Tendon + Peritendinous Tissue Biology
Tendon and peritendinous tissue injury, remodeling, and healing across scales, integrating biomechanics and molecular pathways to understand function and recovery.
Key methods:
Glossary: Multi-omics · Interpretable ML
Key outputs
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Dataset/tool: Selected code + tools live on my GitHub (
https://github.com/madavid128) and on the Projects page under Software & tools. -
Paper: Search the Publications page for tendon/repair work:
- Figure: Representative images appear in Images.
What I work on
- Quantitative measures of tendon structure, cellularity, and mechanics
- Interactions between systemic factors (e.g., metabolic health) and repair
- Translational models that connect biology to functional outcomes
Key questions
- How do tendon and peritendinous tissues remodel after injury and repair?
- Which systemic factors (e.g., metabolic health) most strongly shape healing?
- What measurements best connect tissue biology to function?
Methods I use
- Histology and quantitative image analysis (including immunostaining where relevant)
- Preclinical models and functional/biomechanical readouts
- Reproducible analysis pipelines and statistics (with ML when useful)