Samantha Weaver
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department
Position title: Bone and cartilage regeneration.
Email: srweaver@wisc.edu
Address:
Veterinary Medicine South
2015 Linden Dr
Madison, WI 53706
LAB WEBSITE:
FOCUS GROUPS:
Physiology, Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
My research program is focused on defining the molecular mechanisms that govern bone and cartilage regeneration. Musculoskeletal conditions are a leading reason that patients visit their doctors in the United States, yet there are limited therapeutics for bone regeneration and no disease-modifying agents for cartilage regeneration. My laboratory uses rodent models to study the molecular mechanisms that govern bone and cartilage development and disease with the ultimate goal of leveraging these pathways to inform new therapeutic development.
Currently, my research is funded by an NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award through NIAMS and by departmental start-up funds. The R00 project is focused on defining the role of the potassium channel G protein gated inwardly-rectifying K+ channel 3 (GIRK3) in bone development.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (CBMS) , Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program (ERP)