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Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix

Our goal is to uncover mechanisms of skeletal muscle adaptation in neuromuscular disorders to design therapies that can block fibrosis and enhance regeneration.

Joined December 2020
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Great to see @rpwohlgemuth and crew showing how collagen aligns during muscle stretching! #MyoTwitter Strain-dependent dynamic re-alignment of collagen fibers in skeletal m... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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It was fun to have our lab featured in a recent piece by @ABC10 on the future of cultivated meat - along with colleagues at @UCDavis_CMC. giphy.com/gifs/AbEHtDalYCTbp… abc10.com/article/news/local…
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Our first MyoMatrix students received their PhD hoods! I am Incredibly proud of the scientist you have each become, how you all supported each other through the tribulation of PhD life, and happy we could have some fun along the way! @sarah_brash25 , @Taryn_Loomis , @rpwohlgemuth
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More big news for the lab this week. @rpwohlgemuth gave an amazing exit seminar. Soon to be Dr. Wohlgemuth showed why he is THE expert in collagen architecture in muscle. You should follow him now with more exciting work to come. Time for a celebration! @MCIPUCD
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I have been neglecting posting for awhile, but big news in the lab this week. @Taryn_Loomis absolutely rocked her PhD dissertation defense! Incredibly proud of Taryn and very fortunate she did her fantastic research with the MyoMatrix Lab. Ask her all about FAPs.
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AJP-Cell Physiology@AJPCellPhys
17 Oct 2023
From both our latest issue and our Decoding Fibrosis collection comes Thrown for a loop: fibro-adipogenic progenitors in skeletal muscle fibrosis (Taryn Loomis and Lucas Smith. @UCDavisPMR): ow.ly/kilc50PXRK9 #ECM #StemCells #Fibrosis
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AJP-Cell Physiology@AJPCellPhys
11 Oct 2023
Check out this #DecodingFibrosis Review from our latest issue. Alignment, cross linking, and beyond: a collagen architect’s guide to the skeletal muscle extracellular matrix (Ross Wohlgemuth et al. @UCDavisPMR): ow.ly/VfMi50PVcuE @rpwohlgemuth @MyoMatrix
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Ross, along with an assist from Sarah, has done a really nice job putting together our understanding of collagen architecture in skeletal muscle. @rpwohlgemuth, @sarah_brash25, @AJPCellPhys journals.physiology.org/doi/…

Alignment, cross linking, and beyond: a collagen architect’s guide to the skeletal muscle extrace...

The muscle extracellular matrix (ECM) forms a complex network of collagens, proteoglycans, and other proteins that produce a favorable environment for muscle regeneration, protect the sarcolemma from...

journals.physiology.org
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Fun to have Ross show off his dynamic imaging of CP muscle architecture at #AACPDM2023
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Great to see Taryn's works with Shriner's on the mechanosensitivity of stem cells in muscle from children with cerebral palsy presented at #AACPDM2023
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Great mentees make mentors look good!
UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group@UCDavisBMEGG
7 Sep 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Lucas Smith, recipient of the 2023 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award in Biomedical Engineering.
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Excellent work by @Taryn_Loomis synthesizing how skeletal muscle FAPs play an important role pro-fibrotic feedback loops. #myotwitter
APS Publications@APSPublications
22 Aug 2023
New review in @AJPCellPhys by Taryn Loomis & Lucas R. Smith -- Thrown for a Loop: Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors in Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis ow.ly/yONV50PC1SP @MyoMatrix @ucdavis #SkeletalMuscle #Fibrosis #StemCells #ArticlesinPress
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Lucas R. Smith retweeted
Dr. Jan Nolta
@jan_nolta
21 Aug 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Craig McDonald and team at @UCDavisHealth for treating Andrew Rodriguez from Fresno with #GeneTherapy before his 6th birthday. Thank you to Valley Children's Healthcare (valleychildrens.org), @Sarepta and Medi-Cal for working together to make this happen for Andrew and his family. 🙏🔬🧬👏 health.ucdavis.edu/news/head…
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Ben Freedman@BenRFreedman
1 Aug 2023
Co-editors @ehsan_ban_16, @MyoMatrix, @Wells_Lab and I are excited to share our special issue in @FrontiersIn on COLLAGEN! frontiersin.org/research-top…

Frontiers | The Mechanobiology of Collagen Remodeling in Health and Disease

The collagenous extracellular matrix of many tissues is interrelated with cellular mechanosensing and mechanobiology. With applied forces, elastic deformatio...

frontiersin.org
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It was great to see all of the students celebrating their accomplishments #UCDavisGrad. I was especially happy to be able to present to @poojadm99 and the rest of the @UCDavisBMEGG Masters students. Way to go Pooja!
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This isn't a repeat, but congrats again to @rpwohlgemuth for also winning the Irving I. Hertzendorf Memorial Award recognizing his full range of scholarly attributes in @MCIPUCD
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Congrats to @rpwohlgemuth on winning the Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Award as an outstanding graduate student in @MCIPUCD. More to come for Ross too!
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Lucas R. Smith@MyoMatrix
8 Jun 2023
Congratulations to BME PhD Candidate Taryn Loomis who recently received the NOA for her outstanding NIH F31 proposal! @UCDavisBMEGG
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Congrats to Tyler Cunningham for a wonderful presentation of his work in the lab along with everyone at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference! @UcdUrc
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