

MaybeItsBob
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@MaybeItsBob
Mechanically loaded postdoctoral fellow in @Guilak_Lab @washu_ortho_res he/him










Thrilled to announce that @NadeenChahine has received tenure from @Columbia! Congratulations Dr. Chahine on this well-deserved honor – @OrthoColumbia @ColumbiaBME @ColumbiaMed @ORSsociety #orthotwitter columbiaortho.org/news/dr-nadeen…



Congrats to @jaymilanpatel on his recent cover in Advanced Healthcare Materials (@AdvSciNews)! The featured image shows a hyaluronic acid (HA) system to modify the surface of damaged cartilage, improve stem cell adhesion/behavior, and provide a route to “seal” cartilage defects.


Penn Health-Tech is excited to announce Katherine Reuther, Ph.D., MBA, as the new Executive Director! Dr. Reuther will also be joining the @PennEngineers faculty as Practice Associate Professor in @pennbioeng. Read more: bit.ly/3u2KANy


Check eCM paper: Inhibition of toll-like receptor 4 protects against inflammation-induced mechanobiological alterations to intervertebral disc cells TD Jacobsen, PA Hernandez, NO Chahine ecmjournal.org/papers/vol041/… #intervertebraldisc #mechanobiology #inflammation #ecmspecialissue


Seven years of perseverance to build a roadmap to placenta epigenome! Congratulations @Bo_Zhang_WashU! cell.com/developmental-…




Congrats to @mollyklimak! Her review on “Immunoengineering the next generation of arthritis therapies” is now out in @ActaBio! Here we review some of the newest cellular, gene, and biomaterial approaches for immunoengineering to treat OA or RA. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



Congrats to Dr Whasil Lee @WhasilL for her latest #Piezo paper out in @PNASnews!!! She showed IL-1 enhances Piezo1 function, making chondrocytes more sensitive to loading. Great collab with Liedtke lab @MaybeItsBob @AliSavadipour @mcnultylab & others pnas.org/content/118/13…

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In the latest edition of @NIH Research Matters: Engineered cartilage produces anti-inflammatory drug nih.gov/news-events/ni…