Major paper I've been working on is out today! We found genetics has a strong influence on skeletal response to immobilization. This is the first evidence showing changes in bone volume, quality and gene expression from immobilization are heritable.

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Check out or new paper examining how genetic variation affects skeletal muscles exposed to simulated microgravity: We found that genetics caused some mice to be protected from muscle loss. Transcriptomic response also varied based on genetic background.

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First time moderating a session!! It was an enthusiastic passionate group of osteocyte researchers. #ASBMR2023

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I asked ChatGPT to respond like Donald Trump to help me understand what my RNAseq results mean. it's tremendous!

Seems hard to care about health research while the entire planet's #climate is rapidly deteriorating. Meanwhile, everyone who has any power to do something about it doesn't seem to care. Also . #ALIENS!!.

I posted a job opening for a undergrad research assistant in our lab, and more people applied than we can hire 😳. What are some good interview questions I should ask?.

Thank you to our co-authors, @BCMSpaceHealth, and @NIH for your support!.

We have future manuscripts examining how skeletal muscle was affected in these mice and another manuscript analyzing the transcriptomic (RNAseq) response to unloading in the C57BL/6J mice used here.

Particularly, the widely used C57BL/6J strain was highly sensitive to unloading. This strain had significant loss of bone volume and strength. B6 mice also had the lowest expression of OPG, resulting in an elevated RANKL/OPG ratio.

Our latest paper examining how genetics affects the response to hindlimb unloading is out now in @JOrthopRes! We found bone loss from hindlimb unloading varied by mouse strain in the founder strains of the Diversity Outbred mouse population.

This is an amazing opportunity to work with an outstanding PI and lab! As a former postdoc in the same department, I am happy to talk about postdoc life at VCU BME if anyone wants more information.