Orthopaedic Research Club Seminars 2026
Upcoming Seminars - 2026
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Title: Modulating intrinsic cell potency and extrinsic immune responses for vascularized, muscle tissue repair Brian Kwee, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware |
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Title: TBD Kyle Potter, MD Chair and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania |
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Wednesday, December 8, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Title: TBD Uma Sankar, PhD L. Kenneth & Paula D. Knoebel Professor of Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
Past Seminars
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Leveraging Technology to Optimize Surgical Readiness: The ORTelligence Solution Derek Donegan, MD Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania |
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Advancing Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapies for Musculoskeletal Repair through the Integration of CRISPR, Deep Learning, and Biomaterials Engineering Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University |
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm |
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Parent-Powered Propulsion Biomechanical Effects of Running with a Stroller Allison Altman Singles, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Using Digit Tip Regeneration to Inform Regenerative Engineering of Complex Musculoskeletal Tissues Nilsson Holguin, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Dept. of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Unraveling the Role of the Meniscus in Preclinical Aging Models of OA Mona Divr-Ginsberg, PhD Associate Professor, Institute for BioMedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm |
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 12pm-1:00pm Surgical Revision of S. Aureus Infection Increases Virulence Factor Expression and Activates a Multi-Tissue
NPP5E: Key Negative Regulator on Osteoclast Differentiation and Bone Loss |
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Link Role and Therapeutic Potential of Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4, lubricin) in Musculoskeletal Health Tannin Schmidt, PhD Associate Professor, Institute for BioMedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Link Targeting Age Associated Acute and Chronic Morbidities: a Novel Senomorphic Approach Abhishek Chandra, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo College of Medicine |
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm Virtual Link Lipid Metabolism in Growth Plate Saturo Otsuru, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Decoding Cellular Drivers for Development and Repair at the Tendon-to-Bone Interface Fei Fang, PhD Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Title: Identification and Characterization of Craniofacial Stem Cells Takamitsu Maruyana, PhD Assistant Professor of Mineralized Tissue Biology, ADA Forsyth Institute |
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Title: Imaging Subchondral Bone through Translational Animal Models: MR, CT and PET Studies Holly Stewart, VMD, PhD, DACVS-LA Assistant Professor of Large Animal Surgery, Penn Vet |
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/94672540093?pwd=BLGKFCAI6hA6BpJXOxLh86kORHM5za.1 Title: Joint and tissue scale impacts of preclinical injury models Stephanie Cone, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware |
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