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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What are we missing in preclinical fracture repair research? A new JOR review highlights overlooked factors such as immune experience, sex, age, pain, stress, microbiota, infection & housing, that may shape fracture healing and clinical translation. Great work by the entire team! shorturl.at/XvnFX

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's #FractureFriday! This week, we highlight work from Drs Jay Patel & Jason Bariteau: In non-unions after ankle arthrodesis, FK506 enhances bone formation in 3D culture and a rabbit ankle fusion model, pointing to a promising strategy to improve fusion outcomes! Read more: shorturl.at/q8UdD

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Are you going to the OTA Annual Meeting in Nashville this fall? Don't miss the Basic Science Focus Forum featuring talks from ISFR Members on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Check out the lineup below (CDT). Travel/registration here: sl1nk.com/f8n35l3 📍 Nashville, TN, USA 🗓️ September 23-26, 2026

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

For #FractureFriday, check out this paper from Dr. J. Patrick O'Connor's lab: COX-2 in fracture callus chondroclasts is required for hypertrophic chondrocyte MMP-13 expression. Chondroclasts also promote angiogenesis during endochondral ossification. Read here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

t's #FractureFriday!! Check out this study where contrast enhanced ultrasounds can detect microbubble perfusion in acute humeral shaft fractures, supporting its potential for non-invasive perfusion assessment and future ultrasound-triggered local therapy. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41388907/

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Meet this year’s Podium and Poster Awardees from the ISFR Section Meeting at #ORS2026! 🏆🏅We’re incredibly proud of all our finalists and excited to spotlight the outstanding work of this year’s awardees.

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

☀️ Final day at #ORS2026! We hope to see you at the ISFR Biennial Meeting in Berlin in May, and of course at #ORS2027 in San Francisco! Until then, stay tuned for the ISFR Breakthroughs Newsletter to stay connected with the community!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

☀️ Day 4 at #ORS2026! Do you have the following bone-fracture related talks on your schedule? If you would like to be more involved with ISFR, get to know ISFR leadership and connect with other ISFR members, don't forget to stop by in 📍 E216 AB today at ⏰ 11.45 AM! Bring your lunch🍔!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

🏅 🏆 Meet the 2026 ISFR Poster Award Finalists! Be sure to stop by their posters or just in the hallways to say hi and chat about their science! #ORS2026

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

🦴 🩻 Are you curious about fracture repair? Do you want to connect with other fracture repair biologists and clinicians? Come hang out with the International Section for Fracture Repair on Monday at 11.45 AM in E216 AB! Don't forget your lunch! #ORS2026

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

☀️ Day 3 at #ORS2026! Is there a better way to spend a Sunday than talking about bone healing? We don’t think so. 🦴 Here’s our curated list of fracture repair talks happening today! Check the ORS 2026 app for times and locations!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Planning your Saturday at #ORS2026? We’ve put together a curated list of fracture-related talks happening throughout the day right here!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Day 2 at #ORS2026! Join us at the ISFR Annual Section Meeting: ⏰ 1:00 PM 📍 Richardson Ballroom B Featuring an exciting speakers on Minimally Invasive Assessment of Bone Repair: From Mechanisms to Medicine, plus our Rising Star speakers and the ISFR Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Safe travels to Charlotte, NC! We look forward to seeing you at #ORS2026! 🤝 Do not miss our joint workshop with the Preclinical Models Research Section and ISFR! 📍 Location: Ball Room B ⌛ Time: 2.00 - 4.30 PM Details here: www.ors.org/2026-scienti...

