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Christopher Hernandez, PhD

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Title(s)Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Avenue, HSE, #1145B
San Francisco CA 94143
Emailchristopher.hernandez@ucsf.edu
PronounsHe/Him/His
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-0712-6533 Additional info
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    Stanford University, Stanford, CAPhD2001Mechanical Engineering
    Stanford University, Stanford, CAMS1997Mechanical Engineering
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MASB1996Engineering Sciences (Biomedical Engineering)

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    I am a mechanical engineer and bioengineer. My laboratory studies interactions between microbes, musculoskeletal tissues and materials. We are currently studying the effects of the gut microbiome on the musculoskeletal system and the success of orthopaedic surgery. Additionally we are studying mechanobiology of bacteria and advancing the new field of Engineered Living Materials.

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    The Microbiome and Bone Strength
    NIH R01AG067997May 15, 2021 - Feb 28, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    The Microbiome and Bone Strength
    NIH R56AG067997Sep 30, 2020 - Aug 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    The Role of Bone Resorption in Bone Marrow Lesions
    NIH R21AR073454May 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    The microbiome as a risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection
    NIH R21AR071534Feb 17, 2017 - Jan 31, 2020
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Separating Systemic Inflammation From Obesity in Load-Induced Osteoarthritis
    NIH R21AR068061Mar 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Associations between gut microbiota, flagellin production and bone microstructure
    NIH F33AR065348Aug 15, 2013 - Aug 14, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Acquisition of a Nano Computed Tomography Instrument for shared Cornell Imaging f
    NIH S10OD012287Apr 20, 2013 - Apr 19, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Biomechanical Effects of Microstructural Flaws in Cancellous Bone
    NIH R01AR057362Mar 1, 2010 - Aug 31, 2015
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Three-Dimensional Dynamic Bone Histomorphometry
    NIH R21AR054448Sep 1, 2007 - Aug 31, 2010
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Microbiome-induced increases and decreases in bone matrix strength can be initiated after skeletal maturity. J Bone Miner Res. 2024 Oct 29; 39(11):1621-1632. Liu C, Cyphert EL, Stephen SJ, Wang B, Morales AL, Nixon JC, Natsoulas NR, Garcia M, Carmona PB, Vill AC, Donnelly E, Brito IL, Vashishth D, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 39348436; PMCID: PMC11523134.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    2. Determining the Young's Modulus of the Bacterial Cell Envelope. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2024 05 13; 10(5):2956-2966. Lee J, Jha K, Harper CE, Zhang W, Ramsukh M, Bouklas N, Dörr T, Chen P, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 38593061.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    3. Make engineered living materials carry their weight. 2023; 6(11):3705-3718. Heveran, C.M. Hernandez, C.J. View Publication.
    4. Mechanical stimuli activate gene expression via a cell envelope stress sensing pathway. Sci Rep. 2023 08 26; 13(1):13979. Harper CE, Zhang W, Lee J, Shin JH, Keller MR, van Wijngaarden E, Chou E, Wang Z, Dörr T, Chen P, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 37633922; PMCID: PMC10460444.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    5. Mechanical stress compromises multicomponent efflux complexes in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 12 17; 116(51):25462-25467. Genova LA, Roberts MF, Wong YC, Harper CE, Santiago AG, Fu B, Srivastava A, Jung W, Wang LM, Krzeminski L, Mao X, Sun X, Hui CY, Chen P, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 31772020; PMCID: PMC6925999.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    6. Bone-inspired microarchitectures achieve enhanced fatigue life. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 12 03; 116(49):24457-24462. Torres AM, Trikanad AA, Aubin CA, Lambers FM, Luna M, Rimnac CM, Zavattieri P, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 31740616; PMCID: PMC6900498.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Disruption of the Gut Microbiome Increases the Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Mice. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Nov; 477(11):2588-2598. Hernandez CJ, Yang X, Ji G, Niu Y, Sethuraman AS, Koressel J, Shirley M, Fields MW, Chyou S, Li TM, Luna M, Callahan RL, Ross FP, Lu TT, Brito IL, Carli AV, Bostrom MPG. PMID: 31283731; PMCID: PMC6903863.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 24     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. The effects of metabolic syndrome, obesity, and the gut microbiome on load-induced osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 Jan; 27(1):129-139. Guss JD, Ziemian SN, Luna M, Sandoval TN, Holyoak DT, Guisado GG, Roubert S, Callahan RL, Brito IL, van der Meulen MCH, Goldring SR, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 30240938; PMCID: PMC6309743.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 52     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    9. Alterations to the Gut Microbiome Impair Bone Strength and Tissue Material Properties. J Bone Miner Res. 2017 Jun; 32(6):1343-1353. Guss JD, Horsfield MW, Fontenele FF, Sandoval TN, Luna M, Apoorva F, Lima SF, Bicalho RC, Singh A, Ley RE, van der Meulen MC, Goldring SR, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 28244143; PMCID: PMC5466506.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 104     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    10. Links Between the Microbiome and Bone. J Bone Miner Res. 2016 09; 31(9):1638-46. Hernandez CJ, Guss JD, Luna M, Goldring SR. PMID: 27317164; PMCID: PMC5434873.
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    11. Material heterogeneity in cancellous bone promotes deformation recovery after mechanical failure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 15; 113(11):2892-7. Torres AM, Matheny JB, Keaveny TM, Taylor D, Rimnac CM, Hernandez CJ. PMID: 26929343; PMCID: PMC4801312.
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