Seminar Speakers

Upcoming Seminars - 2024-2025

	Friday, June 27, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Noodle Hop Hop - On the Development and Evolution of Skeletal Proportion Kimberly Cooper, PhD Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology University of California, San Diego
	Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Translational Opportunities at the Intersection of Immunoengineering, Mechanobiology, and Regenerative Medicine Robert E. Gudberg, PhD Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director, Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact; Director, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon; Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Vice President, University of Oregon
	Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Modulating Inflammatory Factors to Prevent the Painful Pathoanatomy in Discogenic Low Back Pain Simon Tang, PhD, MSCI Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Washington University
	Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 8:00 am-6:00 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons Annual Scientific Symposium Keynote Speaker: Scott Rodeo, MD Professor and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery Co-Director, Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Research Program Weill Medical College of Cornell University
	Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Repair Patrol: Sox9 Lineage Cells as Sentinels of Skeletal Regeneration Francesca Mariani, PhD Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Integrative Anatomical Sciences Director for the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Master's Program Keck School of Medicine, University of South California

Past Seminars

	Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Building Tissues: Engineering Complexity Through Biomaterial Design Brendan A. Harley, Sc.D. Robert W. Schaefer Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Carl R. Woses Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Biomanufacturing, Biomaterials, and Biomechanics for Improved Treatment of Volumetric Muscle Loss Injuries Chuanju Liu, PhD Professor and Director, Translational Orthopaedic Research Laboratory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Cell Biology NYU Grossman School of Medicine
	Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 8:00 am-6:30 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons Annual Scientific Symposium Navigating a Path to Understanding Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Arthritis Keynote Speaker: Lori A. Setton, PhD., Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor & Chair of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis
	Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium The Physiology and Pathophysiology of FGF23 in Skeletal and Mineral Biology Michael T. Collins, M.D., FASBMR Senior Investigator Chief, Section on Skeletal Disorders and Mineral Homeostasis National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Health
	Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Life, Death, and Transformation in the Transition Zone, Implications for Bone Healing Ralph Marcucio, PhD Professor of Orthopaedic Research Director, Laboratory for Skeletal Regeneration Orthopaedic Trauma Institute Co-Director, Oral and Craniofacial Science Graduate Program University of California, San Francisco
	Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium From Bench to Human Trials: How did we get there? Patrick Mooney, M.D., CEO and Director Christopher Natale, PhD, Co-Founder and VP, Research Linnaeus Therapeutics
	Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Biomechanical & Energetic Factors Associated with Physical Activity Limitations in Osteoarthritis Kharma C. Foucher, M.D., PhD Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Director, Biomechanics and Clinical Outcomes Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago
	Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Thinking Outside the Joint: Can Targeting the Intestine Support OA Disease Modification? Michael Zuscik, PhD Mack Clayton Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Orthopedics University of Colorado
	Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 130pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Targeting the Immune System in Regenerative Medicine and Biomaterials Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD Morton Goldberg Professor and Director, Translational Tissue Engineering Center Wilmer Eye Institute and Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery, Chemical Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Johns Hopkins University
	Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 130pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Decorin: A Central Player of Cartilage Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease Lin Han, PhD Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems Drexel University
	Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium My Journey to Demystify the Marvelous Misunderstood Meniscus Suzanne Maher, PhD Senior Scientist, Research Institute Co-Director, Orthopedic Soft Tissue Research Program, Research Institute Associate Director, Department of Biomechanics Hospital for Special Surgery
	Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 8:00 am-6:30 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons Annual Scientific Symposium Navigating the NIH: The Program Director Perspective Keynote Speaker: Charles Washabaugh, PhD, Program Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Health
	Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Understanding Joint Health Through Whole Joint Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Hai Yao, PhD Professor and Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair Associate Chair for CU-MUSC Bioengineering Program Associate Vice President for Biomedical Innovation Department of Bioengineering Clemson University
	Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Myostatin: A Molecular Rheostat for Muscle Mass Se-Jin Lee, M.D., PhD Presidential Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences Joint Appointment, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine MD/PhD Executive Committee Chair University of Connecticut
	Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium - Seminar canceled Perspectives on Tendon Development Ronen Schweitzer, PhD Interim Director of Research, Shriners Hospital for Children - Portland Professor in Orthopaedics and Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology Oregon Health & Science University
	Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Bone Building Molecular Targets: Lessons from Mechanical Signaling in Skeletal Tissues Alexander Robling, PhD Chair, Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology Indiana University, School of Medicine
	Monday, April 15, 2024, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Mechanisms of Hippo Pathway Dysregulation in Sarcomas Munir Tanas, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Health Care
	*Rescheduled to October 2024* Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Interrogating Osteoclast Biology by Live Cell Imaging Reveals Novel Insight into their Cellular and Resorption Dynamics Sarah L. Dallas, PhD University of Missouri Curator’s Distinguished Professor Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Endowed Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City
	Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Rotator Cuff Tear and Repair: From Bedside to Bench Kathleen Derwin, PhD Department Vice Chair Associate Staff, Biomedical Engineering Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
	Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium "Bone Microstructure, Mechanics, Mechanobiology, and Beyond" Xiang-Dong Edward Guo, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering Columbia University
	Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Interrogating Osteoclast Biology by Live Cell Imaging Reveals Novel Insight into their Cellular and Resorption Dynamics Sarah L. Dallas, PhD University of Missouri Curator’s Distinguished Professor Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Endowed Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City
	Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 8:00 am-6:00 pm / Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons Annual Scientific Symposium Regulation of Post-Natal Growth Plate Maturation Keynote Speaker: Marie DeMay, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
	Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Intraarticular Microbial Products: a Potential Driver of Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis Matlock Jefferies, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine University of Oklahoma Health Services
	Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium Building Stronger Bones with Osteoblasts Joy Wu, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Vice Chair, Basic Science in the Department of Medicine Stanford University
	Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium NOTE TIME CHANGE Joint with IRM A Series of Local Stem Cells Governing Skeletal Diseases Matt Greenblatt, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College
	Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium NOTE TIME CHANGE The Regulation of Musculoskeletal Disease Pathogenesis by Actin Reorganization Justin Parreno, PhD Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware
	Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium NOTE TIME CHANGE Bone Building and Breakdown from the City of Brotherly Love to the Lone Star State Benjamin Levi, MD Dr. Lee Hudson-Robert R. Penn Chair Director, Center for Organogenesis Regeneration & Trauma Professor in Surgery and Bioengineering University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
	Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm / CRB Austrian Auditorium NOTE TIME CHANGE Innovative Approaches in Regenerative Therapies for Disc Degeneration and Osteoarthritis. Fackson Mwale, PhD, FIOR Professor of Surgery McGill University

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