please join us for
Symposium 2023
May 9, 2023
1:00-6:00 pm
St. Louis, Missouri
Eric P. Newman Educational Center
Washington University Medical School
Poster Locations
Listed by the poster category that you selected at the time of submission, and then within each category in alphabetical order of submitters name.
Back Pain/Spine
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 1 | Ruiz Cardozo | Miguel | Miguel Ruiz Cardozo | Pre-Operative Radiographic Measurements as Predictors of Loss of Cervical Lordosis Following Laminoplasty in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy |
| 2 | Sepich | Diane | Diane Sepich | GENETIC SCREEN IN LARVAL AND ADULT ZEBRAFISH SEEKING MUTATIONS TO MODEL ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS |
| 3 *Poster Finalist | Walk | Remy | Remy E. Walk | DEGENERATION OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC INSTIGATES LOCAL INFLAMMATORY INSULTS ON MULTIPLE TISSUE SYSTEMS |
Bone
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 4 | Alimasi | Aersilan | Aersilan Alimasi | UNCOVERING THE ROLE OF SNX10 IN REGULATING OSTEOCLAST FUNCTION AND BONE HOMEOSTASIS |
| 5 | Bell-Hensley | Austin | Austin Bell-Hensley | POINT MUTATIONS IN DNMT3A DYSREGULATE POST-NATAL BONE HOMEOSTASIS |
| 6 | Bourantas | Christina | Christina A. Bourantas | FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE FOLLOWING PERIACETABULAR OSTEOTOMY SURGERY FOR DYSPLASTIC HIPS |
| 7 | Brodt | Michael | Michael Brodt | IMAGING AND MECHANICAL TESTING SERVICES OFFERED BY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE AND STRENGTH CORE FOR ROUTINE AND INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION |
| 8 | Broz | Kaitlyn | Kaitlyn Broz | DIVERGENT EFFECTS ON OSTEOBLASTS, OSTEOCLASTS, AND OSTEOCYTES IN T2D MICE WITH SYSTEMIC LOSS OF RAGE SIGNALING |
| 9 | Hurt | Sarah | Sarah Hurt | ANTI-IDUA IGG ALTERS CORTICAL BONE STRUCTURE OF MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES TYPE I MICE TREATED WITH INTRAVENOUS ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
| 10 | Koester | Kyle | Kyle Koester | Maternal High-fat/high-sugar Diet Reprograms the Craniofacial and Dental Morphology of Adult Offspring Mice |
| 11 *Poster Finalist | Migotsky | Nicole | Nicole Migotsky | BONE’S RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL LOADING VARIES IN FEMALE AND MALE MICE IN TWO GENETICALLY DIVERSE POPULATITONS |
| 12 | Minielly (Beeve) | Katherine | Alec Beeve | Optimizing Spatial Transcriptomics in Mouse Bone from them Single Gene to the Whole Transcriptome |
| 13 | Patra | Debabrata | Debabrata Patra | Investigation of an FGF-regulated signaling center in the groove of Ranvier that controls longitudinal bone growth |
| 14 *Poster Finalist | Pokhrel | Nitin | Nitin Pokhrel | RANKL INDEPENDENT OSTEOLYSIS IN ADULT T CELL LEUKEMIA VIA SMALL EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES |
| 15 | Portales Castillo | Ignacio Alberto | Ignacio Alberto Portales Castillo | INCREASED CALCIUM BINDING CAPACITY IN A PATIENT WITH IGA KAPPA PARAPROTEINEMIA |
| 16 | Portales Castillo | Ignacio Alberto | Ignacio Alberto Portales Castillo | ALTERED PTHRP SIGNALING DESENSITIZATION AS A NOVEL MECHANISM FOR DELAYED OSSIFICATION IN EIKEN SYNDROME. |
| 17 | Raut | Ganesh | Ganesh Kumar Raut | CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED ADIPOCYTE SENESCENCE TRIGGERS BONE LOSS THROUGH RANKL-MEDIATED OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS |
| 18 | Shepherd | Molly | Molly C. Shepherd | Kinematics and Kinetics During Running in Dysplastic Hips |
