Fridays @ 9am

In-person location is BJC Institute of Health, 5th floor, Nathaniel Allison Conference room unless otherwise noted below.

Avioli seminars are available virtually and require a Zoom meeting link and passcode. If you wish to receive this attendee information, please submit a request.

September 2023

DateSpeaker
9/29Deborah Veis, MD, PhD
WU Bone and Mineral Diseases
“Beyond RANKL, Tumor Osteolysis via Exosomes”

October 2023

DateSpeaker
10/06ASBMR Practice
10/13No Seminar – ASBMR Meeting
10/20Roman Eliseev, MD, PhD
Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
“Mitochondrial Metabolism in Bone Health and Disease”
10/27Jacob McPherson, PhD
WU Biomedical Engineering
“Zombie cats, cyborg rats, and monkeys with computer chip hats: just another day in the clinic?”

November 2023

DateSpeaker
11/03Matthew Silva, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
“Building New Bone with Mechanical Loading – Roles of Wnt Signaling and Aging”
11/10Dongsheng Duan, PhD
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
“Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy: microdystrophin, CRISPR, and SERCA”
11/17Regis O’Keefe, MD, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
“Targeting COX-2/PGE2 to enhance fracture repair: EP1 receptor inhibition regulates progenitor cells and accelerates bone regeneration in a systemic injury models.”
11/24NO SEMINAR – Holiday

December 2023

Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)

DateSpeaker
12/01Megan McGee-Lawrence, PhD
August University, Augusta, GA
12/08Sydney Neal & Xiaohong Tan | PhD Candidates
WU Biomedical Engineering
12/15Hank Kronenberg, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
12/22NO SEMINAR – Holiday
12/29NO SEMINAR – Holiday

January 2024

Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)

DateSpeaker
01/05Simon Tang, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
01/12Audrey McAlinden, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
01/19Lisbet Haglund, PhD
McGill University, Montreal, QC
01/26Gabriel Mbalaviele, PhD
WU Bone and Mineral Diseases

February 2024

Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)

DateSpeaker
02/02Roberto Civitelli, MD
WU Bone and Mineral Diseases
02/09Aaron Johnson, MD
WU Developmental Biology
02/16Guilia Furesi, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
02/23Heather Himberg, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

March 2024

Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)

DateSpeaker
03/01Katherine Weilbaecher, MD
WU Medical Oncology
03/08Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
03/15Debabrata Patra, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
03/22TBA
03/39Baohong Zhao, PhD
Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

April 2024

Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)

DateSpeaker
04/05Jie Shen, PhD
WU Orthopaedic Surgery
04/12Wei Zou, PhD
WU Pathology-Anatomic & Molecular Pathology (AMP)
04/19Gretchen Meyer, PhD
WU Physical Therapy, Neurology, Orthopaedic Surgery
04/26Michael Zusick, PhD
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

May 2024

Virtual meetings (see top of page)

DateSpeaker
05/03
TBA
05/10Rebekah Lawrence, PhD
WU Physical Therapy and Orthopaedic Surgery
05/17Ha-Neui Kim, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
05/24TBA
05/31
TBA

For questions about the seminars, please contact:
Jennifer Vollmer | jvollmer@wustl.edu

Series sponsored jointly by:

  • Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases
  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Musculoskeletal Research Center (P30)
  • Skeletal Disorders Training Program (T32)
  • Avioli Speaker Fund