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.
October 2022
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10/14 | Statistics Workshop |
| 10/21 | Erica Scheller, PhD WU Bone and Mineral Diseases |
| 10/28 | Karen Lyons, PhD UCLA “Receptor competition and BMP/TGFbeta crosstalk in articular cartilage” |
November 2022
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 11/04 | NO SEMINAR |
| 11/11 | Xinping Zhang, B. Med., PhD University of Rochester “Imaging the Osteogenic and Angiogenic Interface at the Site of Cranial Bone Defect Repair via Multiphoton Microscopy” |
| 11/18 | Jim Cassat, MD, PhD Vanderbilt “The Impact of RANK-ligand on Antibacterial Host Defenses” |
| 11/25 | NO SEMINAR – Holiday |
December 2022
Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 12/02 | Richard Loeser, MD UNC Chapel Hill “Redox regulation of chondrocyte signaling and osteoarthritis” |
| 12/09 | Steven Teitelbaum, MD WU Bone and Mineral Diseases “Fat Talks to Bone” |
| 12/16 | Simon Tang, PhD WU Orthopaedic Surgery “Leveraging Mechanical Signals for the Regeneration of the Intervertebral Disc” |
| 12/23 | NO SEMINAR – Holiday |
| 12/30 | NO SEMINAR – Holiday |
January 2023
Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 01/06 | Nicole Gould, PhD WU Orthopaedic Surgery “Osteoblast Proliferation in Fracture Healing” |
| 01/13 | Douglas Faget Vendas, PhD | Stewart Lab WU Cell Biology & Physiology “Targeting Stromal p38 Signaling to Treat Breast Metastases in the Bone” |
| 01/20 | Anne Schafer, MD UCSF “Calcium Metabolism and Skeletal Health in the Bariatric Surgery Patient” |
| 01/27 | Spencer Lake, PhD WU McKelvey School of Engineering “The Mechanical Role of Elastin in Tendon” |
February 2023
Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 02/03 | Nicole Migotsky WU Orthopaedic Surgery – Silva Lab “Effect of genetic diversity on mouse bone phenotype and response to mechanical loading” |
| 02/10 | No Seminar |
| 02/17 | Xu Cao, PhD Johns Hopkins “Skeletal Interoception in Bone Disorders, Pain and Biomaterial” LOCATION CHANGE: EPNEC – Seminar Room B |
| 02/24 | Kunjan Khanna, PhD WU Orthopaedic Surgery “A Novel mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation via Tmem178” |
March 2023
Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 03/03 | Gretchen Meyer, PhD WU Program in Physical Therapy “Muscle-associated adipose tissue: phenotypes, signaling and other updates” LOCATION CHANGE: BJCIH 11th Floor | A/B Conference Room |
| 03/10 | No Seminar |
| 03/17 | David Ornitz, PhD WU Developmental Biology “FGF Signaling in Growing and Adult Bone” |
| 03/24 | Jennifer Zellers, PhD WU Program in Physical Therapy “Characterizing human Achilles tendon homeostasis and healing: Steps toward personalizing treatment.” |
| 03/31 | Sundeep Khosla, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester “The role of senescent cells in skeletal aging and fracture” |
April 2023
Virtual meetings (see top of page for details)
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 04/07 | Steve Mumm, PhD WU Bone and Mineral Diseases “Juvenile Paget’s Disease Caused by Mutation in SP7 Encoding Osterix” |
| 04/14 | John Leuck, PhD University of Rochester, NY “Combinatorial impact of chloride and calcium channelopathy in myotonic dystrophy.” |
| 04/21 | Feini (Sylvia) Qu, PhD WU Orthopaedic Surgery – Guilak Lab “Using Digit Tip Regeneration to Inform Regenerative Engineering of Complex Musculoskeletal Tissues” |
| 04/28 | Marc Wein, MD, PhD Harvard University “Signaling pathways that control osteocyte function” |
May 2023
Virtual meetings (see top of page)
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 05/05 | Jie Shen, PhD WU Orthopaedic Surgery “Obesity, Lipid Metabolism and OA” |
| 05/12 | Yousef Abu-Amer PhD WU Orthopaedic Surgery LOCATION CHANGE: BJCIH 11th Floor, A/B Conference Room |
| 05/19 | Alice Huang, PhD Columbia University “Mechanisms of tendon development and regeneration” |
| 05/26 | Nidhi Rohatgi, PhD WU Pathology and Immunology “Epigenetic and Metabolic Regulation of Osteoclasts” |
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