We all know that exercise is good for us, along with eating healthy, getting enough sleep and hydrating. Something that not everyone knows is that there are specific types of exercise that are particularly beneficial for growing and maintaining a healthy skeleton.

• By: Melia Matthews

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