2015 CTSI Incubator: The Gut Microbiome Affects Musculoskeletal Health

Members of the 2015 CTSI Incubator project team presented results at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting this week that suggest manipulating the gut microbiome in obese animals can slow osteoarthritis and speed healing after fracture.

Q & A with Former KL2 Scholar Wakenda Tyler: Balancing Orthopaedic Surgery and Rare Cancer Research

2010 recipient of the CTSI KL2 Career Development Award, Wakenda Tyler, talks about how the award has impacted her career and led to new research directions. As an orthopaedic surgeon, the KL2 award helped her carve out protected time to pursue research on a rare type of kidney cancer.

Join the Healthy Weight Movement

Interested in promoting healthy weight in the Rochester community? Attend the Building Bridges for Healthy Weight Initiatives “unconference” on Saturday, March 25. The event aims to generate new research and program ideas to promote healthy weight by fostering new and diverse collaborations.

Trial Innovation Network: Learning and Growing

After its first round of proposal review, the Trial Innovation Network has approved 21 proposals and has made some changes to the proposal submission process. URMC faculty can submit proposals to receive services or consultations on their clinical trials through the network. Pending the results of consultations, clinical trials may eventually be fully implemented through the network.

CTSI Offers New Matchmaking Service: the Research Teambuilder

The CTSI is offering a new Matchmaking service, which can connect faculty members with established researchers who have obtained funding in their field. Your personalized Matchmaker report created by the CTSI is broken in to two sections: a funding climate report at the top and then a ranked listing of the top six research projects that most closely match the supplied text at the bottom. This information can be used to forge new research collaborations; recruit new faculty members; identify mentors for junior faculty members and students; and help faculty better understand the types of research projects that are already underway.