Scientific Exchange & Lunch Journal Club

"Hyperkyphosis: Are we destined to stoop with aging? Translating research into clinical practice"
February 18, 2015, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Wendy Katzman, PT, DPTSc, OCS, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, UCSF

"The Role of Wnt Signaling in Skeletal Development and Disease"
January 20, 2015, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Bart Williams, PhD, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis, Van Andel Institute

"The Continuum of Knee Osteoarthritis: Biomechanical and Morphological Considerations"
December 9, 2014, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Toran D. MacLeod, PT, PhD, Biomechanics Laborator, Dept. of Physical Therapy, California State University, Sac.

"Are Osteoclasts a Master Regulator of Bone Remodeling?"
June 18, 2014, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Merry Jo Oursler, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic

"Complexities of Osteoblast Signaling in Skeletal Homeostasis and Repair"
May 7, 2014, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Robert A. Nissenson, PhD, Medicine and Physiology, UCSF Research Career Scientist at VA Medical Center, SF

"Integrating TGF-b and Wnt signaling in the skeleton"
April 9, 2014, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Damian Genetos, PhD, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology Vet Med, UC Davis

"Protein citrullination: A link between innate and adaptive immunity"
January 13, 2014, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Jeremy Sokolove, MD, Staff Physician at VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Instructor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine

"Relationship between soluble OSCAR and erosion, a preliminary study"
September 30, 2013, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Tania Crotti, PhD, Bone and Joint Research Laboratory, SOM, University of Adelaide

"Using Tissue Engineering to Understand Gender Differences in ACL Rupture"
September 24, 2013, SCOR Science Exchange, UC Davis
Keith Baar, PhD, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, UC Davis

"Early Identification and Early Intervention in Osteoarthritis: From Tissue to Function"
August 28, 2013, SCOR Science Exchange
Deepak Kumar, PT, PhD, OCS, UCSF

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Scintigraphic Tracking of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Equine Distal Limb”
Martin Vidal, BVSc, MS, PhD, DACVS, Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Vet Med, UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Regenerative Approach to Mandibular Bone Defects in Dogs Using rhBMP-2” 
Boaz Arzi, DVM, DAVDC, Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Vet Med, UC Davis UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Clinical Application of Stem Cells in Horses”
Larry D. Galuppo, DVM, Dipl ACVS, Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Vet Med, UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Directing MSCs to the bone surface to form bone with LLP2A-Aln”
Nancy Lane, MD; Wei Yao, MD, Center for Musculoskeletal Health, UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Scaffold-mediated cues for instructing osteoprogenitor cells”
J. Kent Leach, Ph.D, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Bone Regeneration in Critical-Sized Calvarial Defect Model in Rats”
David Sahar, MD, Department of Surgery, UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Nanofibrous scaffolds and stem cells for tissue regeneration”
Aijun Wang, Ph.D, Department of Surgery, UC Davis

Musculoskeletal Stem Cell Symposium, Ctr for Musculoskeletal Health/Veterinary Med, UCD, May 13, 2013
“Enhanced retention of MSC after hypoxic pre-conditioning”
Fernando Fierro, Ph.D., Stem Cell Research Program, Dept. of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy,UC Davis

"Connexin43 and bone adaptation to load"
April 23, 2013, SCOR Science Exchange
Henry Donahue, PhD, Penn State University