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Welcome the 2023-2024 MSK T32 Research Fellows

The mission of the UCSF Musculoskeletal (MSK) Training Program is to prepare a diverse community of Ph.D. scientists and M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. residents and fellows for a lifetime of scholarly pursuits that lead to in-depth understanding and improved care of patients with MSK diseases.  

Congratulations to the 2022 ASBMR Election Winners!

ASBMR is pleased to announce the results of the membership election for the 2022-2023 President-Elect and Councilor positions.

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Musculoskeletal research expands at UCSF, scientists Kelsey H. Collins, PhD, Christopher J. Hernandez, PhD join Department

The UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the UCSF Musculoskeletal Center are pleased to announce the faculty appointments of two scientists: Kelsey H. Collins, PhD and Christopher J. Hernandez, PhD.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Performance Research Program Grant 2022 Awardees

The UCSF Musculoskeletal Center is pleased to announce the winners of the Musculoskeletal Performance Research Program 2022 grants that were awarded $45,000 each:

Spatial bias in cAMP generation determines biological responses to PTH type 1 receptor activation

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) receptor (PTHR) is a G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) that controls vitamin D, Ca2+, and bone homeostasis by stimulating cAMP production at the plasma membrane and at endosomes after β-arrestin–dependent internalization. White et al. generated a synthetic PTH derivative (...

Disrupted osteocyte connectivity and pericellular fluid flow in bone with aging and defective TGF-β signaling

Bone fragility increases with age as the result of the concurrent decline of bone mass, quality, and mechanosensitivity. While the coordinated decline of these behaviors remains unexplained, the role of osteocytes in each of these processes and the age-related degeneration of the lacunocanalicular...

Dr. Tamara Alliston to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Tamara Alliston, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco to its College of Fellows. Dr. Alliston was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and...

Millie Hughes-Fulford, the First Woman Scientist in Space, Dies at 75

Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD, a UC San Francisco scientist who flew in June 1991 aboard the first space shuttle mission dedicated to biomedical studies, died Feb. 2 at the age of 75. She was the first woman to fly as a NASA payload specialist and was part of the first crew to include three women.

Coleen Sabatini, MD, MPH appointed Vice Chair of Health Equity and Academic Affairs

The UCSF Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery is pleased to announce that Coleen Sabatini, MD, MPH has been appointed as the Vice Chair of Health Equity and Academic Affairs.