Lucas R. Smith

Our goal is to uncover mechanisms of skeletal muscle adaptation in neuromuscular disorders to design therapies that can block fibrosis and enhance regeneration.

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Great to see @rpwohlgemuth and crew showing how collagen aligns during muscle stretching! #MyoTwitter Strain-dependent dynamic re-alignment of collagen fibers in skeletal m... https://t.co/BN070ANlBf

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

It was fun to have our lab featured in a recent piece by @ABC10 on the future of cultivated meat - along with colleagues at @UCDavis_CMC. https://t.co/bJJV68XZ6b
https://t.co/zK2G16RszV

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

@Taryn_Loomis has shown that muscle stem cells and fibroblasts/FAPs in muscle from children with cerebral palsy promote fibrosis and impair regeneration while responding to the stiffness of contracture. @UCDavisBMEGG @kentleach5 @ShrinersNorCA https://t.co/9kDd1cujTA

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Our first MyoMatrix students received their PhD hoods! I am Incredibly proud of the scientist you have each become, how you all supported each other through the tribulation of PhD life, and happy we could have some fun along the way! @sarah_brash25 , @Taryn_Loomis , @rpwohlgemuth

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

More big news for the lab this week. @rpwohlgemuth gave an amazing exit seminar. Soon to be Dr. Wohlgemuth showed why he is THE expert in collagen architecture in muscle. You should follow him now with more exciting work to come. Time for a celebration! @MCIPUCD

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

I have been neglecting posting for awhile, but big news in the lab this week. @Taryn_Loomis absolutely rocked her PhD dissertation defense! Incredibly proud of Taryn and very fortunate she did her fantastic research with the MyoMatrix Lab. Ask her all about FAPs.

[AJP-Cell Physiology @AJPCellPhys]

From both our latest issue and our Decoding Fibrosis collection comes Thrown for a loop: fibro-adipogenic progenitors in skeletal muscle fibrosis (Taryn Loomis and Lucas Smith. @UCDavisPMR):

https://t.co/WuMWCFbLVg

#ECM #StemCells #Fibrosis

[AJP-Cell Physiology @AJPCellPhys]

Check out this #DecodingFibrosis Review from our latest issue. Alignment, cross linking, and beyond: a collagen architect’s guide to the skeletal muscle extracellular matrix (Ross Wohlgemuth et al. @UCDavisPMR):

https://t.co/SBDiZqYD3I

@rpwohlgemuth @MyoMatrix

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Ross, along with an assist from Sarah, has done a really nice job putting together our understanding of collagen architecture in skeletal muscle. @rpwohlgemuth, @sarah_brash25, @AJPCellPhys
https://t.co/JcwthkEElR

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Fun to have Ross show off his dynamic imaging of CP muscle architecture at #AACPDM2023

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Great to see Taryn's works with Shriner's on the mechanosensitivity of stem cells in muscle from children with cerebral palsy presented at #AACPDM2023

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Great mentees make mentors look good!

[UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group @UCDavisBMEGG]

Congratulations to Dr. Lucas Smith, recipient of the 2023 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award in Biomedical Engineering.

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Excellent work by @Taryn_Loomis synthesizing how skeletal muscle FAPs play an important role pro-fibrotic feedback loops. #myotwitter

[APS Publications @APSPublications]

New review in @AJPCellPhys by Taryn Loomis & Lucas R. Smith -- Thrown for a Loop: Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors in Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis

https://t.co/jpRbcYpSM1

@MyoMatrix @ucdavis #SkeletalMuscle #Fibrosis #StemCells #ArticlesinPress

[Dr. Jan Nolta @jan_nolta]

Congratulations to Dr. Craig McDonald and team at @UCDavisHealth for treating Andrew Rodriguez from Fresno with #GeneTherapy before his 6th birthday. Thank you to Valley Children's Healthcare (https://t.co/4mIVbStON6), @Sarepta and Medi-Cal for working together to make this happen for Andrew and his family. 🙏🔬🧬👏

https://t.co/8a57W0IF3t

[Ben Freedman @BenRFreedman]

Co-editors @ehsan_ban_16, @MyoMatrix, @Wells_Lab and I are excited to share our special issue in @FrontiersIn on COLLAGEN! https://t.co/fmjKRIAHd6

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

It was great to see all of the students celebrating their accomplishments #UCDavisGrad. I was especially happy to be able to present to @poojadm99 and the rest of the @UCDavisBMEGG Masters students. Way to go Pooja!

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

This isn't a repeat, but congrats again to @rpwohlgemuth for also winning the Irving I. Hertzendorf Memorial Award recognizing his full range of scholarly attributes in @MCIPUCD

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Congrats to @rpwohlgemuth on winning the Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Award as an outstanding graduate student in @MCIPUCD. More to come for Ross too!

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

@Taryn_Loomis Sorry I missed the tag earlier :)

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Congratulations to BME PhD Candidate Taryn Loomis who recently received the NOA for her outstanding NIH F31 proposal! @UCDavisBMEGG

[Lucas R. Smith @MyoMatrix]

Congratulations to BME PhD Candidate Taryn Loomis who recently received the NOA for her outstanding NIH F31 proposal! @UCDavisBMEGG