May 30, 2025

9:00am - 3:30pm

North Campus Research Complex, Bldg 18, Football Room (Dining Hall)

External Advisors:

Karyn Esser, PhD

Louis C. Gerstenfeld, PhD

Clifford J. Rosen, MD

Keynote Speaker:

Alayna E. Loiselle, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of Rochester Medical Center

Agenda: The full agenda (a pdf file available for download and printing) will be in May, 2025.

The 9th Annual Musculoskeletal Health Symposium will be held on Friday, May 30, 2024 in the North Campus Research Complex, Building 18, Football Room (Dining Hall); in addition to the keynote presentation the symposium will feature a poster session highlighting work by junior faculty, trainees, students, fellows, staff, and house officers. Trainees (students, fellows, house officers) are eligible to compete for 1 of 3 travel awards ($650/award). Awardees will be selected as follows: abstracts designated for the poster competition will be judged and 6 finalists selected to give short podium presentations at the Symposium. Of these, 3 will be selected for travel awards to be announced at the end of the meeting.

We are very excited about the opportunity for our community coming together for this event to celebrate the incredible MSK research being conducted at UM and our collaborative institutions. Thank you to all (inside or outside UofM) who are able to attend.

We would appreciate you forwarding an invitation to others (inside or outside UM) that may be interested in attending.

Please use the following link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1299297266099?aff=oddtdtcreator. There is no cost to register. Any questions regarding registration, please contact Sarah Boston (sjayers@med.umich.edu).

Agenda (all times in EST):  The full agenda and Poster Abstracts book is available for downloading.

8:30-9:00 am Poster Setup and Refreshments

9:00-9:15 am Welcome and MiMHC Update – Megan Killian, PhD

9:15-10:45 am Faculty Presentations (Lauren Surface, PhD Moderator)

Jun Hee Lee, PhD - “High-resolution exploration of skeletal muscle transcriptome using Seq-Scope”

Ann Decker, DMD, PhD - “Regulation of innate immunity in alveolar bone regeneration”

Jessica Turnier, MD, MS - “A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of juvenile dermatomyositis muscle to accelerate precision medicine care"

10:45am - 12:00pm Poster Session and Lunch

12:00-1:30pm Travel Award Competition (Adam Abraham, PhD Moderator) 

Adrienne Giannone - “Investigating the role of Sox5 in synovial fibroblast function during post-traumatic osteoarthritis”

Easton Farrell - “PIEZO1 promotes synovial fibrosis and inflammation”

Helen Tran - “Efferocytosis dynamics of murine synovial fibroblasts in PTOA”

Gerald Har - “High-resolution 13 C-metabolic analysis reveals accelerated osteocytic citrate production in chronic kidney disease is associated with protection of the kidney from further injury”

Thomas Wilson - “MiR-126-3p attenuates knee osteoarthritis in part by regulating angiogenesis"

Victoria Maglaras - “T-cells drive sexual dimorphism in experimental periodontitis"

1:30-1:45pm Break

1:45-2:45pm Keynote Address (Susan Brooks, PhD, Moderator)

Alayna E. Loiselle, PhD - “S100a4 in soft tissue fibrosis: from fundamental cell biology to translational science” 

2:45-3:00pm Award Presentations & Conclusion - Megan Killian, PhD