Melanie Haffner-Luntzer
@melaniehl.bsky.social
apl. Prof. in Germany, Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, mum of 👧🏻 and 🐈🐈 scientist, realist, optimist
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🎒 Back-to-school season is here – and so is the reminder that healthy bones start early
At ECTS, we believe that investing in bone health in young people means investing in healthier futures.
✅ Encourage daily movement
✅ Support calcium+vitamin D intake
✅ Raise awareness of bone health in schools
At ECTS, we believe that investing in bone health in young people means investing in healthier futures.
✅ Encourage daily movement
✅ Support calcium+vitamin D intake
✅ Raise awareness of bone health in schools
September 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🎒 Back-to-school season is here – and so is the reminder that healthy bones start early
At ECTS, we believe that investing in bone health in young people means investing in healthier futures.
✅ Encourage daily movement
✅ Support calcium+vitamin D intake
✅ Raise awareness of bone health in schools
At ECTS, we believe that investing in bone health in young people means investing in healthier futures.
✅ Encourage daily movement
✅ Support calcium+vitamin D intake
✅ Raise awareness of bone health in schools
All I need for vacation: an inspiring book, a cold pool, the Mediterranean Sea nearby and my family around - in Croatia 🇭🇷
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
All I need for vacation: an inspiring book, a cold pool, the Mediterranean Sea nearby and my family around - in Croatia 🇭🇷
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"Great news! The ECTS Congress is heading to Innsbruck! 🏔️ Join us for an incredible gathering of ideas, collaboration, and innovation in this stunning alpine city. We can’t wait to see you there! #ECTS2025
March 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Great news! The ECTS Congress is heading to Innsbruck! 🏔️ Join us for an incredible gathering of ideas, collaboration, and innovation in this stunning alpine city. We can’t wait to see you there! #ECTS2025
OMG, a norovirus vaccine could be the game changer for families with small children bringing home every stomach bug they can find
March 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
OMG, a norovirus vaccine could be the game changer for families with small children bringing home every stomach bug they can find
Equal rights. Equal opportunities. No place for patriarchy - today and every day! Happy women’s day!
March 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Equal rights. Equal opportunities. No place for patriarchy - today and every day! Happy women’s day!
Reposted by Melanie Haffner-Luntzer
Thank you to our local host Conny Schneider @currifex.bsky.social and her fellow board members Dr. Kai Böker, Melanie Haffner-Luntzer @melaniehl.bsky.social and Andreas Lipphaus who made the MuSkITYR symposium in Vienna such a great success! One for all, all for one!
March 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Thank you to our local host Conny Schneider @currifex.bsky.social and her fellow board members Dr. Kai Böker, Melanie Haffner-Luntzer @melaniehl.bsky.social and Andreas Lipphaus who made the MuSkITYR symposium in Vienna such a great success! One for all, all for one!
Me watching someone talk about transgender mice…
March 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Me watching someone talk about transgender mice…
Best way to celebrate International Women in Sciene Day and my Birthday 🎂: spending time with friends and colleagues at the #ORS2025 meeting in sunny Phoenix
February 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Best way to celebrate International Women in Sciene Day and my Birthday 🎂: spending time with friends and colleagues at the #ORS2025 meeting in sunny Phoenix
Reposted by Melanie Haffner-Luntzer
You don't want to miss this special workshop with presentation by @melaniehl.bsky.social on early psychosocial stress on bone and fracture healing at #ORS2025! #orthoresearch #bonehealing
Monday, February 10
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
West 301BC
Monday, February 10
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
West 301BC
attending #ORS2025 in Phoenix? Don’t miss our workshop about the impact of psychological stress on the musculoskeletal system.
I will show our data about how stress in different life phases (during pregnancy, prenatal, childhood, ) could affect your bones 🦴 and the influence of the gut microbiome 🦠
I will show our data about how stress in different life phases (during pregnancy, prenatal, childhood, ) could affect your bones 🦴 and the influence of the gut microbiome 🦠
February 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You don't want to miss this special workshop with presentation by @melaniehl.bsky.social on early psychosocial stress on bone and fracture healing at #ORS2025! #orthoresearch #bonehealing
Monday, February 10
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
West 301BC
Monday, February 10
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
West 301BC
attending #ORS2025 in Phoenix? Don’t miss our workshop about the impact of psychological stress on the musculoskeletal system.
I will show our data about how stress in different life phases (during pregnancy, prenatal, childhood, ) could affect your bones 🦴 and the influence of the gut microbiome 🦠
I will show our data about how stress in different life phases (during pregnancy, prenatal, childhood, ) could affect your bones 🦴 and the influence of the gut microbiome 🦠
February 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
attending #ORS2025 in Phoenix? Don’t miss our workshop about the impact of psychological stress on the musculoskeletal system.
I will show our data about how stress in different life phases (during pregnancy, prenatal, childhood, ) could affect your bones 🦴 and the influence of the gut microbiome 🦠
I will show our data about how stress in different life phases (during pregnancy, prenatal, childhood, ) could affect your bones 🦴 and the influence of the gut microbiome 🦠
My lab is happy to host a student from North America for an internship funded by the DAAD this summer. In times like now, we need to strengthen the international bonds in science, no matter what politics is doing.
