Musculoskeletal Seminar Schedule

The Interdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Research Seminar (IMSKR) meets weekly on Fridays throughout the academic year. Each meeting is held in person at the McGuire Translational Research Facility (Room 1-101, view map). For more details regarding each meeting, please view the information below. This webpage is updated on a regular basis. 

Date/Time Speaker Topic
September 6, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Potluck — Welcome Back!  
September 20, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Ismael Karkache
PhD Doctoral Candidate, Comparative and Molecular Biosciences

Jinsha Koroth
Post-Doctoral Associate, Orthopedic Surgery

 ASBMR Practice Session
October 4, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 TBA
Speaker Details Coming Soon		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
October 11, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Liz Bradley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
October 18, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 TBA
Speaker Details Coming Soon		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
October 25, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Christopher Fry, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, Athletic Training & Clinical Nutrition Center for Muscle Biology		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
November 1, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 TBA
Speaker Details Coming Soon		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
November 8, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Karin A. Payne, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
November 15, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 TBA
Speaker Details Coming Soon		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
November 22, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Kristin Artinger, PhD
Professor & Associate Dean for Research & Discovery, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences,
Division of Basic Sciences		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
December 6, 2024
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Woojin M. Han, PhD
Assistant Professor, Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
December 13, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Abdul Wahed Kajabi
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University Minnesota		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
December 20, 2024 
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Aryan Shekarabi
DDS/PhD Student, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
2025
January 3, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Ashton Amann
PhD/DVM Student, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
January 10, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Alexandra Armstrong, DVM, DACVP, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Veterinary Clinical Sciences		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
January 17, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Vincent M. Wang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics; Director, Industry Partners Program, Virginia Tech		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
January 24, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 Hugo Giambini, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering; Director, Musculoskeletal & Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory 		 TBA
Topic Details Coming Soon
January 31, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.		 ORS Practice Session  

Stay tuned: More meetings for 2025 to be added at a later date.