Damian C Genetos

Damian C Genetos

Director

Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology

Office
2207 Vet Med 3B, Davis, CA 95616

Education
1999, BA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2002, MS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2005, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
2007, UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
2010, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Orthopaedic Research Lab
Active Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, HIFs in Osteocytes, Damian Genetos and Clare Yellowley-Genetos (Principal Investigator), NIH National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Principal Investigator, HIFs in osteocytes- Diversity Supplement, (Principal Investigator), NIH NIAMS
Honors and Awards
2001-2004 NASA Pre-doctoral fellow
2002 Young Investigator Award, Fourth Bone Fluid Flow meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008-2011 NIH Individual National Research Service Award
2009 Research award, 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Atherosclerosis, Tilton, NH
2010 Academic Federation Research Travel Grant
2011-2012 Collaborative Exchange Award, Orthopaedic Research Society
2022 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award. Graduate programs nominated faculty members who displayed outstanding excellence in advising and mentoring of their graduate students. As part of the nomination process, these Graduate programs highlighted faculty for their service to the program, commitment to advising and mentoring, and positive impact on graduate students and colleagues.
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2020 Donahue HJ, Friedman MJ, Genetos DC: Chapter 1.1: Osteocyte mechanobiology in aging and disease, Glen Niebur, (ed), Mechanobiology, . 1-21.
2014 Donahue HJ, Duncan RL, Genetos DC: Chapter 35: Channel activation and mechanotransduction, Neu C, Genin G, (ed), CRC Handbook of Imaging in Biological Mechanics, . 433-42.
2012 Genetos DC, Jacobs CR: Chapter 11: Bone cell mechanoresponsiveness, Guo XE, Silva MR, (ed), Skeletal Aging and Osteoporosis: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, . 177-90.
2005 Duncan RL, Genetos DC: Calcium signaling in osteoblasts in response to mechanical stimulation, R. Aaron and M. Bolander, (ed), Physical Regulation of Skeletal Repair, Rosemont, IL. .
Research Focus
Bone cell mechanotransduction; cellular and molecular biology techniques
Specialty Focus
Cell biology
Ten Recent Publications

2023
Wells KV, Krackeler M, Jathal M, Parikh M, Ghosh P, Leach JK, Genetos DC^
Prostate Cancer and Bone: Clinical Presentation and Molecular Mechanisms

2023
Mendoza SV, Genetos DC^, Yellowley CE
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-2a Signaling in the Skeletal System.

2023
Mendoza SV, Murugesh DK, Christiansen BA, Genetos ZO, Loots GG, Genetos DC^, Yellowley CE
Degradation-Resistant Hypoxia Inducible Factor-2a in Murine Osteocytes Promotes a High Bone Mass Phenotype.

2021
Choi RB, Bullock WA, Hoggatt AM, Loots GG, Genetos DC, Robling AG
Improving Bone Health by Optimizing the Anabolic Action of Wnt Inhibitor Multitargeting

2020
Tomlinson RE, Christiansen BA, Giannone AA, Genetos DC^
The Role of Nerves in Skeletal Development, Adaptation, and Aging

2020
Harvestine JN, Gonzalez-Fernandez T, Sebastian A, Hum NR, Genetos DC, Loots GG, Leach JK
Osteogenic preconditioning in perfusion bioreactors improves vascularization and bone formation by human bone marrow aspirates

2019
Pusceddu MM, Stokes PM, Wong A, Gareau MM, Genetos DC^
Sexually-dimorphic influence of neonatal antibiotics on bone

2019
Yellowley CE, Genetos DC^
Hypoxia signaling in the skeleton: Implications for bone health

2018
Loots GG, Robling AG, Chang JC, Murugesh DK, Bajwa J, Carlisle C, Manilay JO, Wong A, Yellowley CE, Genetos DC^
Vhl deficiency in osteocytes produces high bone mass and hematopoietic defects

2017
Donahue HJ, Qu RW, Genetos DC^
Joint diseases: from connexins to gap junctions