Submitted by Dr. Janna M. Andronowski, Associate Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s Campus

A Living Record, 2023

Bone’s ability to adapt to our diets, activity regimens and substances we ingest are recorded and edited by teams of bone cells during the remodeling process. This 3D render of bone generated using Synchrotron micro-Computed Tomography visualizes the thickness of bone’s vascular canals (blue/purple) and provides a snapshot into the bone remodeling process (gold orb). Through demolishing damaged bone, bone cells demonstrate their remarkable ability to adapt to ever-changing physiological demands, leaving behind a preservable and readable record even centuries after death.

Research project title – Opioid-induced Osteoporosis and Associated Impacts on Intracortical Porosity and Bone’s Cellular Organization