| 19 | Smith | Craig | Craig Smith | FGF Signaling in Adult Bone Homeostasis |
| 20 | Vaidya | Rachana | Rachana Vaidya | IMPACT MICROINDENTATION ENHANCES THE PREDICTION OF BONE STRENGTH AT THE PROXIMAL FEMUR AND THE DISTAL RADIUS |
Cancer
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 21 | Dharmesh | Ether | Ether Dharmesh | Nanosilicate-Hydrogel Microspheres Formed By Aqueous Two-Phase Separation For Sustained Release Of Small Molecules |
| 22 | Eul | Emily | Emily Eul | BONE-DERIVED DICKKOPF-RELATED PROTEIN 1 SUPPORTS PRIMARY BREAST CANCER GROWTH AND ALTERS HEMATOPOIESIS |
| 23 | Furesi | Giulia | Giulia Furesi | A NOVEL OSTEOLINEAGE-DERIVED (OSTERIX +) STROMAL POPULATION CONTRIBUTES TO BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION |
| 24 | Lee | Seunghyun | Seunghyun Lee | LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF DICKKOPF-1 DURING BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION BY LIMITING NK CELL-MEDIATED KILLING |
| 25 | Sugatani | Toshifumi | Toshifumi Sugatani | N-CADHERIN IN TUMOR-ASSOCIATED OSX+ CELLS IS ANTI-TUMORIGENIC |
Cartilage/Meniscus
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 26 | Rai (Cai) | Muhammad Farooq | Lei Cai | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE 2 MAINTAINS CHONDROCYTE METABOLIC HOMEOSTASIS |
| 27 *Poster Finalist | Savadipour | Alireza | Alireza Savadipour | PIEZO1 as a Target for Cartilage Regeneration and PTOA Treatment |
Disc
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 28 | Clayton | Sade | Sade W Clayton | Multi-modal Transcriptomic Analyses of the Mouse Intervertebral Disc Following Injury Reveals Temporal Distinctions and Heterogeneity of Infiltrating Immune Cells |
| 29 | Gonzalez | Christian | Christian Gonzalez | CHRONIC TYPE 2 DIABETES STIMULATES IMMUNE-CELL RECRUITING CHEMOKINES IN THE MURINE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC |
Fracture Healing
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 30 *Poster Finalist | Buettmann | Evan | Evan G. Buettmann | DMP1 Lineage Connexin43 Deficiency Differentially Regulates Bone and Muscle Response to Hindlimb Unloading and Fracture Healing |
| 31 *Poster Finalist | Chen | Leyi | Leyi Chen | CHITOSAN-BASED CRYOGEL SCAFFOLDS MEDIATED DELIVERY OF BMP2-LENTIVIRUS FOR ATROPHIC NONUNION FRACTURE HEALING |
| 32 | Coello | Andre | Andre Coello | Contribution of Proliferating 3.6Col1a1 Expressing Cells to Early Fracture Callus Composition |
| 33 | Gould | Nicole | Nicole Gould | PROLIFERATION OF EARLY AND MATURE OSTEOBLASTS IS REQUIRED FOR FRACTURE CALLUS MINERALIZATION |
| 34 *Poster Finalist | Zheng | Nianye | Nianye Zheng | Targeting prostaglandin receptor EP1 to accelerate fracture healing under polytrauma condition |
Inflammatory Bone/Joint Disease
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 35 | Bhagat | Saumya | Saumya Bhagat | ROLE OF INFLAMMASOMES IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS-INFECTION OF MYELOID LINEAGE CELLS |
| 36 | Khanna | Kunjan | Kunjan Khanna | TMEM178 NEGATIVELY REGULATES IL-1Î’ PRODUCTION THROUGH INHIBITION OF THE NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME |
| 37 | O’Connor | Luke | Luke O’Connor | Differential host-pathogen interactions during intracellular OC infection by S. aureus |
| 38 | Reals | Rebecca | Rebecca Reals | T Cell Populations Are Upregulated Soon After Injury in a Rat Model of Post-Traumatic Joint Contracture |
| 39 | Swarnkar | Gaurav | Gaurav Swarnkar | IĸBζ IS A CENTRAL MODULATOR OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATHOGENESIS |
Metabolism and Diabetes
