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Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by aweisbe1

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Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by aweisbe1

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News

December 17, 2024 – We just received word that our paper “PDGFRα reporter activity identiﬁes periosteal progenitor cells critical for bone formation and fracture repair” published in Bone Research has won the 2022-2023 Outstanding Paper Award! Congrats to Jiajia Xu, Yiyun Wang and all authors!
December 11, 2024 – We are extremely proud to announce that Mingxin Ashby has been chosen to receive a young investigator award to attend the AIMM-ASBMR John Haddad Young Investigators Meeting being held April 7-11, 2025, in Snowmass, Colorado!
November 1, 2024 – We would like to welcome our newest grad student, Maryam Beg, to the lab!
September 19, 2024 – The James Lab would like to welcome our newest members: grad student Devadutta (Deva) Balaji, and undergraduates Sam Bae, Cynthia Sofia and Julie Fang!
September 1, 2024 – Congratulations to Neelima for her poster presentation at MHSRS 2024 – Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee Florida!
July 17, 2024 – Check out our latest in Developmental Cell! Integrated transcriptomics of human blood vessels defines a spatially controlled niche for early mesenchymal progenitor cells. Congratulations to Yiyun, Neelima, Mario and all authors!
July 15, 2024 – Just out! Requirement of Pdgfrα+ cells for calvarial bone repair. Congrats to Xin Xing and all authors!
July 12, 2024 – Huge shoutout to Mingxin for being selected to receive the 2024 ASBMR Felix Bronner Young Investigator Award. This honor is awarded to the highest ranking abstract submitted by a young investigator with a focus on bone. Well done, Mingxin!
July 11, 2024 – Kudos to Neelima for her excellent presentation for the NAVBO Webinar “InFocus – Multiomics in Vascular Biology”.
July 9, 2024 – Manyu and Mingxin have both been accepted to give oral presentations at the upcoming ASBMR 2024 Conference. Congrats to you both!
July 1, 2024 – Congratulations to Neelima Thottappillil for her newly awarded MSCRF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
June 30, 2024 – Very excited to announce our latest publication, Neuronal regulation of bone and tendon injury repair: a focused review. Congratulations to Mingxin Xu and all authors!
May 20, 2024 – Min recently attended the Pediatric Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, where she received the Presidential Award for her poster presentation! Congratulations Min!
May 3, 2024 – Congratulations to Neelima for winning best poster, Basic Research category, at the 2024 Pathology Young Investigators’ Day!
May 3, 2024 – Kudos to Neelima for being selected to give an oral presentation at the 1st Annual Maryland Stem Cell Symposium!
February 9, 2024 – Huge shoutout to Neelima for winning Best Poster at GRS and GRC!
December 21, 2023 – We are thrilled to announce our recent publication in Science Translational Medicine where we illustrate the valuable role peripheral nerves play in the healing process of tendons after injury. Congratulations to Masnsen Cherief, Jiajia Xu, Zhao Li and all authors! And one of our beautiful images made the cover!
November 21, 2023 – Excited to share that Mingxin, Qizhi, Sowmya and Xin have all been accepted to give podium presentations at the upcoming ORS conference. And as an added bonus, Mingxin, Sowmya and Xin are all finalists for the New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA)!! Well done everyone!
October 9, 2023 – Shout out to Neelima for her accepted Nano-Talk at the upcoming NAVBO Vascular Biology 2023 Conference!
September 25, 2023 – Congratulations to Neelima for her accepted oral presentation at the American Heart Association Conference in November!
September 12, 2023 – Kudos to Xin, Sowmya and Masnsen for their accepted podium presentations at ASBMR 2023. Well done!
August 15, 2023 – Shout out to Masnsen Cherief for his excellent podium presentation at MHSRS 2023!
July 21, 2023 – Check out our latest work in Bone Research, unraveling the role of Tppp3+ synovial/tendon sheath progenitor cells in heterotopic ossification. Congratulations to JiHye, Mario and all authors!
July 20, 2023 – Congratulations to Sowmya Ramesh for being selected to receive the 2023 ASBMR Young Investigator Award. Well done, Sowmya! She will be presented with the award at the upcoming conference.
July 19, 2023 – NGA received from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund! Excited and thankful to have their support!
