Research Symposium -2024

Musculoskeletal Research Symposium 

 

Friday, April 26, 2024

 

The Center for Biomechanical Engineering Research and the Delaware Center for Musculoskeletal Research will hold a joint Research Symposium at the North Atrium at STAR Campus.  Our goal is to show case the exciting research performed by faculty, students, and clinicians at University of Delaware and surrounding hospitals (Nemours Children’s Hospital and Christiana Care), spanning from basic, translational, to clinical studies of biomechanical injury and repair processes and musculoskeletal disorders.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karl Lewis

Title: Fluorescent imaging advances for the study of osteocyte mechanotransduction mechanisms

 

Dr. Karl Lewis is an assistant professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Prior to starting his lab at Cornell, he completed his PhD training with Prof. Mitch Schaffler at The City College of New York, and a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. Alex Robling at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The Lewis Lab is working on 3 main focus areas; namely investigation of bone mechanobiology, expanding non-linear microscopy approaches in bone tissue, and establishing the use of novel fluorescent probes for imaging cellular dynamics in vivo.

For more information, please see Dr. Karl Lewis’ page.

Abstract- Prof. Lewis and his group work to better understand the interplay of mechanical inputs and biological outcomes in bone. In service of this goal, they develop novel intravital imaging techniques for studying osteocyte mechanotransduction and mechanobiology in vivo. These approaches leverage fluorescent signal to observe cellular/molecular level events and allow for experiments that keep critical endocrine and tissue crosstalk pathways intact. As such, they offer powerful insights into cellular behavior in health and disease. In this presentation, Prof. Lewis will share new approaches and subsequent findings related to osteocyte mechanoregulation and endocytosis.

Program – subject to change

 8:45  Welcome & Introductory Remarks DCMR Director: Dawn Elliott
CBER Director: X. Lucas Lu
 9:00 Keynote Lecture
Title: Fluorescent imaging advances for the study of osteocyte mechanotransduction mechanisms
Karl Lewis, PhD
 10:00 Faculty Talk 1 Chris Price
10:15 Podium Session 1  
11:15 Poster Pitch  
12:00 Lunch  
12:45 Poster Session 1- ODD #s  
1:30 Poster Session 2- EVEN #s  
2:15 Podium Session 2
3:15 Faculty Talk 2 Liyun Wang
3:30 Awards & Adjourn

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Past Event Proceedings

2023 Event

Keynote Speaker- Session 1: Hani A. Awad, Ph.D.

Title: Peritendinous Adhesions: Decoding the Roles of TGF-β and Myofibroblasts

Keynote Speaker- Session 2: Carla R. Scanzello, MD, Ph.D.

Title: Osteoarthritis as a Chronic Wound:  The Role of Toll-like Receptors

 

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2019 Event

Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, Ph.D.

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2017 Event

Keynote Speaker: Johnna Temenoff, Ph.D.

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2015 Event

Dawn Elliott

Keynote Speaker: Dawn M. Elliott, PhD 

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2013 Event

Dr. Carolee Winstein

Keynote Speaker: Carolee Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA

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2011 Event

Van C. Mow

Keynote Speaker: Van C. Mow

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2009 Event

Irving Shapiro

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Irving Shapiro

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2007 Event

Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Steven Stanhope

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2005 Event

Steven Kautz

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steven Kautz

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2021 Event

Virtual Event

Keynote Speaker Session 1: James Iatridis, PhD

Title: Biomaterial Strategies for Repair and Regeneration of the Annulus Fibrosus


Keynote Speaker Session 2: Daniel Ferris, PhD

Title: Embodiment for Bionic Prostheses and Robotic Exoskeletons

 

2018 Event

CBER Day Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker: Jean Jiang, Ph.D.

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2016 Event
2014 Event

Dr. Alberto Esquenazi

Keynote Speaker: Alberto Esquenazi, MD 

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2012 Event

Darryl D'Lima

Keynote Speaker: Darryl D’Lima, MD, PhD

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2010 Event

Mark Latash

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Latash

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2008 Event

Hugh Herr

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hugh Herr

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2006 Event

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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steven Kautz 

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2004 Event

David Lloyd

Keynote Speaker: David Lloyd 

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