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This week, we are getting to know Lou Lab hair icon and handstand expert, Rebecca! "Hi, my name is Rebecca and I am a research specialist in the Soslowsky Lab. I focus on histological assays, and I also enjoy helping out with live animal assays in the lab.

#newinJBME This #technicalbrief from Joshua D Roth describes the design and validation of a four-actuator experiment to measure the shear modulus of fibrous tissues at different tensile loads, with applications in tendon and ligament biomechanics. doi.org/10.1115/1.4064…

If you're at the #ASB2024 posters check out undergrad & masters student Sam & Shreya's (Shreya Kotha) micro-tensiometry studies in tendon fascicles, really nice work!

Why doesn't Pac-Man use Twitter? He doesn't like being followed! Happy Halloween from the Lou Lab 🧡🖤

Today we took a field trip to visit Lake Lab alumnus Alex Reiter, now an Assistant Professor at slu-bme ! Learn more about his lab's work using wearable sensors (shown below on Shawn Pavey ) to understand tendon structure and function here: slu.edu/science-and-en…

Lou Lab had a great day at the 20th Annual PCMD Symposium, capped off by our very own Nat Thurlow winning a poster award! Congrats to Nat and the ColV x ColXI team!

Lou Lab Wrapped!

Congrats to our education grantees! The grants were awarded to highly motivated and talented young investigators to attend the #ORS Annual Meeting 2025. We look forward to meeting you there! Orthopaedic Research Society @Nefiew328 Jon Blank Thomas Leahy Hope Welhaven, PhD @SungYeon___Kim

Lou Lab Valentine's Day cards are back by popular demand! Don't forget to wish your tendie friendies a Happy Valentine's Day! 💗Lou Lab

Lou Lab had a fun Friday field trip learning about human tendons at BaxterLabHQ!

Big news from the Lou Lab this week! Check out our latest publication on regional differences in the supraspinatus tendon: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… It's a *supra* read!

Here, you can see a good example of why investments in places like universities are worthwhile! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/fy24-econ…

We love to see veterinarian-scientist representation! Check out this Collagen 5-focused work from Lou Lab alum, Dr. Carlson!

The Real Collagens of Tendon Healing (also known as Maggie Tamburro's defense) is coming to a big screen near you! Thursday, 5/15, at 10:00 AM EST; DM for Zoom info!

Today is the day! #RealCollagensofTendonHealing

NEW: Jayson Tatum could be in an unprecedented position to recover from his Achilles rupture because he did something few NBA players have done: he underwent surgery just hours later. “That is atypical. That is really wonderful.” My convo with UPenn's Dr. Lou Soslowsky ⬇️

Congrats to our graduate students honored with awards in research, teaching & service this year! Their contributions are shaping the future of the field. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4jTA1XJ #PennEngineering #GradAwards #STEM

Jon (@blankjonathon) represented the Lou Lab at Penn Orthopaedics Research Day, discussing efforts to generate overuse tendinopathy models through the PAT-CORT!