June 23, 2023 – TIAM1 acts as an actin organization regulator to control adipose-derived pericyte cell fate. Congratulations Ginny Hsu and all authors for their recent article in JCI Insight!
June 23, 2023 – Sowmya Ramesh was recently recognized for her significant contributions to research here at Johns Hopkins SOM with a fully funded 2023 Postdoctoral Research Accelerator Award! Congratulations Sowmya!
June 23, 2023 – Check out our recent findings collaborating with Peault Lab in Stem Cells Translational Medicine: Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, a Marker of Normal and Malignant Stem Cells, Typifies Mesenchymal Progenitors in Perivascular Niches. Congrats to Mario, Neelima and all authors!
June 23, 2023 – Congratulations to Neelima Thottappillil and all authors on their recent publication in Stem Cells! ZIC1 dictates osteogenesis versus adipogenesis in human mesenchymal progenitor cells via a Hedgehog dependent mechanism.
June 8, 2023 – Masnsen Cherief was recently recognized at JHU Pathology Young Investigators’ Day with an award for Excellence in Translational Research. Well done Masnsen!
April 20, 2023 – The James lab is thrilled to announce that Vivian Zhong has been offered a PhD position in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Pennsylvania! We wish Vivian the best of luck in this next chapter of her academic career. We are very excited for her and will miss her presence in the lab.
February 21, 2023 – Kudos to Qizhi for his receipt of the coveted AACR-Sanofi Scholar-in-Training Award from the American Association for Cancer Research!
February 15, 2023 – Congratulations to Sowmya and Masnsen for their riveting presentations at the annual ORS Conference in Denver. Well done! And a shout out to JiHye for her award-winning poster in the Tendon Section entitled Tendon Sheath Progenitor Cells Contribute to Heterotopic Ossification After Traumatic Injury.
February 2, 2023 – We are excited to share our newest publication in npj Precision Oncology, CNTNAP4 signaling regulates osteosarcoma disease progression. Congrats to Qizhi, Sowmya and all authors!
November 4, 2022 – Congrats to Masnsen Cherief, Qizhi Qin and all authors for their recent publication entitled TrkA+ Neurons Induce Pathologic Regeneration After Soft Tissue Trauma. Online ahead of print.
November 4, 2022 – James Lab is happy to announce that Austin Chen has been chosen as a recipient of the 2022 Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations Austin!
September 9, 2022 –The James Lab was well represented at the annual ASBMR conference in Austin, with Mario and Qizhi giving exciting presentations and Neelima and Masnsen sending posters!
August 23, 2022 –Congratulations Zhao Li, Qizhi Qin, Masnsen Cherief and all authors for their most recent publication in Stem Cells Translational Medicine! Acetabular Reaming Is a Reliable Model to Produce and Characterize Periarticular Heterotopic Ossification of the Hip.
July 20, 2022 – Qizhi Qin has just been selected by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research to receive a 2022 Young Investigator Award! Congratulations Qizhi!
June 14, 2022 – Read out latest article in Cancer Research that describes how NELL-1 regulates the matrisome to promote osteosarcoma progression. Congrats to Qizhi Qin, Mario Gomez-Salazar and all authors!
June 8, 2022 – Compliments to Zhao Li, Xin Xing and all authors for their latest work published in Bone, Pharmacological inhibition of DKK1 promotes spine fusion in an ovariectomized rat model
June 1, 2022 – Congratulations to Qizhi, Mario, and all authors on their recent publication in Bone Research!
May 5, 2022 – Congratulations to Jiajia Xu, Zhao Li and all authors on their recent publication in Science Advances.
February 11, 2022 – Congratulations Qizhi for being a 2022 NIRA (New Researcher Recognition Award) recipient!
February 5, 2022 – Congrats to Masnsen and Qizhi for their successful presentations at ORS 2022!
January 25, 2022 – Congratulations to Jiajia Xu and all authors on their recent publication in Bone Research
October 19, 2021 – Congratulations to Robert Tower and all authors for their publication in PNAS. Spatial transcriptomics in sensory innervation of the calvaria.
October 18, 2021 – Congrats to Ginny Hsu for her NIDCR supported K08 award to study osteogenic and adipogenic cell fate decisions in human pericytes.
