Musculoskeletal Biology and Mechanics

Session Chair(s)

• AA

  Alejandro Almarza
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  Katherine Hixon

  Principle Investigator
  Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering
  Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Deva Chan, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
• 

  Whasil Lee, PhD

  Assist Professor
  University of Rochester, NY
  Rochester, New York, United States
• 

  Jessica Isaacs, PhD PE

  Managing Engineer
  Exponent, Inc.
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM PDT

  Mechano-transduction pathways for sensing stress regulation in healthy and OA cartilage
  

  Invited Speaker: Nidhi Bhutani – Stanford University
• 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM PDT

  Targeting the Mechano-Epigenetic Pathway: A Novel Approach for Primary Mesenchymal Stem Cell Manufacturing to Achieve Quality and Quantity
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Monroe – Colorado State University

  Last Author: Soham Ghosh – Colorado State University

  Primary Investigator: Soham Ghosh – Colorado State University
• 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM PDT

  Regenerative Spiny Mice Exhibit Enhanced Achilles Tendon Mechanics and Cellular Behavior Compared to CD1 Mice
  

  Presenting Author: Mariah Turner – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Harrison Broadaway – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sebastian Pena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Janak Gaire – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Brittany Taylor, PhD – University of Florida
• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  Combined Slow Elongation and Rapid Intermittent Cyclic Stretch Synergistically Drive Maturation in Tissue Engineered Ligaments
  

  Presenting Author: Leia Troop – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Primary Investigator: Jenny Puetzer, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  The Influence of Infrapatellar Fat Pad Removal on Knee Joint Friction and Damping
  

  Presenting Author: Will J. Clayton, MS – University of Memphis/University of Tennessee Health Science Center

  Co-Author: Davis Ballard – The University of Memphis

  Co-Author: John L. Williams, Ph.D. – The University of Memphis

  Last Author: John L. Williams, Ph.D. – The University of Memphis

  Primary Investigator: John L. Williams, Ph.D. – The University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Amelia J. Strozier – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Kelly S. Santangelo, DVM PhD DACVP – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Maryam F. Afzali, PhD – Colorado State University
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Multi-parametric integration reveals exercise and prebiotics reverse microbiome mediated bone loss
  

  Presenting Author: Cameron Villarreal – Purdue University

  Last Author: Deva D. Chan, Ph.D. – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Douglas Brubaker – Department of Pathology, Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine