Core research interests in this field are:

Posterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction (Michael J. Askew, Director, Hoyt Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, SUMMA Health Systems)

Phenotypic changes in synovial fibroblasts and matrix subsequent to arthroplasty (Kathleen Doane, Associate Professor, NEOUCOM)

Interaction of mineral and organic matrix in vertebrate calcified tissues (William J. Landis, Professor, NEOUCOM)

Translational studies of chondrosarcomas and osteoarthritis (M. Leeson, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akron General Medical Center)

Diagnostic markers for human chondrosarcomas (Scott Weiner, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, SUMMA Health Systems)

Skeletal dysplasias in children (Dennis Weiner, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron).

Recent Publications:

Kimberlee Potter, Donald E. Sweet, Paul Anderson, Graham R. Davis, Noritaka Isogai, Shinichi Asamura, Hirohisa Kusuhara, William J. Landis, 2006
Non-destructive studies of tissue-engineered phalanges by magnetic resonance microscopy and X-ray microtomography.
Bone, 38:350-358
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Robin Jacquet, Jennifer Hillyer, William J. Landis, 2005
Analysis of connective tissues by laser capture microdissection and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.
Analytical Biochemistry, 337:22-34
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