Madison Buckles from the Kurt Hankenson Hankenson Lab is presenting wonderful data on Notch signaling in bone healing. #ORS2024 Orthopaedic Research Society

Osteoarthritis and systemic sclerosis share many pathophysiological similarities but aren't usually thought of as inter-related. Michael Newton compares transcriptomic patterns of fibroblasts in both diseases to uncover shared mechanisms. #ORS2024

Come join our awesome group!🤩

New Podcast with Carole Parent Lab and Alexander Knights! "Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program: Catalyzing Innovation and Independence," interview with Drs. Parent and Knights featured in The Wrap weekly podcast. Listen at michmed.org/Y3mRe #Postdoc

frontiersin.org/journals/neuro… Anatomical neuroplasticity in mouse knees with osteoarthritis: a hallmark of OA? Years of work by #DrAliasandoqa and collaborators Tristan Maerz @rem7101 Richard J. Miller Lindsey Lammlin

Can’t believe #ScienceSummerCamp is over 🥲 But excited for Meagan Makarczyk and Lindsey Lammlin (Lindsey Lammlin) to take the reigns as our 2026 GRS Co-Chairs 🤩 Missed @megankillian in our GRS Chair group photo, though 😔

Students can be proud of their mentors too, right?! Because I sure am proud of my mentor - time to celebrate!!🍾🎉

🚨 Special! 🚨 Special September issue on #sex differences in #osteoarthritis out now! ♂️♀️ Guest editors: Tristan Maerz Dieuwke Schiphof | Editors-in-chief: ProfDavidHunter AM Malfait Read more here: tinyurl.com/nhc5sm3y

Bergman and Lammlin et al from the University of Michigan demonstrate that persistent synovial inflammation (by RNAseq, histology) is associated with greater knee pain and PTOA disease severity in male mice. Rachel Bergman, Tristan Maerz, Lindsey Lammlin 🔗 tinyurl.com/syk9w66u

Congratulations to U-M Health's Michelle Caird, M.D., on receiving the 2025 Women's Leadership Forum Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society. Learn more about her reward here: ors.org/womens-leaders…

In this week's episode of the Joint Action podcast, we dive into the complex roles of sex and gender in osteoarthritis with Dieuwke Schiphof and Tristan Maerz. Discover how biological differences may influence osteoarthritis risk, symptoms and treatment🧬👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0veL8E…

🎉 Congrats to the 2025 ECOTA winners! These 10 early-career members will assist in #ORS2025 Open Door, inspiring middle school students—particularly first-generation & underrepresented groups in STEM—through hands-on workshops & presentations. Learn more: ors.org/opendoor/

I know there is a lot going on right now, but I think some happy news is still worth sharing - I will be defending my PhD on March 18th! This has been my most difficult, yet most rewarding journey and I’m incredibly grateful for the support that I have received. DM for zoom info!

I am excited to share that I've accepted a full-time position as the Director of Outreach & Engagement at the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (@AIMBE)! Now more than ever, we need advocacy at the forefront of this evolving science policy landscape 📢🧪🧑‍🔬

It is almost time for #ORSOpenDoor! Volunteers have arrived, coffee is being served, and workshops are underway 🎉 Follow along here and on Blue Sky to get all the updates today! Orthopaedic Research Society

Your #ORSOpenDoor 2025 volunteers! We are so excited to engage students and teachers in short career talks, a discussion panel, and hands on workshops - it’ll be a fun day full of #stemoutreach! 🎉🧬🦴

I’m very happy to share that next month I will be joining WashU’s Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery to launch the Joint Crosstalk Lab Joint Crosstalk Lab! Our major objective will be to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms in joint health, disease, and regeneration.

Scientists identify a population of neutrophils in the skin that express proteins and enzymes needed to build the ECM. Bravo Tommaso Vicanolo, Alaz, Jackson LiangYao Li, stefan uderhardt 🔬🧫💉📷, Lai Guan NG, Andrés Hidalgo and the team. 👏 🔗 go.nature.com/4bNWq5O 📰 go.nature.com/41DkFie

Thanks for a great visit! And I can’t wait to see the results of this research project!👀

If you are at #ICORS2025🇦🇺🦘, I’d love to see you at my talk in the OA Molecular Biology session starting at 11:15a today, Oct 8th! I’m also super excited to be sharing the session with my friend and fellow UMich lab alum, Joint Crosstalk Lab !