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 40 | Dabill | Lila | Lila Dabill | Conditional knockout of neural Sarm1 improves body mass and metabolic health with high fat diet |
| 41 | Usala | Sister Grace Miriam | Usala | Adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes develop changes in bone prior to evidence of clinical neuropathy |
| 42 *Poster Finalist | Zhang | Xiao | Xiao Zhang | CATECHOLAMINE-INDEPENDENT NEURAL PATHWAYS DRIVE THE RAPID CATABOLISM OF METABOLICALLY INERT FAT |
Muscle
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 43 | Brookheart (Mousa) | Rita | Muhammad Mousa | Site-1 Protease regulates muscle mass and mitochondrial metabolism |
| 44 | Gui | Chang | Chang Gui | Uncover the Paracrine Signaling between Brown Adipose Tissue in Muscle Regeneration |
| 45 | Johnson (Yang) | Aaron | Shuo Yang | INFECTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE ACTIVATE A BRAIN-MUSCLE SIGNALING AXIS THAT REGULATES MUSCLE PERFORMANCE |
| 46 | Kamm | Dakota | Dakota R. Kamm | EPI-MUSCULAR ADIPOSE STEM CELLS ARE LESS MECHANOSENSITIVE AND MORE PRO-MYOGENIC THAN SUBCUTANEOUS |
| 47 | Sharma | Isha | Isha Sharma | Characterizing ER Calcium Flux via Sarcolipin Regulation |
Osteoporosis
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 48 | Rohatgi | Nidhi | Nidhi Rohatgi | Bap1 promotes osteoclast function by metabolic reprogramming |
Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 49 *Poster Finalist | Cimino | Amanda | Amanda Cimino | SYNTHETIC GENE CIRCUITS FOR SELF-REGULATING CIRCADIAN- AND INFLAMMATORY-DRIVEN DRUG DELIVERY |
| 50 | Coler-Reilly | Ariella | Ariella Coler-Reilly | Identifying Drivers of Aging Among Genes Differentially Expressed With Age |
| 51 | Klimak | Molly | Molly Klimak | Engineered self-regulating macrophages for targeted anti-inflammatory drug delivery |
| 52 | Neal | Sydney | Sydney Neal | IMMOBILIZED CELL ADHESIVE AND GROWTH FACTOR PEPTIDE MIMETICS WORK SYNERGYSTICALLY TO INFLUENCE OSTEOGENIC ACTIVITY |
| 53 | Qu | Feini | Feini Qu | Hox Genes Regulate Skeletal Patterning and Outgrowth During Murine Digit Tip Regeneration |
| 54 | Zou | Wei | Wei Zou | CAR/LEPR+ CELLS EXPRESS BMP INHIBITORS NEGATIVELY REGULATING BONE FORMATION IN VIVO |
Tendon/Ligament
| Location | Last Name | First Name | First Author | Abstract Title |
| 55 | Chen | Menghan | Menghan Chen | ASSOCIATION OF TENDINOPATHY AND DIABETES STATUS ON QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MEASURES IN IN VIVO HUMAN ACHILLES TENDON |
| 56 *Poster Finalist | Lane | Ryan | Ryan A Lane | The Effects of NF-KB Suppression on the Early Healing Response Following Intrasynovial Tendon Repair in a Canine Model |
| 57 | Li | Shicheng | Shicheng Li | A Mechanical Model OF Glenohumeral stability ACROSS SPECIES |
| 58 *Poster Finalist | Pavey | Shawn | Shawn Pavey | THE ROLE OF FASCICULAR ELASTIN IN FUNCITIONALLY DISTINCT TENDONS VIA A NOVEL MURINE MODEL OF ELASTIN KNOCKDOWN |
| 59 | Shen | Hua | Hua Shen | FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF ADIPOSE STEM CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN A MOUSE MODEL OF ACHILLES TENDON INJURY AND REPAIR |
| 60 | Vaidya | Rachana | Rachana Vaidya | ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF JOINT ANGLE POSITION ON ULTRASOUND SHEARWAVE ELASTOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT IN ACHILLES AND PATELLAR TENDON IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS |
Poster Guidelines
The maximum Poster size is 45” wide x 45” tall. You have one half of one side of the poster boards. Posters must be in a vertical layout.
Questions?
Kamilla McGhee | Core Coordinator | kjm@wustl.edu