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Congratulations to ISFR members @gkotsaris90.bsky.social and @amitsc.bsky.social for their nominations for the New Investigator Recognition Award! Be sure to add their talks to your schedule at #ORS2026 and catch their exciting work in bone fracture repair! 🦴🩻🔬

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🏆Meet the 2026 ISFR Podium Award Finalists! The International Section for Fracture Repair is excited to announce the finalists for the 2026 ISFR Podium Awards at #ORS2026! 🦴⚡🔬Make sure you have these outstanding talks on your schedule! #FractureRepair #Bones #BoneResearch @orssociety.bsky.social

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

⏱️ THIS Wednesday - Get Ready for #ORS2026 Attending the Annual Meeting? Don’t miss Know Before You Go Webinar on Wednesday, March 4, a special prep session to help you connect, plan, and prepare with confidence. Register here: ors.memberclicks.net/kbyg26

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📣 Are you interested in judging posters at #ORS2026? ORS-ISFR is looking for senior PhD students and early postdocs to serve as poster presentation judges! Sign up here: forms.gle/eK6VpzcdpcsR... Applications will be reviewed and ISFR will reach out to you if selected!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We are proud to honor Emil Schemitsch, MD (Western University) for his outstanding contributions to fracture repair research and orthopaedic science. Please join us in celebrating this remarkable achievement at the ISFR Section meeting at #ORS2026!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Have you started working on your abstracts yet?! 🦴🩻🧬🔬

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Have you submitted your abstracts yet? #bone #fracturerepair 🦴🩻

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Submit your abstracts for the @isfrfractures.bsky.social 19th Biennial Meeting! Join us May 6–8, 2026 in Berlin with the AO Germany Conference. Registration is open, plan your trip and share your work in #fracturerepair, bone regeneration & #orthopaedic trauma. www.ors.org/2026isfrmeeting

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

We’re pleased to share our latest ISFR Spotlight Interview, featuring Dr.-Ing. Edoardo Borgiani (KU Leuven). In this conversation, Dr. Borgiani discusses multi-scale computational modeling for fracture healing 🦴. Check it out here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Join us #WebinarWednesday, Nov 19 for The Power of Patient Stories in #MSK Research Development with the ORS Innovation Committee. Learn how patient experiences shape research, reveal unmet needs, and drive human-centered innovation. 🔗 Register here: ors.memberclicks.net/web111925in

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🔦 Section Spotlight Passionate about #fracturehealing, bone regeneration, or trauma research? Join the @isfrfractures.bsky.social! Connect with experts, access awards and grants, join in events like the virtual 3-Minute Pitch, and more! Learn more and join today 🔗 t.co/iKYcscLYdv

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🏁 NOW OPEN: Submit your late-breaking abstract for #ORS2026, March 27–31 in Charlotte, NC! Help drive #orthopaedic research forward. Submissions due November 10. Learn more and submit here: www.ors.org/2026latebreakingabstrac…

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🚨 Open Postdoc positions available 🚨 Dr. Elbarbary has done phenomenal work in the world of bone fracture repair. 🦴 🩻 Read more about it below! 💡 🎓 If you know someone who would be interested in these positions, please share this post with them! lnkd.in/ejtFb_uQ

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Postdoctoral Scholar | Reyad Elbarbary

Postdoctoral Scholar Positions in Dr. Reyad Elbarbary's Lab Overview Positions Available: Two postdoctoral scholar positions Location: Penn State College of Medicine Lab Focus: Translational musculos...

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A team of ISFR members shows that mechanical cues can modulate macrophage activity during fracture healing. Mechano-immunomodulation affects angiogenesis 🩸 and osteogenesis 🦴. Could the immune system be the key to smarter bone repair strategies? Find out more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40409508/

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Mechano-immunomodulation of macrophages influences the regenerative environment of fracture healing through the regulation of angiogenesis and osteogenesis - PubMed

Successful completion of the initial inflammatory phase is critical for the establishment of a regenerative environment conducive to long-term fracture healing. Mechanical signals are among the most p...