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My lab is happy to host a student from North America for an internship funded by the DAAD this summer. In times like now, we need to strengthen the international bonds in science, no matter what politics is doing.
🌟 Excited to share our latest research about the influence of chronic stress during childhood/adulthood on bone and how a Mycobacterium is able to resolve it! 🌟
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39799942/
Image generated by chatGPT
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39799942/
Image generated by chatGPT
January 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌟 Excited to share our latest research about the influence of chronic stress during childhood/adulthood on bone and how a Mycobacterium is able to resolve it! 🌟
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39799942/
Image generated by chatGPT
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39799942/
Image generated by chatGPT
We have a very cool new system to analyze mouse movements, behavior and wellbeing! The Blackbox! Super important for musculoskeletal research.
January 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We have a very cool new system to analyze mouse movements, behavior and wellbeing! The Blackbox! Super important for musculoskeletal research.
New preprint online on BioRxiv: Using artificial intelligence-based software for an unbiased discrimination of immune cell subtypes in the fracture hematoma and bone marrow of non-osteoporotic and osteoporotic mice
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New preprint online on BioRxiv: Using artificial intelligence-based software for an unbiased discrimination of immune cell subtypes in the fracture hematoma and bone marrow of non-osteoporotic and osteoporotic mice
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Take care with the fireworks on New Year’s Eve, you don’t want to end up like Pinkie Pie.
See below some guidelines for safe „Böllern“ from the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery #DGOU
dgou.de/aktuelles/de...
See below some guidelines for safe „Böllern“ from the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery #DGOU
dgou.de/aktuelles/de...
December 29, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Take care with the fireworks on New Year’s Eve, you don’t want to end up like Pinkie Pie.
See below some guidelines for safe „Böllern“ from the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery #DGOU
dgou.de/aktuelles/de...
See below some guidelines for safe „Böllern“ from the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery #DGOU
dgou.de/aktuelles/de...
Me reading the comments from #Reviewer2
December 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Me reading the comments from #Reviewer2
An empty box? For me?? Best present ever!
December 26, 2024 at 7:12 PM
An empty box? For me?? Best present ever!
Happy holidays to all who celebrate!
Footnote: image is AI generated, I don’t have such wonderful Christmas decorations at home
Footnote: image is AI generated, I don’t have such wonderful Christmas decorations at home
December 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Happy holidays to all who celebrate!
Footnote: image is AI generated, I don’t have such wonderful Christmas decorations at home
Footnote: image is AI generated, I don’t have such wonderful Christmas decorations at home
Annual bone 🦴Christmas cookies baking in progress… some fractures occurred…
December 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Annual bone 🦴Christmas cookies baking in progress… some fractures occurred…
Save the date for our MuSkITYR symposium 2025! The perfect place for early career scientists and clinicians to give their first talk, but also advanced researchers are welcome! Mentoring sessions included!
December 9, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Save the date for our MuSkITYR symposium 2025! The perfect place for early career scientists and clinicians to give their first talk, but also advanced researchers are welcome! Mentoring sessions included!
Does someone has a .stl file from a whole mouse skeleton based on microCT data and willing to share it? We can’t find ours since we experienced a loss of old CT data on our sever.
December 7, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Does someone has a .stl file from a whole mouse skeleton based on microCT data and willing to share it? We can’t find ours since we experienced a loss of old CT data on our sever.
A quick introduction as there is a mass migration to Bluesky at the moment: Hi, I am Melanie, apl. professor for orthopedic and trauma research! Bone is my passion, as it is such a fascinating organ which interacts with so many other tissues in the human body. Movement is life, not only for bone!
November 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM
A quick introduction as there is a mass migration to Bluesky at the moment: Hi, I am Melanie, apl. professor for orthopedic and trauma research! Bone is my passion, as it is such a fascinating organ which interacts with so many other tissues in the human body. Movement is life, not only for bone!
Have you ever wondered about astronauts and their musculoskeletal health?
Upcoming ECTS webinar on 21.11. at 4pm CET - free of charge when viewing live: lnkd.in/ejA7C9Yw
Upcoming ECTS webinar on 21.11. at 4pm CET - free of charge when viewing live: lnkd.in/ejA7C9Yw
November 19, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Have you ever wondered about astronauts and their musculoskeletal health?
Upcoming ECTS webinar on 21.11. at 4pm CET - free of charge when viewing live: lnkd.in/ejA7C9Yw
Upcoming ECTS webinar on 21.11. at 4pm CET - free of charge when viewing live: lnkd.in/ejA7C9Yw
Our latest paper: Very important topic of animal replacement, refinement, reduction!
Embracing ethical research: Implementing the 3R principles into fracture healing research for sustainable scientific progress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Embracing ethical research: Implementing the 3R principles into fracture healing research for sustainable scientific progress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 21, 2023 at 2:42 PM
Our latest paper: Very important topic of animal replacement, refinement, reduction!
Embracing ethical research: Implementing the 3R principles into fracture healing research for sustainable scientific progress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Embracing ethical research: Implementing the 3R principles into fracture healing research for sustainable scientific progress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
