Lucas Lu is a bioengineer currently based at the University of Delaware, USA. His research focuses on the search of therapeutic techniques, especially new medicine, for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis. He is also developing a nano-technology to detect the circulatory tumor cells in human blood samples. He was the chair of the New Investigator Mentoring committee in Orthopaedic Research Society and Junior Leadership Development Committee in International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society. Besides research, his other passions include running and photography.
Hollie Allison is a postdoctoral researcher in The Mechanobiology and Medical Device Research Group (MMDRG) at The National University of Ireland, Galway. Her primary research interest is in the field of bone mechanobiology. In particular, her research focusses mainly on the mechanobiological changes that occur at both the tissue and cellular level during post-menopausal osteoporosis and what implications these changes have on osteoclastogenesis. The aim of this work is to gain a better understanding of the cellular changes that occur during estrogen deficiency, in the hopes that this work may inform future mechanobiological-based treatments for osteoporosis. In her spare time she enjoys travelling, hiking and baking.
Lucas Brun is a medical doctor currently based at the University of Rosario (Argentina). The focus of his research is elucidate effects and mechanisms of action of nutrients in bone homeostasis. In addition, he collaborate in clinical studies evaluating bone mass in patients with rheumatological diseases. He is a volunteer leader (current president 2020-2021) for the Argentinean Association of Osteology and Mineral Metabolism (AAOMM) and member of the editorial committee of the AAOMM Journal (Actualizaciones en Osteología) for 10 years, and the Editor in chief during 2016-2017. Besides science, his other passions include travel and nature photography.
