Christopher J Hernandez
@profhernandez.bsky.social
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences @UCSF and Bioengineering @UCBerkeley #bone #microbiome #biomechanics #mechanobiology #engineeredlivingmaterials
https://www.hernandezresearch.com
https://www.hernandezresearch.com
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Fast Facts: Health and Economic Costs of Chronic Conditions
The economic impact of chronic diseases in terms of health care costs and lost productivity
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I’m a scientist who studies #musculoskeletal disease. Musculoskeletal diseases are among the most common of the #chronicdisease in the US. Chronic disease accounts for 90% of health care costs in the US. 1/1
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I’m a mentor to the high school KhanLab-BayArea @iGEM. They made #engineeredlivingmaterials with advice from me @kelsey DeFrates @jingjieyeo.bsky.social @cheveran.bsky.social The team earned a Gold Medal and were nominated for a special award. Thanks to @NSF for supporting this broader impact.
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m a mentor to the high school KhanLab-BayArea @iGEM. They made #engineeredlivingmaterials with advice from me @kelsey DeFrates @jingjieyeo.bsky.social @cheveran.bsky.social The team earned a Gold Medal and were nominated for a special award. Thanks to @NSF for supporting this broader impact.
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Cement, brick, and metal use are responsible for more than half of the carbon dioxide emissions from the construction sector, and the sector’s carbon footprint could exceed the annual carbon budget, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/4op0VZR 🧪
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cement, brick, and metal use are responsible for more than half of the carbon dioxide emissions from the construction sector, and the sector’s carbon footprint could exceed the annual carbon budget, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/4op0VZR 🧪
Congrats to University of California, San Francisco Health Innovations Via Engineering professor Kyle Cromer on receiving the #NIH New Innovator award! After @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social last year #engineers @UCSf are on a roll.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Congrats to University of California, San Francisco Health Innovations Via Engineering professor Kyle Cromer on receiving the #NIH New Innovator award! After @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social last year #engineers @UCSf are on a roll.
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I've been following the field of biosensors for nearly 2 decades. This may well turn out to be the most important advance yet
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Biosensors to Track Proteins and Inflammation in Our Blood in Real Time
A recording from Eric Topol's live video
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September 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've been following the field of biosensors for nearly 2 decades. This may well turn out to be the most important advance yet
erictopol.substack.com/p/biosensors...
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I'm pleased to participate in the @exploratorium.bsky.social and SHPE Engineering Day, Saturday Sept. 27. Gissell Jimenez from my lab will also be doing a demonstration of her working looking at how cells deep inside a material get their nutrients.
www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calend...
www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calend...
Engineering Day | Exploratorium Museum Event
Our annual Engineering Day returns! Learn about STEM through interactive activities, hands-on exhibits, and panel discussions.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm pleased to participate in the @exploratorium.bsky.social and SHPE Engineering Day, Saturday Sept. 27. Gissell Jimenez from my lab will also be doing a demonstration of her working looking at how cells deep inside a material get their nutrients.
www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calend...
www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calend...
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We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
Tenure-track Faculty Position in Biomechanics (Open Rank), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA -
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The School of Kinesiology (http://kines.umich.edu) at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate...
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August 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
Congrats to Natasha hunt for passing her qualifying exam!
August 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Congrats to Natasha hunt for passing her qualifying exam!
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Commensal taxa in gut microbiota limit antibiotic resistance during extended oral antibiotic use https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.13.670183v1
August 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Commensal taxa in gut microbiota limit antibiotic resistance during extended oral antibiotic use https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.13.670183v1
Pleased to release this preprint with @elcyphert-phd.bsky.social and many others. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Commensal taxa in gut microbiota limit antibiotic resistance during extended oral antibiotic use
Certain bacterial infections, such as those involving prosthetics, can require antimicrobial therapy over months to years, potentially increasing the burden of antimicrobial resistance. Here we longit...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Pleased to release this preprint with @elcyphert-phd.bsky.social and many others. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
I wonder how many more microbial produced molecules regulate disease throughout the body, especially in musculoskeletal tissues.
A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling
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Gut bacteria make a molecule that promotes plaque build-up in arteries
A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling.
go.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wonder how many more microbial produced molecules regulate disease throughout the body, especially in musculoskeletal tissues.
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The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
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Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
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July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
Engineered Living Materials will change the world. Want to be in the room where it happened? Submit your abstract to the meeting today (due July 22). www.linkedin.com/posts/marimi...
Due to popular demand, the abstract submission deadline for the Engineered Living Materials Workshop has been extended to July 22nd. | Marimikel Charrier
Due to popular demand, the abstract submission deadline for the Engineered Living Materials Workshop has been extended to July 22nd. Be a part of a dynamic exchange of ideas with leading experts from ...
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July 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Engineered Living Materials will change the world. Want to be in the room where it happened? Submit your abstract to the meeting today (due July 22). www.linkedin.com/posts/marimi...
Where did you take your @asbmr.bsky.social swag this summer?
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Where did you take your @asbmr.bsky.social swag this summer?
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We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
I’m proud of Natasha Hunt who presented her work at the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine Annual Retreat
June 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m proud of Natasha Hunt who presented her work at the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine Annual Retreat
Great talk by Cater Wilder at the UC wide bioengineering meeting
June 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Great talk by Cater Wilder at the UC wide bioengineering meeting
Great talk by Cater Wilder at the UC wide bioengineering meeting
June 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Great talk by Cater Wilder at the UC wide bioengineering meeting
Another PhD from the Hernandez Research Group! Congrats Dr. Chongshan Cleo Liu
May 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Another PhD from the Hernandez Research Group! Congrats Dr. Chongshan Cleo Liu
Hernandez Research Group party this year featured tacos and a close look at a Cybertruck
May 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hernandez Research Group party this year featured tacos and a close look at a Cybertruck
Want to do a #postdoc? Did you know more faculty jobs go to people who postdoc in slightly different subject area? doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Are you an expert in #microbiome OR #osteoarthritis? How'd you like to join me and @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social as we figure out how the two are connected?
March 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Want to do a #postdoc? Did you know more faculty jobs go to people who postdoc in slightly different subject area? doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Are you an expert in #microbiome OR #osteoarthritis? How'd you like to join me and @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social as we figure out how the two are connected?