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🦴⚡🚑 Orthopedic trauma patients often battle anemia & low iron. An observational study in 844 ortho trauma patients done by ISFR members finds that it’s very common — and raises the question: could treating anemia boost recovery?🩸🦴 #bonehealing #bones #bonefracture pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40488532/

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Injury-associated anemia and iron homeostasis following orthopaedic trauma: a prospective observational study of 844 patients - PubMed

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

👋 A big welcome to the newest ORS Section, the Skeletal Muscle Section! Skeletal muscle drives mobility, strength & overall #musculoskeletal health. This Section will advance research in regeneration, aging, trauma, & therapeutics. Learn more & join: ors.org/skeletalmusc...

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

#FractureFriday reminder to submit your fracture repair abstracts to the #ORS2026 annual meeting! ⚡ 🦴🔬

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Wrapping up another #FractureFriday with work by Telfer et al. looking at how fracture site motion and mechanotransduction affect healing. Check out their finite element modeling approach to study motion in distal femur fractures. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39506463/

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It's #FractureFriday! 🦴🔩 Wondering how much each part pull its weight in a nail-plate construct for distal femur fractures? Lin et al. in @jorthopres.bsky.social find the plate dominates axial stiffness, while the nail adds torsional resistance. #bonehealing pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804115/

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Nominations Now Open for the #ORS2026 Adele L. Boskey, PhD Award. $5,000 honorarium for a mid-career ORS member with outstanding mentorship and impactful research. Nominations are due August 15. Learn more and submit: bit.ly/3Re3QnU

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

📢 Open Now - The William H. Harris, MD Award provides a $5,000 honorarium based on the scientific merit of a basic and/or clinical research paper involving the hip that has been accepted for publication in the @jorthopres.bsky.social. Submissions are due August 25: www.ors.org/ors-harris-a...

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🔬 Get Your Research Ready! Abstract submissions are open for the #ORS2026 Annual Meeting! Join us March 27–31 in Charlotte, NC, to connect across career levels and explore the latest in #orthopaedics. Submit your abstract and help shape our biggest event: www.ors.org/2026abstracts/

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

📅 Hotel Deadline Extended to this Friday! Secure your discounted room for the 51st International Musculoskeletal Biology Workshop by Friday, July 4 at 11:59 PM CT. Hurry, book now: lnkd.in/g7m6e9Ak

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

An honorable shoutout to Aleyna La Croix and Leyi Chen for their wonderful 3-Minute Research Pitch! 🦴🔬

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

HUGE congratulations to Aboubacar Wague for 🏆 winning the ISFR 3-MT Research Pitch Competition today! Aboubacar presented his work on the anti-bacterial properties of Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors in infection control during fracture repair! 🦴🦠🔬 #bonehealing

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

We are so excited for the ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition today! Sign in with your lab to support our wonderful finalists! #bones #bonehealing 🦴🔬

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Learn about bone fractures in 3 minutes! The ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition is on Wednesday, June 25 at 12.00 PM Central! Don't miss this and make sure you register in time! 🦴🔬 #bones

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Heading into Wednesday, don't miss these exciting talks at #EORS2025 in Davos! 🏔️ 🦴 #bones #boneresearch

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

If you are at #EORS2025 in Davos, be sure to check out these sessions on bone disease and regeneration today!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Check out our finalists for the ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition! We are so excited!

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

It's #FractureFriday! Check out this review detailing the ability of platelet rich plasma to promote bone regeneration👇 #bonehealing #platelets #regeneration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

#FractureFriday highlight! Check out this really important work from the Christiansen Lab! 👇 #bones #sceince #bonehealing

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ORS ISFR @isfrfractures.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🎤Can you explain your fracture repair research in 3 minutes? Abstract submissions are NOW OPEN for the ISFR 3MT Pitch Competition! 🗓 Competition date (Virtual): June 25 | ⏰ 12–1:30 PM CT 📝 Deadline to apply: May 28 🔗 Details + past winners: www.ors.org/isfr-3-minut... #bonehealing #science

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ORS ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition - ORS

ORS ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition Wednesday, June 25, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST LIVE via Zoom Participants will have three minutes to present their work using one slide about what they ar...

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