Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Current Challenges and Moving to the Future in Musculoskeletal Research
Discussion Leader: Karen Cyndari (University of Iowa, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Dawn Elliott (University of Delaware, United States)
"In vivo Mechanics of the Intervertebral Disc"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
D'Juan Farmer (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Mechanisms of Cooperative Growth in the Vertebrate Skull"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mechanistically-Informed Strategies for Tissue Repair and Regeneration
Discussion Leader: Meagan Makarczyk (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Lindsey Lammlin (University of Michigan, United States)
"Thrombospondin-2 Serves a Time-Dependent Role in Mediating Nociceptive Behavior, Structural Remodeling, and the Synovial Transcriptome in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Kyle Timmer (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Driving Spatiotemporal Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Within an Interfacial Tendon-to-Bone Scaffold for Improved Rotator Cuff Repair"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Lance Murphy (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"CD14-Deficiency Alters Subchondral Bone Remodeling via Increased Osteoclastogenesis in a Murine Model of OA"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Tara Hickman (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Aberrant Extracellular Matrix Composition in the Pathogenesis of Injury-Induced Heterotopic Ossification"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Sophie Orr (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Age-Based Differences in Musculoskeletal Adaptation During Unloading in Mice Undergoing Alendronate Treatment"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Biological and Engineering Models and Tools to Understand and Promote Musculoskeletal Health
Discussion Leader: Kevin Burt (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Annemarie Lang (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
"Targeting Oxygen Distribution in the Fracture Gap to Induce Vascularized Bone Healing"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Emily King (Columbia University, United States)
"MRTF/SRF Signaling in Tendon Development"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Giselle Kaneda (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States)
"Development of a Comprehensive Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Large Animal Model"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Patrick Bradley (Duke University, United States)
"Automated Segmentation of Knee MRI Scans for Measuring Cartilage Thickness and Running-Induced Strain"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Hope Welhaven (Montana State University, United States)
"Tissue-Specific and Spatially Dependent Metabolic Signatures are Perturbed by Injury in Skeletally Mature Male and Female C57Bl/6J Mice"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Strategies for Building a Career in Musculoskeletal Research
Discussion Leader: Mariana Masteling (University of Michigan, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Trajectories: Personal and Professional Experiences in the Musculoskeletal Research Field
D'Juan Farmer (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
Dawn Elliott (University of Delaware, United States)
Nadeen Chahine (Columbia University, United States)
Kharma Foucher (University of Illinois Chicago, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes