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Christopher J Hernandez

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Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences @UCSF and Bioengineering @UCBerkeley #bone #microbiome #biomechanics #mechanobiology #engineeredlivingmaterials https://www.hernandezresearch.com

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Nov 17

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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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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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · 14h

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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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Sep 14

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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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Sep 14

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.

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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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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please repost!

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 - Biomch-L

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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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another #UCSF Orthopaedics Research Retreat on a perfect day at the #presidio so lucky to have such an amazing team

Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congrats to Natasha hunt for passing her qualifying exam!

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Aug 14

Commensal taxa in gut microbiota limit antibiotic resistance during extended oral antibiotic use https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.13.670183v1

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Aug 14

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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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Jul 26

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.

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Jul 18

I wonder how many more microbial produced molecules regulate disease throughout the body, especially in musculoskeletal tissues.

Nature @nature.com · Jul 18

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.

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Katherine Xue @ksxue.bsky.social · Jul 17

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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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Jul 16

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...

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Jul 14

Where did you take your @asbmr.bsky.social swag this summer?

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Tom Ellis @proftomellis.bsky.social · Jun 30

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-...

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Jun 21

I’m proud of Natasha Hunt who presented her work at the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine Annual Retreat

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Jun 19

Great talk by Cater Wilder at the UC wide bioengineering meeting

Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Jun 19

Great talk by Cater Wilder at the UC wide bioengineering meeting

Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · May 30

Congrats Frank!

Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · May 13

What a great story about @cheveran.bsky.social and her team!
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Fungi and bacteria could be used to build homes one day, new study suggests | CNN

Researchers in Montana say they have found a way to turn fungus into a brick, which could eventually offer a more sustainable cement alternative.

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · May 8

Another PhD from the Hernandez Research Group! Congrats Dr. Chongshan Cleo Liu

Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · May 4

Hernandez Research Group party this year featured tacos and a close look at a Cybertruck

Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Apr 14

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Ten Thousand Men of Harvard: A Virtual ARTS FIRST Celebration!

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Christopher J Hernandez @profhernandez.bsky.social · Mar 26

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?

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Mar 10

Physical mechanisms that enable bacteria to traverse channels half their width https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.07.642077v1