Development, Regeneration, and Rare Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System
The overarching aim of the Goldhamer Lab is to understand fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate normal musculoskeletal development and how these mechanisms are co-opted in disease states. Areas of investigation include the regulation of stem cell fates in embryonic development and muscle regeneration, the molecular basis of stem cell dysfunction in impaired regeneration, and the mechanisms of stem cell reprogramming in diseases manifested by the accumulation of fat, fibrotic tissues, and heterotopic bone in skeletal muscle tissue. Mouse molecular genetics, advanced histological methods, and genomics approaches are some of the complementary tools we use to address these and related areas in developmental biology, stem cell biology, and disease pathogenesis.
Recent News
NESDB 2025
We are very excited to share that our very own, Heather Jamieson, won first place in the poster competition at the Northeastern Society for Developmental Biology Conference that was held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA 4/25/25-4/27/25. We are so proud of her, congrats Heather!!
2025 SURF Award
Congratulations to Liv Nevo, one of the 46 undergraduate Summer Undergraduate Research Fund Award recipients! She will be working on Investing the Role of Activin A in Muscle Degeneration Caused in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva!
2025 Summer Fellowships
Congratulations to Russ Hanson and Brenden Griffith for both receiving the Jean Lucas-Lenard Special Summer Fellowship in Biochemistry!
Congrats Kat!
Shout out Katherine, who officially passed her general exam! We are so proud of her becoming a PhD Candidate!
Contact Information
| Phone: | 860-486-8337 |
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| E-mail: | david.goldhamer@uconn.edu |
| Address: | 91 North Eagleville Road
Unit 3125 Storrs, CT 06269-3125 |
| Office: | Biology/Physics Building G24 |