August 16, 2021 – Congratulations to Seungyong Lee and all authors for their publication in Nature Communications, deciphering the importance of sensory nerves in heterotopic ossification.
June 14, 2021 – Congratulations Masnsen, Jiajia and Yiyun for their accepted presentations at MHSRS 2021!
June 10, 2021 – NGA received for NIAMS funded R01! A joint project with the Levi lab to study the function of peripheral nerves in heterotopic ossification.
June 9, 2021 – Privileged to receive a 1^st percentile score on a recent R01 application. A joint project with the Clemens lab to study the function of peripheral nerves in skeletal development.
May 11, 2021 – James lab receives Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund award to examine osteogenic inhibitors in human pericytes.
May 11, 2021 – Congratulations to collaborators Jiang/Leong labs of UMD for their funded MSCRF Discovery award to examine perivascular cells in tendon repair!
April 5, 2021 – Congratulations Ginny and Chung-Sung in the paper fabricated osteoinductive oxysterol liposomes for Hedgehog mediated bone repair!
January 29, 2021 – Congratulations Ginny, Masnsen and Takashi for their work in teasing out the benefits of perivascular cell subsets as an injectable cell therapy in osteoarthritis!
October 12, 2020 – Congrats to Jiajia Xu and co-authors for their eLife publication! Human CD107a-expressing cells are restricted to an adipogenic lineage.
October 1, 2020 – Read our interesting work collaborating with the Levi lab to examine how immobilization alters stem cell fate after trauma.
October 7, 2020 – Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Stefano Negri for his new faculty position at University of Verona!
October 1, 2020 – Congratulations to former postdoc Seungyong Lee for obtaining a new faculty position at University of Toledo!
July 22, 2020 – Read our new paper in Stem Cells Translational Medicine. Stefano and Yiyun define the mechanisms of perivascular cell mediated inhibition of bone graft resorption.
July 9, 2020 – Congrats to Ginny, who publishes her work in JCI Insight. A collaborative effort with the Levi Lab at UTSW and Lyons Lab at UCLA.
June 22, 2020 – Yiyun explores how anti-DKK1 may be used to enhance stem cell osteogenic differentiation, recently published in Stem Cells Dev.
June 10, 2020 – Congratulations Takashi! Another interesting paper tracing perivascular cell fate during murine OA!
June 2, 2020 – Congrats to Stefano and Sintawat for their case series publication of chondroblastomas in adult populations.
May 26, 2020 – Read our new paper in Cell Reports. Congrats to first authors Carolyn, Seungyong and Takashi!
May 22, 2020 – Congratulations Jiajia for his upcoming paper in Bone Research. CXCR4 identified a bone forming pericyte in human tissues.
March 5, 2020 – Congrats to Takashi for his publication in JOR. Tracing pericytes during murine OA!
February 28, 2020 – A review article by the Peault group on MSCs. First author Mario will join our lab as a postdoc later this year!
February 21, 2020 – Grateful to the PRCRP for their recent funding of our work to prevent osteosarcoma disease progression!
February 10, 2020 – Thank you to the PRORP for their recent funding of our work on the neural influence of tendon repair!
February 13, 2020 – Yiyun’s work is featured on the cover of Stem Cells! Congratulations!!
February 11, 2020 – Congrats to all lab members who presented at ORS2020, representing Hopkins and our orthopaedic pathology research program so well!!
February 5, 2020 – Congratulations to the Levi lab for their publication in Nature Communications! Great for James lab to be a part of this project!
November 19, 2019 – Congrats to Yiyun Wang for her first author publication in Stem Cells detailing subpopulations of perivacular stem cells in mice!
November 7, 2019 – Congrats to Jiajia, Takashi, Qizhi, Seungyong and Carolyn for their recently accepted 6 podium presentations at ORS 2020!!
October 22, 2019 – Congrats to Zhu, Carolyn and Leslie for their recent publication in JCI!
September 4, 2019 – Congrats to Jiajia Xu and his recent paper in eLife!
August 1, 2019 – Congratulations to Dr. Ching-Yun Hsu for her recent paper in Stem Cells & Development.
June 28, 2019 – Congrats to Alisha Ware for her recent paper in Int J Surg Path!
March 27, 2019 – Read our latest article in Journal of Orthopaedic Research.
