Our lab investigates transcriptional regulation, skeletal development, tissue engineering, osteoarthritis, microbiome, pharmacogenomics, and cancer metastasis.

Livermore, CA
Joined May 2017
Come hear our @ucmerced graduate student Jillian McCool give a poster oral presentation today @1:20 about immune cells that set superhealer injured joints apart from PTOA susceptible joints @JilliannnMcCool @LootsLab @ChristiansenLab #ASBMR2022
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Come to my lab mates’ talk at 12:45 in ballroom G! @LootsLab #ASBMR2022 🦴
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Do wildfires pose a cancer risk? @UCD_Cancer is funding two research projects to find out if the smoke from fires is increasing cancer rates and impacting survivability. ucdavis.health/3bRkABx #Wildfires #cancer @UCDavisHealth
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Today, @cwru and the @Livermore_Lab signed an agreement to accelerate their efforts in shared areas of excellence, which will provide many collaboration opportunities, enhancing the quality of science, technology and education. bit.ly/3Pb2DvE
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Loots Lab retweeted
Authors from @Livermore_Lab and @UCDavisOrtho identified increased number of cells expressing the chondrocyte markers Col2a1, Acan, and Cytl1 in the T1DM injured group, at the single-cell resolution #JBMRPlus #openaccess @ChristiansenLab @LootsLab ow.ly/b6kG50IONly
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Another fun collaboration between @LootsLab and @ChristiansenLab
Authors from @Livermore_Lab and @UCDavisOrtho aimed to evaluate whether T1DM exacerbates the development of spontaneous OA or accelerates the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis following joint injury #JBMRPlus #openaccess #freetoread ow.ly/YK1C50Ipjrl
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Exciting new engineering-bio collaboration ⁦@Livermore_Lab⁩ ⁦@LootsLab⁩ @UCD_Cancer⁩ Extracellular matrix modulates T cell clearance of malignant cells in vitro - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Exciting new work in collaboration with Keith Morrison ⁦@Livermore_Lab⁩ ⁦@LootsLab⁩ Synthetic antibacterial minerals: harnessing a natural geochemical reaction to combat antibiotic resistance | Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Loots Lab retweeted
We are hiring! If you are interested please take a look at our job posting. llnl.gov/join-our-team/caree…
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Over 5 years of collaboration finally published! Check it out! Kudos @LootsLab res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/ij…
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A new study from LLNL and @UCDavisMedCentr finds that antibiotic pretreatment may lead to less severe osteoarthritis after joint injuries such as a torn ACL. More at llnl.gov/news/antibiotic-pre…. @ucdavis
Proud PI Moment! My grad student’s 1st first author paper was accepted today to The Journal of Immunology. Several undergrad coauthors too! Congratulations Albert Millan, Sonny Elizaldi, Eric Lee and Jeffrey Aceves! And thanks Gaby Loots for the collaboration #ucmerced
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Congratulations @melaniemendez⁩! Discover her poster from #ORS2019 in full on Morressier morressier.com/article/09--e…
Graduate student ⁦@melaniemendez⁩ had her ePoster talk today! For questions come to poster 947 tomorrow from 9-10am. #ORS2019
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ePoster presentations happening now @ORSsociety @LootsLab @ChristiansenLab, #ORS2019
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Congrats Nick and Kelly llnl.gov/news/llnl-researche…
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Someone just complimented my stains and I legit almost cried y’all. Come and see them at poster 510! #histology #ASBMR2018 #ACLInjury #Osteoarthritis
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Congrats to our collaborator ⁦@ProfCJHernandez⁩ on winning the Fuller Albright Award! 🎊🎉🎆🎇 mailchi.mp/asbmr.org/congrat…
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Conditional Deletion of Sost in MSC-derived lineages Identifies Specific Cell Type Contributions to Bone Mass and B Cell Development.: Related Articles Conditional Deletion of Sost in MSC-derived lineages Identifies Specific Cell Type Contributions to… ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2975…
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Congrats Melanie @melaniemendez for advancing to candidacy @UCMerced_NatSci @LootsLab @Livermore_Lab