to Xiaoyuan Ma for being chosen as a NIRA finalist at the ORS 2017 Annual Meeting for his work titled "Subchondral Bone Plate Sclerosis During Late Osteoarthritis Is Mediated By Loading-induced Decrease In Sclerostin Amount"
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia, Xiaoyuan Ma, Wei Tong, and coauthors
December 13, 2016
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia, Xiaoyuan Ma, Wei Tong, and coauthors for their paper titled "EGFR signaling is critical for maintaining the superficial layer of articular cartilage and preventing osteoarthritis initiation" that was accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences!
Congratulations to Abhishek Chandra
July 15, 2016
Congratulations to Abhishek Chandra for being accepted for a podium presentation at ASBMR 2016 for his work titled " Bortezomib rescues radiation-induced osteoporosis by promoting DNA repair and cell survival in osteoblasts"
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia
July 15, 2016
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia for being granted this years EFF travel grant and also being accepted for a podium presentation at ASBMR 2016 on his work titled "Subchondral bone plate sclerosis during late osteoarthritis is mediated by loading induced decrease in Sclerostin amount"
NIRA Award for Wei Tong
March 10, 2016
Congratulations to Wei Tong for winning the New Investigator Research Award (NIRA) at ORS 2016 for his work titled "The Critical Role of Mesenchymal Progenitors in Initiating the Secondary Ossification Center at the Epiphyseal Cartilage"
ORS 2016 NIRA Award Finalist -Haoruo Jia
March 01, 2016
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia for being selected as a NIRA award finalist for his work "Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Signaling in Cartilage Prevents OsteoarthritisProgression" -SESSION NUMBER: 001SESSION TITLE: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage RepairPRESENTATION TIME: 8:35am 8:42amPAPER #: 0006
ORS NIRA Award Finalist -Tong Wei
March 01, 2016
Congratulations to Tong Wei for being selected as a NIRA award finalist for his work "The Critical Role of Mesenchymal Progenitors in Initiating the Secondary Ossification Center at theEpiphyseal Cartilage" -SESSION NUMBER: 034SESSION TITLE: Bone Repair and TraumaPRESENTATION TIME: 11:22am - 11:29amPAPER #: 0215
Gordon Research Seminar Podium Presentation by Abhishek Chandra
February 29, 2016
Congratulations to Abhishek Chandra for being selected as one of the podium presenters at Gordon Research Seminars at Galveston, Texas to present his work titled "Suppression of Sclerostin Alters and Protects the Fate of Mesenchymal Progenitors to Alleviate the Radiation Induced Osteoporosis"
Poster Award at Gordon Research Conference for Abhishek Chandra
February 29, 2016
Congratulations to Abhishek Chandra for being awarded the poster award at the Gordon Research Conference for his poster titled- "Suppression of Sclerostin Alters and Protects the Fate of Mesenchymal Progenitors to Alleviate the Radiation Induced Osteoporosis"
ORS- NIRA finalist-Haoruo Jia
November 04, 2015
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia for being selected as one of the NIRA finalist at ORS,2016. Way to go.NIRA PRESENTATION INFORMATIONSESSION DATE & TIME: Saturday Mar 5 2016 8:00 AM 9:00 AMSESSION NUMBER: 001SESSION TITLE: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage RepairPRESENTATION TIME: 8:35am 8:42amPAPER #: 0006PAPER TITLE: Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Signaling in Cartilage Prevents OsteoarthritisProgressionAUTHORS: Haoruo Jia1, Xiaoyuan Ma1, Basak Doyran2, Wei Tong1, Xianrong Zhang3, Motomi EnomotoIwamoto4,Lin Han2, Ling Qin4.
ORS- NIRA finalist-Tong Wei
November 04, 2015
Congratulations to Tong Wei for being selected as one of the NIRA finalist at ORS,2016. Way to go.NIRA PRESENTATION INFORMATIONSESSION DATE & TIME: Sunday Mar 6 2016 11:15 AM - 12:15 PMSESSION NUMBER: 034SESSION TITLE: Bone Repair and TraumaPRESENTATION TIME: 11:22am - 11:29amPAPER #: 0215PAPER TITLE: The Critical Role of Mesenchymal Progenitors in Initiating the Secondary Ossification Center at theEpiphyseal CartilageAUTHORS: Wei Tong1, Haoruo Jia1, Xiaoyuan Ma1, Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, PhD2, Ling Qin, PhD3.
Congratulations to Tiao Lin, Wei Tong, Abhishek Chandra, Haoruo Jia, Wei-Ju Tseng
September 17, 2015
Congratulations to Talon, Wei, Abhishek, Haoruo and Wei-Ju for their manuscript entitled, " A comprehensive study of long-term skeletal changes after spinal cord injury in adult rats." being accepted for publication in Bone Research!
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia
September 01, 2015
Congratulations to Haoruo Jia for receiving this year's ASBMR young investigator award
Congratulations to Lin Tiao
September 01, 2015
Congratulations to Lin Tiao for being selected to receive this year's ASBMR young investigator award.
Congratulations to Lin Tiao, Haoruo Jia and Wei Tong
September 01, 2015
Congratulations to Lin Tiao, Haoruo Jia and Wei Tong for all being accepted for a podium presentation at ASBMR, 2015 at Seattle.
Double Congratulations to Wei Tong
September 01, 2015
Wei Tong was selected as a Fellow for the Endocrine Fellows Foundation, and also for a 2015 ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Grant for the abstract presentation “Mesenchymal Progenitors Promote Vasculogenesis to Initiate the Formation of Secondary Ossification Center in the Epiphyseal Cartilage”.
Congratulations to Abhishek and Tiao
October 23, 2014
Congrats to Abhishek Chandra and Tiao Lin for their paper titled "PTH1-34 Blocks Radiation-Induced Osteoblast Apoptosis by Enhancing DNA Repair through Canonical Wnt Pathway" in Journal of Biological Chemistry.