February 20, 2019 – James lab featured in the news!
February 4, 2019 – Congratulations to Dr. Jiajia Xu for his oral presentations at Orthopaedic Research Society 2019!
January 29, 2019 – Congrats to Carolyn Meyers for her recent publication in JBMR plus.
January 8, 2019 – James lab featured on The Hub at Johns Hopkins.
January 7, 2019 – Congrats to Dr. Yiyun Wang for her recent publication in NPJ Regenerative Medicine!
October 30, 2018 – Congrats to Jiajia Xu who presented his work at the TEDCO / MSCRF Stem Cell Symposium.
October 24, 2018 – Congratulations to Carolyn Meyers for her recent publication in Scientific Reports!
July 26, 2018 – Congratulations to Leslie Chang for her recent publication in American Journal of Pathology.
June 25, 2018 – Congrats to Lei Zhang for her recent publication in Tissue Engineering Part A
June 24, 2018 – James lab to present their findings at TERM-2018, Global Academic and Business Forum on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
April 24, 2018 – Read our latest clinical observation in bone pathology, an institutional case series of bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous prolilferation (BPOP)
April 2, 2018 – James lab receives Department of Defense funding to investigate the use of Hedgehog small molecule agonists for bone defect repair.
March 23, 2018 – James lab receives Department of Defense funding to combine Wnt signaling antagonists and cellular therapies for improved bone defect healing.
March 22, 2018 – Congrats to Catherine Ding for her oral presentation at AADR 2018 in Fort Lauderdale!
March 22, 2018 – James Laboratory receives American Cancer Society funding to investigate novel treatment strategies for osteosarcoma.
March 12, 2018 – Congratulations to Leslie Chang for her two oral presentations at Orthopaedic Research Society 2018 in New Orleans!
February 1, 2018 – James Laboratory receives Department of the Army funding to investigate pericytes in the pathobiology and treatment of osteoarthritis.
January 20, 2018 – James group presents their work at Gordon Research Conference: Bones and Teeth.
December 20, 2017 – Congratulations to Greg Asatrian who will present his work at AADR 2018.
December 13, 2017 – Congratulations to Catherine Ding who will present her work at the American Association of Dental Research (AADR) 2018!
December 1, 2017 – Read our latest clinical observations in bone pathology, an unusual case involving the temporal bone.
November 8, 2017 – Congrats to Carolyn, Leslie, Lei and Jiajia who will have their work presented at ORS 2018 Annual Meeting.
October 13, 2017 – Find our latest publication with collaborators from University of California, Los Angeles here. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5661627/
August 31, 2017 – NIH/NIAMS funds study of perivascular stem/stromal cells in bone repair. Read full information.
August 15, 2017 – Find our latest publication on the immunomodulatory effects of perivascular stem cells during bone formation, published in Tissue Engineering.
August 1, 2017 – Congrats to Carolyn Meyers who will be presenting her work at ASBMR 2017.
July 20, 2017 – MTF awards $1.74 M to support bone research including James laboratory research. Read full article.
July 8, 2017 – Congrats to Carolyn Meyers on her recent publication in Tissue Engineering, Part A.
July 1, 2017 – Find the latest publication here by our collaborator, defining equine sources of perivascular stem cells.
June 15, 2017 – Read our recent publication in JCI Insight. https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/92573
June 1, 2017 – Congrats to Charles Lee for his recent publication in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=28198775
May 22, 2017 – See our latest publication of how Wnt signaling modulates perivascular stem cells, published in Tissue Engineering.
May 10, 2017 – Check out our latest publication in PLoS One. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425216/
May 2, 2017 – Find the latest publication from our collaborator, sensing mechanical loads in mice via NGF-TrkA signaling.
May 2, 2017 – James research group receives Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Discovery Award to research bone-associated pericytes. http://www.mscrf.org
April 10, 2017 – Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Established Investigator Award received to research perivascular stem cells and allograft sciences. http://mtf.org/research.html
March 31, 2017 – Congratulations to Leslie Chang, who received a prestigious HHMI Research Scholars grant to pursue research on the innervation of bone tissue.
March 26, 2017 – Congrats to Dr. Dongqing Li, who received a China Research Scholars award to pursue postdoctoral training within our lab.

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