Awards and Presentations

Featured Awards and Presentations

Presentations and Posters

  • Gordon Research Seminar/Conference – Bones and Teeth, Galveston, TX, Jan 2024 (Mohamed Hassan, Anushka Gerald, poster presentation)
  • Orthopedic Research Society (ORS), Long Beach, California, Feb 2024 (Dr. Scheller)
  • Duke University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, (Dr. Scheller, Invited Speaker) Durham, NC, Jan 2024
  • Diabetes Research Day, Washington University, Nov 2023 (Lila Dabill, Sister Grace Miriam Usala, poster presentations)
  • Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology, Cincinnati, OH, Oct 2023 (Mohamed Hassan, poster presentation)
  • University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Endocrine Grand Rounds(Dr. Scheller, Invited Speaker) San Francisco, CA, Oct 2023
  • The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Vancouver, Canada, Oct 2023 (Samia Saleem, Oral Presentation) (Sister Grace Miriam Usala, Lila Dabill, Alec Beeve, poster presentations)
  • Japanese Society of Bone Morphometry (JSBM), June 2023 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Plenary Speaker)
  • Musculoskeletal Biology and Regeneration Meeting, Saint Louis, MO, May 2023 (Dr. Scheller, Speaker) (Xiao Zhang, Kyle Koester, Sister Grace Miriam Usala, Samia Saleem, Lila Dabill, Katherine Minielly, poster presentations)
  • The Forsyth Institute and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, May 2023 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • Ohio State University – Translational Research in Neurometabolism Symposium (TRINS), Columbus, OH, April 2023 (Xiao Zhang, Lila Dabill, poster presentations)
  • Ohio State University – Translational Research in Neurometabolism Symposium (TRINS), April 2023 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Plenary Speaker)
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), April 2023 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM), April 2023 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Plenary Speaker)
  • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), Dallas, TX, Feb 2023 (Jacob Parson, poster presentation)
  • 7th International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society (BMAS), Athens, Greece, Sept 2022
  • European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS), Sept 2022 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Webinar Speaker)
  • American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Austin, TX, Sept 2022 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Plenary Speaker)
  • The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Austin, TX, Sept 2022 (Dr. Mohamed Hassan, Alec Beeve, Ivana Shen, Dr. Jennifer Brazill, poster presentations)
  • The Endocrine Society – June 2022 (Muriel Babey, poster presentation)
  • AgNovos, Rockville, MD, May 2022 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker and Consultant)
  • University of Pittsburgh EDM Metabolism & Diabetes Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2022 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • Musculoskeletal Biology and Regeneration Meeting – May 2022 (Xiao Zhang, Jennifer Brazill, and Ryan Potter, oral presentations; Alec Beeve, Anurag Majumdar, Ivana Shen, Ariella Coler-Riley, poster presentations)
  • Wayne State University Lipids@Wayne, Detroit, MI, April 2022 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • Rush University, Chicago, IL, April 2021 Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, Canada, March 2021 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Seattle, WA, Nov 2020 (Dr. Scheller, Invited ‘Meet the Professor’ Speaker)
  • Mizzou Musculoskeletal Research Training Program Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 2020 ( Dr. Scheller, Invited Keynote Speaker
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) – Oct 2020 (Alec Beeve, poster presentation)
  • American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) – Sept 2020 (Madelyn Lorenz, oral presentation)
  • 6th International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society (BMAS) – Sept 2020 (Xiao Zhang, oral and poster presentation)
  • Mizzou Musculoskeletal Research Training Program Symposium – June 2020 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Keynote Speaker; Alec Beeve, Xiao Zhang, and Dr. Jennifer Brazill virtual poster presentations)
  • University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Musculoskeletal Seminar Series – Jan 2020 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM) – Jan 2020 (Dr. Scheller, Invited Seminar Speaker)
  • International Society of Bone Morphometry (ISBM), Orlando, Florida – October 2019 (Dr. Scheller, invited talk)
  • American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Orlando, Florida – September 2019 (Dr. Natalie Wee, oral presentation)
  • 5th Bone Marrow Adiposity Meeting, Odense, Denmark – August 2019 (Dr. Scheller, invited talk)
  • International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN), Los Angeles, California – July 2019 (Alec Beeve and Madelyn Lorenz, posters) 
  • ASBMR, Montreal, Canada – September 2018 (Dr. Scheller, oral presentation)
  • 4th Bone Marrow Adiposity Meeting, Lille, France – August 2018 (Dr. Craft, oral presentation)
  • 4th Bone Marrow Adiposity Meeting, Lille, France – August 2018 (Dr. Scheller, oral presentation)
  • European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS), Valencia, Spain – May 2018 (Dr. Scheller, invited talk)
  • 3rd Bone Marrow Adiposity Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland – August 2017 (Dr. Craft, oral presentation)
  • 3rd Bone Marrow Adiposity Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland – August 2017 (Dr. Scheller, oral presentation)
  • Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine and Biology Symposium, Saint Louis, MO, USA – May 2017 (Dr. Natalie Wee, oral presentation)
  • Elastin, Elastic Fibers & Microfibrils Gordon Research Conference, Maine, USA – July 2017 (Dr. Craft, invited talk)
  • 9th European Elastin Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany – June 2016 (Dr. Craft, invited talk)
  • 2nd Bone Marrow Adiposity Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands – August 2016 (Dr. Scheller, oral presentation)
  • ASBMR, Atlanta, GA – September 2016 (Dr. Craft, oral presentation)
  • ASBMR, Atlanta, GA – September 2016 (Dr. Scheller, oral presentation)​

Research Fellowships

  • F31 NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship 2022 (Alec Beeve)
  • Pivot 314 Fellowship 2022 (Alec Beeve)
  • BioSURF Summer Research Fellowship 2022 (Anurag Majumdar and Anna Li)
  • RLM Postdoctoral Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine 2021 (Mohamed Hassan)
  • BioSURF Summer Research Fellowship 2019 (Ivana Shen)
  • BioSURF Summer Research Fellowship 2019 (Nasja Wickerhauser)
  • T32 Graduate research fellowship 2018 (Alec Beeve)
  • T32 Post-doctoral research fellowship 2018 (Jennifer Brazill)
  • BioSURF Summer Research Fellowship 2018 (Eva Jeliazkova)
  • BioSURF Summer Research Fellowship 2017 (SungJae Park)
  • Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship 2017 (Hero Robles and Madison McManus)
  • Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship 2016 (Sarah Turecamo)

Research Grants

Current

  • R01-DK132073- Sarm1 and neural regulation of bone
  • R56-AR081251-Marrow adipocytes modify the neural regulation of bone
  • P30-AR074992- Characterization and function of a new P75-NTR+ cellular network in bone
  • R21-DE032420 (NIDCR)- Characterization and function of a new p75-NTR+ cellular network in craniofacial bone

Complete

  • U01-DK116317 – Peripheral nerve distribution and function within the skeleton (2017-2020)
  • R56-DE027924 – Extracellular matrix determinants of nerve extension in the dental craniofacial skeleton (2018-2020)
  • R00-DE024178 – Neural regulation of skeletal biology and periodontal disease progression in type 1 diabetes mellitus (2016-2019)
  • U24-DK115255 – Sarm1 and diabetic complications in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
  • R01-DE027098 – Development of a wireless biosensor to track bone resorption in periodontitis