Spotlight Article: Tourniquet-induced ischemia creates increased risk of organ dysfunction and mortality following delayed limb amputation
The Levi laboratory is proud to present a publication in the Journal of Injury entitled “Tourniquet-induced ischemia creates increased risk of organ dysfunction and mortality following delayed limb amputation.” PMID: 36906480. (Read here!) Abstract Tourniquets are...
Spotlight Article: Macrophage Derived TGF-β Regulates HO Formation
The Levi laboratory is proud to present a publication in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) Insights entitled “Macrophage TGF-β signaling is critical for wound healing with heterotopic ossification after trauma.” Inflammation has been a well delineated,...
Bench to Bedside: Captain Indestructible – Dallas firefighter rises from the ashes and returns to job he loves
Spotlight Article: Contemporary Perspectives on HO
The Levi laboratory is proud to present a publication in Journal of Clinical Investigtation - Insights entitled “Contemporary perspectives on heterotopic ossification.” As an amalgam of our previous work and rapidly expanding literature examining heterotopic...
Spotlight Article: Nerves and Vessels Talk to Each Other in HO Formation
The Levi laboratory in collaboration with the James laboratory is proud to present a publication in Bone Research (Nature) entitled “Neuron-to-vessel signaling is a required feature of aberrant stem cell commitment after soft tissue trauma.” In our previous work, we...
Spotlight Article: Nerves Talk in Post-Traumatic HO
The Levi laboratory is proud to present a publication in Nature Communications entitled "NGF-TrkA signaling dictates neural ingrowth and aberrant osteochondral differentiation after soft tissue trauma." Observations from developmental biology have previously clued in...
Lab Spotlight: Amanda Huber
Dr. Amanda Huber Ph.D. is from a small rural town in Northwest Ohio. She received her B.S. from Defiance College, Defiance Ohio. She began her graduate work at the University of Cincinnati in 2005, where she developed her love for all things immunology. In the lab of...
Lab Spotlight: Johanna Nunez
Dr. Johanna Nunez is one of the newest additions to the Levi Laboratory as one of the senior resident research fellows at UTSW. She is a Northern California native who attended the University of California, Davis for undergrad and earned her B.S. in Neurobiology,...
Lab Spotlight: Chase Pagani
Chase Pagani is a veteran of the Levi Laboratory and also one of the instrumental members, boots-on-the-ground, in facilitating the recent move from the University of Michigan to the UTSW campus. Fresh off a recent Young Investigator Award at ASBMR (one of the...
Spotlight Article:Abnormal Bone Formation After Trauma Regulated by Many Macrophage Types
The Levi laboratory is proud to present a publication in Nature Communications entitled "Regulation of heterotopic ossification by monocytes in a mouse model of aberrant wound healing." While experts suspected that heterotopic ossification was somehow linked to...