Liesbeth Archives - Biomechanics Research Unit

Liesbeth will present at the ASBMR 2026

Liesbeth Ory has been selected for a Plenary Poster Presentation at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Boston from 9–12 October 2026. She will present her work, “May The Force Be With You: Immuno-Mechanical Control of Early Fracture Repair via Piezo1-Dependent Signaling”, which investigates the interaction between[...]

Our group presented at the ORS ISFR 2026

Edoardo Borgiani, Gabriele Nasello, Liesbeth Ory, Sophie Nguyen, and Tom Verbraeken presented their work at the ORS International Section of Fracture Repair (ISFR) 19th Biennial Meeting, held on 6-8 May 2026 in Berlin, Germany. The congress brought together a global community of clinicians, researchers, engineers, and industry partners on innovation in the field of fracture[...]

Liesbeth received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2026 GRS on Bones and Teeth

Liesbeth Ory attended the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Bones and Teeth in Galveston (Texas, USA) from 24 to 30 January 2026. Under the title “May The Force Be With You: Immuno-Mechanical Dynamics Driving Early Bone Repair”, she presented her research on the interplay between biomechanics and the inflammatory phase of long bone fracture healing. At the[...]

Tim, Liesbeth, Tom, Gabriele, Mojtaba and Lies have published in Scientific Reports

Tim Herpelinck, Liesbeth Ory, Tom Verbraeken, Gabriele Nasello, Mojtaba Barzegari and Liesbet Geris, among other co-authors, have published a paper in Scientific Reports titled “A single-cell atlas of the murine limb skeleton integrating the developmental and adult stages.” You can read the full publication here. In this study, the authors present the Limb Skeletal Cell[...]

Laura, Liesbeth, Tom and Lies presented their work at the EORS 2025

Last week, Laura Lafuente, Liesbeth Ory, Tom Verbraeken and Lies Geris participated in the 33rd Annual Meeting for the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS). The congress took place on 16-19 June 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. It was a week full of inspiring science, great discussions and new perspectives. They all presented during the congress: Laura gave an[...]

Tom and Liesbeth will host a stand at the Nerdland Festival 2024

Tom Verbraeken and Liesbeth Ory will host a stand at the Nerdland Festival 2024, a unique event for fun, interactive scientific outreach which takes place in Wachtebeke (Belgium) on May 25th and 26th. Join them for an extraordinary journey into the world of developmental biology with “Magische Modelorganismen”! Presented by collaborative research groups at KU Leuven, this immersive[...]

Liesbeth presented her work at the Bones and Teeth 2024

Liesbeth presented her work at the Bones and Teeth 2024 GRS and GRC (Gordon Research Seminar/Conference), held from 28 January to 2 February in Galveston (Texas, USA). The topic of GRS was “Revolutionizing skeletal biology: new horizons and technological advances”. The goal of GRC was to bring together investigators and trainees. A broad range of[...]

Liesbeth presented her work at the BSRT Symposium 2023

Liesbeth Ory presented her work at the yearly Berlin School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) Symposium, which took place on 8 December 2023 in Berlin, Germany. This year’s topic was “The regenerative games uniting the world of tissue regeneration”. Liesbeth gave a young scientist talk about the recent updates of her work on characterizing the immune and biomechanical[...]