MHet (Musculoskeletal Health) ARC Trainees Presentations
Wednesday February 26th 8:30 – 10:00AM
with Breakfast
Bor-Lin Huang
Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
“Targeted Inhibition of Pathogenic TGF-β in Synovial Fluid via Non-Cartilage-Permeating Antagonists”
Bor-Lin Huang is a second-year Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He earned his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from National Taiwan University and is currently working in Dr. Michael Albro’s lab. His work focuses on the dysregulation of mechanobiological feedback in cartilage during aging and degeneration. In this talk, he will present his research on the characterization of potential growth factor antagonists for treating osteoarthritis in articular joints.
and
Anthony Aggouras, MS
Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
“Tenocyte-Mediated Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Mechanisms Important to Intrinsic Tendon Matrix Repair”
Anthony is a fifth year PhD candidate in Brianne Connizzo’s lab. He graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering. Anthony’s current research examines local tendon cell behavior and aims to identify the cellular mechanisms of matrix remodeling important to tendon repair. Specifically, he studies the ability of the tenocyte to clear matrix damage, synthesize and incorporate neo-matrix, and functionalize the neo-matrix in response to localized matrix damage induced by laser ablation. The goal of his work is to shed light on important innate matrix remodeling mechanisms that can be leveraged for more effective treatments of degenerative matrix changes brought about by injury, disease, or aging.
Location: Room 220 in Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue
Zoom Meeting
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/5784986119?omn=93201080797
Meeting ID: 578 498 6119
Host: Dr. LaDora Thompson
Wednesday December 18th 8:30- 10a
Emily Davis
Doctoral Student, Biomedical Engineering
“FAK as a Central Mediator of Provisional Matrix Assembly during Stromal Repair”
and
Anqi Zou, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
“Deep Learning-Based Method for Kidney Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Image Analysis”
Location: Room 236 in Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue
Zoom Meeting
Wednesday October 30th 8:30- 10am
Grant Laskin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
“You’re Stressing Me Out: Glucocorticoids in Skeletal Muscle”
and
Yiwen Yang
DPT-PhD Student, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
“Single-Session Feasibility of a Wearable Music-based Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Device to Improve Walking in Knee Osteoarthritis”
Location: EBR 705, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston University
Zoom Meeting
Friday April 19th 8:30- 10am
Avery Kratzer
Graduate Student, Rehabilitation Sciences
“Increased Ankle Pushoff Alters Frontal Plane Hip and Knee Mechanics”
and
Vineel Kondiboyina
Graduate Student, Engineering
“Cartilage Mechanobiology During Limb Growth”
Location: Room 236 in Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue
Zoom Meeting
Friday March 29, 2024 8:30- 10am
Kevin Ma
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine
“Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and osteoarthritis in patients with type 2 diabetes”
and
Chumki Choudhury, MS (Chemistry)
Visiting research scholar with Dr. Manish Bais at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine.
“Osteoarthritis mouse models and the role of LOXL2 in cartilage”
In-Person Location: 72 East Concord St, Instructional Building, L301
Zoom Meeting
Friday February 23, 2024 3:30- 5pm
Erik Ersland
Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
“Raman Spectroscopy for Diagnosing Cartilage Disease and Monitoring Tissue Repair”
and
Hana Kalco
Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
“Bridging the Gap: Understanding Bone-Tendon-Muscle Crosstalk in the Rotator Cuff”
Location: Room 236 in Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue
Zoom Meeting
Friday January 19,2024 3:30- 5pm
Dr. Abdulrahman Idrees
Graduate Student, Translational Dental Medicine
“Role of Semaphorin 3A in skeletal Biology”
and
Soyoung Lee
Graduate Student, Department of Physical Therapy, Sargent College
“Cortical function, Gait Automaticity, and Central Sensitization in people with Knee Osteoarthritis”