Don't miss my awesome colleagues' talks at #S24MRS !

Snowy Schmidt Science Fellows meetup in Boulder featuring members of the 2023, 2022, and 2021 cohorts 💕❄️

Great talk by @SungYeon___Kim on macrophage diversity in the fibrotic synovium at #OARSI2024 ! For more information on these and related studies please visit posters 659, 695 and 755.

@NextProf Nexus Apps due MON, 4/22 by 5pm, EDT! Future Engineering Faculty, get your apps in!

Michigan Engineering UCSD Engineering Georgia Tech College of Engineering Berkeley Engineering

nextprof.engin.umich.edu/nextprof-nexus/

Hoping the GRC will expand eligibility criteria/offer new travel awards.

Especially when disability is included as an NIH-designated population with health disparities.

The ‘24 MSK Biology & BioE GRS/GRC is offering our own travel awards for disabled trainees — more soon!

What if we could build machines to be more like Nature, to help us take better care of the planet? Schmidt Science Fellows Ryan Truby, who makes soft robots, is dedicating himself to answering that question.

I think my MIT grades should be scaled for this :)

Knee and hip joint contact force asymmetry 2–7 years after ACL reconstruction may underscore a need for clinical strategies and follow-up assessments to identify and target such outcomes.

Link: doi.org/10.1002/jor.25…
Journal of Orthopaedic Research® ORS #ORSSMC

Has your back been hurting lately?

Watch this YouTube video with both clinical and research perspectives on the topic!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=ZnQmPI…

Shoutout to the ORS Public Outreach Committee for this tremendous resource 👏

Should We Change Species to Save Them? nytimes.com/2024/04/14/sci…

Shoutout to Anthony Waddle (@SchmidtFellows) on this The New York Times feature! 🐸🧬🔬

Equipment question. We're considering getting a EVOS M5000. Does anyone have any pro/con vs. the more standard (cheaper) EVOS XL.

Obvs it does more, but do you really use it for all the its enhanced capacity?

Why would you use the M5000 vs. the XL?

I am beyond excited to share our newest publication on developing ultrasoft microgels for use as synthetic platelets to stop bleeding and promote healing.
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New #bone -cartilage metabolism work ‼️ in Journal of Orthopaedic Research® showed Vit D supplemented in ovariectomized rats ameliorates intervertebral disc degeneration by enhancing antioxidant capacity, increasing bone quantity, & maintaining endplate microstructure.

#ORSSMC
buff.ly/3U35s7G

Cai & colleagues recently discovered that genetic variants associated with atherosclerosis are also associated with an increased risk of intervertebral disc disease (IDD).

May interventions targeting atherosclerosis reduce IDD?

Link: doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.1…

#ORSSMC JOR Spine

Karen Xu from the BurdickLab in collaboration with the Mauck Lab and others develop bicontinuous hydrogels with microtracks to elicit rapid cell migration in 3D. #BiotechNatureComms

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Maybe turn the street lights on in unaffected areas…

Congrats to the GRFP winners! unfortunately for most, today they received disappointment. I was rejected from GRFP/CSGF/NDSEG likely because my GPA was awful. Here are the scores for my F31, years later. 1 = best (1 to 9). If you’re good, they’ll see it eventually; keep at it.

A very useful resource

Perfect timing for #manuscriptmonday ! Check out Karen Xu 's recent publication in Nature Communications highlighting how microinterfaces in biopolymer-based bicontinuous hydrogels guide rapid 3D cell migration.

#ORSSMC ORS Meniscus BurdickLab Mauck Lab
Link: nature.com/articles/s4146…

“These people matter. Their lives are just as valuable as those in other parts of the world.” Meet @schmidtfellows’ Emma Bonglack, who studies genetics to help bring more understanding of, and better medicine to, people around the world and particularly in Africa.