BMRC was heavily represented at one of the nation’s most important and prestigious professional gatherings for musculoskeletal researchers. The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting in March in Charlotte, North Carolina, brought together more than 2,000 attendees and featured a dynamic scientific program. The meeting was inspired by Charlotte’s racing tradition with a theme of “Driving Research to Fuel Discovery.”
Our team presented many advances in musculoskeletal research, including the following:
- Soichi Hattori of the MechanoBiology Lab gave a poster presentation titled “Topical or Injectable Metformin Ameliorates Aging-Related Degeneration in Mouse Achilles Tendon.”
- Olivia Bartholomew of the Joint Tissue Biology and Engineering Laboratory gave a poster presentation titled “Human iPSC-Based Microphysiological System for Studying Adipose-Cartilage Crosstalk in Obesity-Associated Osteoarthritis.”
- Christian Cisneros of the Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Laboratory gave a podium presentation titled “Evaluating the Influence of Prior DAIR on Two-Stage Exchange Arthroplasty Outcomes in Hematogenous Total Knee Arthroplasty PJI: A Retrospective Cohort Study.”
- Shotaro Kamijo of the Joint Tissue Biology and Engineering Laboratory was a New Investigator Recognition Award finalist for the podium presentation titled “Unraveling the Synovial Contribution to Ankle Osteoarthritis and Pain.”
- Ruiling Xu of the Joint Tissue Biology and Engineering Laboratory gave a podium presentation titled “Novel Transcriptional Roles of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 in Osteoarthritis: More than a Cartilage-Degrading Enzyme.”
- Vasyl Pastukh of the MechanoBiology Lab gave a podium presentation titled “Topical Hyaluronic Acid-Metformin Conjugate Hydrogel Enhances Healing of Cold-Induced Skin Injury in Rats.”
- Liyang Chen of the MechanoBiology Lab gave a podium presentation titled “Topical Metformin Therapy Mitigates Scar Formation after Achilles Tendon Injury.”
- Jewelia Rempuszewski of the Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Laboratory gave a podium presentation titled “Suppression of P. Aeruginosa PJI Using Bacteriophage.”