Congrats to Matthew Rich for nailing his first ever talk at a scientific conference. Thanks to Biomedical Engineering Society for providing such a great venue for young scientists. @UNCNCSUBME #bmes2018

Check out our FASEB J paper describing senescence induction in cartilage explants from p16tdTom mice: fasebj.org/doi/10.1096/fj….

Diekman lab graduate student Michaela Copp's paper, "The combination of mitogenic stimulation and DNA damage induces chondrocyte senescence" is out in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals. Free download through Jan 23 at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1cB9-3npMrO4…. Fun working with The Schnabel Lab on this!

Just watched Farsh nail his Kappa Delta talk summarizing work from The Guilak Lab on biological joint resurfacing. So grateful that this project was my introduction to research! Bradley Estes trained me and Frank Moutos always inspiring. Congrats on the award!

Don't miss the ICORS College of FIORS-organized symposium at #ORS2021 'Cellular senescence in OA' on Monday at 8:15am PT. Three amazing talks! Farshid Guilak The Guilak Lab @jhelisseeff.bsky.social Brian Diekman

Which one of these did Lou forget to include in his #ORS2021 talk? Fantastic insight into risk for ACL tears, a fedora, self-deprecating humor, Chuck Norris jokes, a cameo of his infamous Hawaiian shirt, Wookie noises? DeFrate Lab cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/9235/S…

Thanks to Tristan Maerz for engaging with the chat feature during our senescence symposium! The chat will stay up since not a "live session" so others can join in when they watch later. The Guilak Lab @jhelisseeff.bsky.social Brian Johnstone cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/9235/S…

We have a full-time position open at UNC - please join us! Likely ~75% research/25% lab management. Many techniques w/ focus on osteoarthritis: murine models, cell culture, genome editing. Experience a plus, but open to motivated folks w/o. Please RT. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/214133.

I really only use Twitter for work so 90% of you getting this tweet are already giving much of your energy and time towards MSK research. For the remaining 10%, consider joining me in supporting TARC! give.communityfunded.com/o/unc-chapel-h…

Paper out today in Aging Cell! Ever wonder how much DNA damage accumulates in chondrocytes during "normal" aging? We found out - a lot! Check out paper by Lampe Joint Biomedical Engineering Diekman Lab grad student Michaela Copp and others from UNC TARC here: doi.org/10.1111/acel.1…

Congrats to the newest doctor walking around Chapel Hill: Dr. Michaela Copp! First PhD defense from Brian Diekman and another awesome student from Lampe Joint Biomedical Engineering.

Richard Loeser and I reviewed the evolving understanding of aging in OA for the Osteoarthritis & Cartilage 30th anniversary issue. Available free for 50 days with this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iDfO3npMrYN… ; UNC TARC Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals

2 papers out in December! Crazy that this is the normal rate for some labs. Michaela's on SIRT6 and DNA damage repair in chondrocytes (Aging, PMID: 38078876); Matt's on the "MagnaSquish" to test cartilage recovery during cyclic loading (J Biomechanics, PMID: 38128469).

Grateful to be working with both of these great foundations! x.com/AFARorg/status…

Our paper on the role of p16 in cartilage aging and osteoarthritis is now available (open access): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Thanks to Aging Cell, co-authors, and funders! Aging Cell Arthritis National Research Foundation AFAR NIH UNC TARC @UNCNCSUBME