One of Rachel’s images from our recently accepted article on uterine fibroid response to cyclic strain made the cover!
Cover of F&S Science
Altered Uterine Fibroid Signaling in Response to Cyclic Strain
Rachel’s edited paper in F&S Science is now available! Free access using the link below until Dec 1. She found that actin reorganization is influenced by GPER1/PI3K signaling in fibroid cells, but not the surrounding muscle cells. So many new questions to investigate.
Samantha at the St. Jude NSPR
Such an exciting month for my fantastic undergraduate students. Samantha Mutiti is an undergraduate student from Georgia Tech who volunteered with us this summer, and continuing this fall from afar. So proud that she was accepted to this fantastic pre-doctoral program to present the work that she assisted Carolyn Nietupski with. Looking forward to watching her career and seeing where she ends up for graduate school.
BMES Posters – Congrats!
Proud of my two senior undergrad capstone students who presented posters at BMES last week! If anyone is looking for a great grad student, they are both wonderful.
Carolyn at the Elastin GRC
So proud of Carolyn. She presented her work at the Elastin Gordon Research Conference and was one of the trainees who was asked to also give an oral presentation. She has done such great work.
Congratulations Rachel!
So happy to see Rachel Warwar present her fellowship thesis work that she completed in our lab. So proud! She will be missed. Look for the great publication on cyclic strain and fibroids soon!
New Fibroid Publication
Super excited that our first uterine fibroid manuscript is now published online with Reproductive Sciences! Great group to work with. This is the first of what I expect to be many papers looking into the effects of mechanical forces on fibroid cell behavior and fibroid growth.
Full text version can be accessed here: https://rdcu.be/ddnFC
WHS Annual Meeting
Enjoyed my first in person WHS/SAWC Annual meeting in MD. Great experience. Glad to see Justin presenting.
ASRM
So proud of Rachel Warwar, MD who presented her thesis work at ASRM! Now to finish the work. So happy to be collaborating with her and Suruchi Thakore, MD from UC’s Gynecology and Obstetrics team.
Vanderbilt Biomaterials Day
What a great experience provided by the graduate students from Vanderbilt. Great science and networking. Represented the University of Cincinnati along with John Martin and his crew.
BMES 2022
A bit late, but still worth it! Connected with old friends and met some new potential collaborators. A good, quick trip to San Antonio. Got to spend time with some of the wonderful women in the department!
October Conferences
October went by quickly! Lots of conferences that I’ll update on. First was BMES where I was able to present data on our uterine fibroid research regarding mechanical forces. Next, Rachel Warwar, MD, presented her research on cyclic stretch and uterine fibroid cells. Finally, a trip to Vanderbilt Biomaterials Day where I gave a talk on our innervated skin project. Looking forward to my students getting out and presenting and publishing more!
Carolyn at the Elastin GRC
Carolyn had a great time at the Elastin, Elastic Fibers and Microfibrils Gordon Research Conference. She was one of a small number of graduate students asked to give an oral presentation. She’s making great progress!
WHS/SAWC
A bit late, but it was a great meeting. Especially nice to see Justin’s oral presentation on neuron functional testing in 3D culture.