Upcoming ASBMR Member Spotlight Schedule
October 24, 2024
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- Presenter 1: Perla Reyes Fernandez, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, will present: Understanding Bone Fragility: From Calcium Homeostasis to Skeletal Mechanoadaptation.
- Presenter 2: Connor Dolan, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, will present on the role of mechanical load and Piezo1 during mouse digit tip regeneration.
December 5, 2024
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- Presenter 1: Sudhaker Rao, M.D., Henry Ford Health, will present on current notion that AFF is the only type of fracture that occurs after chronic suppression of bone turnover
- Presenter 2: Paul Miller, M.D., Colorado Center for Bone Health, will present on chronic kidney disease (CKD) disturbs mineral homeostasis, leading to mineral and bone disorders (MBD).
Past Presentations & Recordings
2024
June 27, 2024
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- Presenter 1: Chitra Dahia, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine & Hospital for Special Surgery, will present on the topic of developmental regulators of intervertebral disc growth and health and how their loss leads to disc pathologies and associated neurological symptoms.
- Presenter 2: Jonathan Lowery, Ph.D., Marian University, will present on the topic of physiological effects of soft tissue massage on the musculoskeletal system.
April 25, 2024
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- Presenter 1: Sonja Gamsjaeger, Ph.D., Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, will present on the topic of fourier transform infrared imaging (FTIR) and raman microspectroscopy.
- Presenter 2: Shawn Hallett, D.D.S., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, will present on the topic of elucidating the molecular regulation of the postnatal cranial base synchondroses.
2023
February 9, 2023
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- Presenter 1: Rhonda Prisby, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology at University of Texas at Arlington, will present on the topic of microcirculation in bone and marrow with aging.
- Presenter 2: Monica Fornier, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will present on denosumab discontinuation in a population of patients with breast cancer.
April 13, 2023
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- Presenter 1: Beatriz Bermudez, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Colorado will present on the impacts of polyunsaturated fatty acids on osteoblast function using MC3T3E1 cells.
- Presenter 2: Jesús Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., Professor at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will present on tumor microenvironment in cancers that grow in bone.
June 8, 2023
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- Presenter 1: Michele Monroy-Valle, MPH, Ph.D. Candidate at University of Saskatchewan, will present on bone development of children in food-insecure households.
- Presenter 2: Anna Teti, Ph.D., Professor at University of L Aquila, will present on osteoclast biology and pathology.
August 10, 2023
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- Presenter 1: Lindsay Dawson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine, will present on growth factor-induced bone and joint regeneration at digit amputation wounds in mice (Regeneration Biology).
- Presenter 2: Logan Northcutt, Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University, will present on understanding how stiffness contributes to estrogen receptor response bone metastatic breast cancer.
November 16, 2023
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- Presenter 1: Déja Grant, Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University, will present on the molecular mechanisms associated with PTHrP in breast cancer bone metastasis and how the biological domains of PTHrP regulate downstream signals that influence tumor progression.
- Presenter 2: Struan Grant, Ph.D., Professor at University of Pennsylvania & Director at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will present on the functional significance of genome-wide association study signals associated with bone mass, osteoporosis, and fracture risk.
2022
April 27, 2022
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- Presenter 1: Cesar Morfin, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will present his research which focuses on Mef2c Mediated Gene Regulation of Bone.
- Presenter 2: Hadla Hariri, Ph.D., McGill University, will present on the topic of Usp53, a PTH target regulating bone turnover and mesenchymal stem cell differentiation.
June 22, 2022
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- Presenter 1: Haydee Torres, Sanford Research, will present on the topic of characterization of a notch3-driven preclinical mouse model of lateral meningocele syndrome.
- Presenter 2: Karla Miller, VA Salt Lake City Health Care and University of Utah School of Medicine, will present on the topic of preventing fractured bone health care in rural veterans at risk for osteoporosis focused on the implementation of a virtual bone health care model to identify, screen, and treat US Veterans at risk for osteoporosis.
August 24, 2022
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- Presenter 1: Maria Belen Zanchetta, Universidad del Salvador, will present her research which focuses on the assessment of bone microarchitecture in patients with tumor-induced osteomalacia.
- Presenter 2: Warren Grayson, John Hopkins University, will present his research which focuses on musculoskeletal tissue regeneration using advanced imaging strategies to study neurovascular responses to bone and skeletal muscle tissue injuries and design biomaterials to promote enhanced tissue repair.
October 19, 2022
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- Presenter 1: Lena Batoon, Ph.D., University of Michigan, will present her research which focuses on on the role of osteal macrophages (osteomacs) in bone development, homeostasis, fracture repair and osteoporosis bone pathology.
- Presenter 2: Marja Hurley, M.D., University of Connecticut Health, Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine, will present her research which focuses on High Molecular Weight Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 transgenic (HMWTg) mice phenocopy human X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) and its mouse homolog Hyp mice including development of osteoarthropathy (OA)
December 14, 2022
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- Presenter 1: Gordon Klein, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, will present his team’s research that identified a factor in bone matrix that is liberated during resorption and that has a catabolic effect on skeletal muscle in pediatric burn injury, preserved skeletal muscle by treating with bisphosphonates, and identified other conditions in which trabecular bone and skeletal muscle are lost in tandem with perhaps a similar or identical mechanism in play.
