We have an open postdoc position in our lab using #NAMs! We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on an NIH-funded R01 project investigating tendon cell-ECM interactions using advanced microphysiological and engineered approaches (including non-animal models). Apply here! michmed.org/5GV5x

We are hiring a Research Laboratory Specialist for our collaborative team! Join us at Michigan Medicine: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

One week from today: LeeAnn Flowers is defending her PhD dissertation on March 11 at 9AM!! 💪 Her thoughtful way of approaching science and her high quality work has changed the course of our lab, and opened new doors for our research program. DM for a link to the zoom !

We had three talks and three posters including late breaking talk by Nicole, Stephs first podium at ORS, and Allies poster in the Undergraduate session! + @sssteltz.bsky.social competed in the Tendon Section 3min thesis! Our chair, Dr. Caird, also received the Womens Leadership Forum Award!!

What a great #ors2025 in phoenix!!

Attending the #ORS2025 kickoff? Come visit me and Amy to chat about the Foot & Ankle Community Network. In true Lenz lab style, we'll have stickers! @orssociety.bsky.social

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We are thrilled to share our newest preprint led by grad student, LeeAnn Flowers, on tendinopathy and AMPK signaling! This was a major part of her dissertation work, and we are so proud! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

I am thrilled to share our recent publication, led by recent PhD graduate Dr. Syeda Lamia + collab with @brianglancylab.bsky.social, on how overexpression of EYFP using optogenetic mouse strains leads to skeletal muscle contractile dysfunction. 🧵 faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion] www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

We're a research group, led by @megankillian.bsky.social and Adam Abraham, at the University of Michigan Medical School focused on tendon health and development. We can also be found at killian.lab.medicine.umich.edu