Our lab wants to study these cells in their natural environment and to understand how they function in a living animal. To see through the concrete of bone to the cells, we use multiphoton microscopy and fluorescent nanoparticles.

• By: Melia Matthews

How recent advancements in microscopy have allowed bone cells to be visualized deep inside living bone.

• By: Melia Matthews

Healthy bone acts like a well balanced see-saw, maintaining strength and flexibility. Osteoporosis is a disease that happens when that balance becomes disrupted.

• By Melia Matthews

The types of cells that make up the active, living component of bone.

• By Melia Matthews

Understanding mechanotransduction.

- By Melia Matthews