- Presenter 2: Meenal Mehrotra, MBBS, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, will present on the topic of the Role of T Regulatory Cells in Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a common hereditary bone disease, is characterized by repeated fractures and bone deformity.
2021
December 15, 2021
Session recording Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4yW6O_8l_o&t=7s
Session recording Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OwOekWe9IQ&t=8s
- Presenter 1: Joy Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Basic Science at Stanford University School of Medicine will present her research which focuses on stem cells as a source of osteoblasts for skeletal regeneration.
- Presenter 2: Saravana Ramasamy, Ph.D., Group Head at Imperial College London will present on the topic of functions of blood vessels in the skeletal system.
November 17, 2021
Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SHktB-9HJY
- Presenter 1: Alicia Diaz-Thomas, M.D., MPH, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, will present on Cerebral palsy and identifying those children and young adults who would most benefit from intervention ( nutritional, mobility, bisphsophonate).
- Presenter 2: Rodrigo Valderrabano, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Medical Director of Clinical Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital, will present on the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2) sarcopenia muscular strength and performance cutoffs are associated with incident hip fractures and analysis in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
November 10, 2021
Special session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMLy4EijQ7c
This special session of the Member Spotlight Series featured two 2021 ASBMR Under-Represented Minority Mentor Awardees.
- Awardee 1: Markia Bowe, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Florida presents on Compariing Subchondral Bone Remodeling Following Either Anterior Cruciate Ligament or Medial Meniscus Damage in the Rat
- Awardee 2: Ernesto Solorzano, Ph.D., at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) presents on the Detrimental Effects of Low Aerobic Capacity on Bone Metabolism.
October 27, 2021
Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It4h1kT4xF4
- Presenter 1: Diego Grinman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Medicine will present on the role of the parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in tumor progression and the development cancer anorexia cachexia syndrome (CACS) in a model of breast cancer.
- Presenter 2: Rachel Davey, Ph.D., Professor at The University of Melbourne will present on how testosterone affects fat mass and metabolic function.
August 25, 2021
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/-DnSXwbJ3x4
- Presenter 1: Marco Brotto, BSN, MPharm, Ph.D., Hazel Jay Endowed Professor & Director, Bone-Muscle Research Center, University of Texas, Arlington will present on bone-muscle crosstalk range from cell, animal, to human models.
- Presenter: Charles Schurman, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, will present his research which identifies physical defects behind functional losses of the LCN and explores, through in silico modeling, potential ways to restore stimulation to aged osteocyte networks.
July 28, 2021
Session Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zf0HrDu6iU
- Presenter 1: Mary Beth Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center will present "Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation is Regulated by Primary Cilia"
- Presenter 2: Julie Paik, M.D., ScD, Assistant Professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital will present on on the association between sleep domains and risk of hip and vertebral fractures in the Nurses' Health Studies.
Jun 30, 2021
Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjSajJ1U-Ek
- Presenter 1: Noriyoshi Kurihara, DDS, Ph.D., Research Professor at Indiana University, will present on the contribute of osteoclast-IGF1 and osteocyte on paget lesions formation in Paget's bone disease.
- Presenter 2: Jon Paul Elizondo, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station will present on jump training and sclerostin antibody treatment as preventive countermeasures to microgravity-induced bone loss.
May 26, 2021
Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfZTc6MGvFEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfZTc6MGvFE
- Presenter 1: Baohong Zhao, DMD, PhD, Associate Professor at the Hospital for Special surgery will present on type-I IFN signaling in osteoblasts and osteogenesis.
- Presenter 2: Marta Galán-Díez, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University will present on analyzing the role of the bone marrow microenvironment (specifically osteoblasts) in acute myeloid leukemia progression*
*presentation not recorded
April 28, 2021
Session Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriJ6IMKnto
- Presenter 1: Viral Shah, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver presents on bone health in type 1 diabetes
2020
December 17, 2020
Session Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlyRV-wwr8
- Presenter 1: Rachana Vaidya, MS, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Rachana’s research aims to help in identification of key bone specific biomarkers as therapeutic targets to improve the bone quality of diabetic patients with a higher fracture risk.
- Presenter 2: Prof. Gustavo Duque, M.D., Ph.D., University of Melbourne, will present on a practical approach to osteosarcopenia in clinical practice and, evidence on the Falls and Fractures Clinic as the most cost-effective model of care for osteosarcopenia.
December 3, 2020
Session Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGaChiHJ55Y
- Presenter 1: Peggy Cawthon, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI), will be presenting on the role of muscle mass in falls, fractures and bone strength: analyses from the MrOS study.
- Presenter 2: Quamarul Hassan, Ph.D, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Dr. Hassan’s presentation is titled MicroRNA-Chromatin Crosstalk is Essential for Bone Mass Maintenance.
November 5, 2020
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/IeIvpHfULLk
- Presenter 1: Ahmad Othman, MSc, PhD Candidate at Rush University Medical Center. Ahmad’s research is in examining the role of Runx2 in promoting microtubule stability and autophagy in bone metastatic breast cancer
October 22, 2020
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/-tAmSzS0LWw
- Presenter 1: Rhonda Prisby, Ph.D., Lab Director and Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington and ASBMR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Chair will present on the Bone Vascular System
- Presenter 2: Paula A. Hernandez, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center will be presenting on Osteoarthritic changes at the chondrocyte level