๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿ”ฌ#Osteocyte โ€“ the master orchestrator of #bone #remodeling. ~42 billion in the average adult human skeleton, #osteocytes make up ~90โ€“95% of all #cells within bone, interconnected by ~3.7 trillion dendritic projections with an estimated, total end-to-end length of 175,000 km๐Ÿ”

๐ŸšจDancing Osteocytes!๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป~90โ€“95% of all cells in adult bone are #osteocytes interconnected by a vast network of #canaliculi. They play a key role in maintaining #bone health by sensing mechanical loading and orchestrating remodelling! ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ”ฌ

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hey Mastodon! Finally it is time for an introductory post!

I'm a researcher investigating mineralised biological tissues using various forms of #microscopy ๐Ÿ”ฌ with complementary #spectroscopy and #crystallography. I'm interested in #bone and #osteocytes ๐Ÿฆด, #teeth ๐Ÿฆท, #biominerals ๐Ÿ’Ž, #bacteria ๐Ÿฆ , #snails ๐ŸŒ, #lichen ๐ŸŒฟ, #trees ๐ŸŒฒ, and more.

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