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Daniel Graf

ResearcherDentistryUniversity of Alberta

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Daniel Graf

Researcher

Dentistry

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2016.

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Research

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Cartilage Differentiation Disease Models Gait Analysis Gene Delivery Histology And Immunofluorescence Mechanical Properties Osteoarthritis

Latest papers

Simulated microgravity models sex differences in knee osteoarthritis through a CD36-regulated mechano-metabolic circuit.
Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026
Perinatal iron deficiency alters the cardiac proteome and mitochondrial function in neonatal offspring.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
A reliable micro-CT-based method reveals dynamic changes to alveolar bone and tooth root following ligature-induced periodontal injury in the mouse.
Bone · 2025 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Making a head: connecting reciprocal signaling to cell reprogramming
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$96,000
Osteoarthritis as consequence of endogenous changes to cartilage homeostasis and repair: linking cartilage differentiation to cartilage degradation
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$719,100
Towards the development of clinically implantable bioengineered human nasal cartilage grafts
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$722,925

All 9 grants and awards

38 publications.

Simulated microgravity models sex differences in knee osteoarthritis through a CD36-regulated mechano-metabolic circuit.

Ma Z, Lin H, Young D, Ansari A, Kunze M, Mulet-Sierra A, Febbraio M, Graf D, Dufour A, Adesida AB

Cell communication and signaling : CCS2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12964-026-02800-8 PMID: 41832555

Perinatal iron deficiency alters the cardiac proteome and mitochondrial function in neonatal offspring.

Holody CD, Woodman AG, Nie C, Liu SN, Young D, Wiedemeyer A, Carpenter R, Noble RMN, Graf D, Dufour A, Lemieux H, Bourque SL

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2025

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00412.2024 PMID: 39570196

A reliable micro-CT-based method reveals dynamic changes to alveolar bone and tooth root following ligature-induced periodontal injury in the mouse.

Fu Y, Qayyum W, Shafiei P, Eaton F, Alexiou M, Graf D

Bone2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2025.117619 PMID: 40882751

Physiology and Clinical Manifestations of Pathologic Cranial Suture Widening.

Roth DM, Piña JO, MacPherson M, Budden C, Graf D

The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10556656231178438 PMID: 37271984

The chromatin regulator Ankrd11 controls cardiac neural crest cell-mediated outflow tract remodeling and heart function.

Kibalnyk Y, Afanasiev E, Noble RMN, Watson AES, Poverennaya I, Dittmann NL, Alexiou M, Goodkey K, Greenwell AA, Ussher JR, Adameyko I, Massey J, Graf D, Bourque SL, Stratton JA, Voronova A

Nature communications2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48955-1 PMID: 38951500

Tendon-associated gene expression precedes osteogenesis in mid-palatal suture establishment.

Roth DM, Piña JO, Raju R, Iben J, Faucz FR, Makareeva E, Leikin S, Graf D, D'Souza RN

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.11.590129 PMID: 38798531

Author Correction: Mechanical Unloading of Engineered Human Meniscus Models Under Simulated Microgravity: A Transcriptomic Study.

Ma Z, Li DX, Chee RKW, Kunze M, Mulet-Sierra A, Sommerfeldt M, Westover L, Graf D, Adesida AB

Scientific data2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03956-z PMID: 39389972

X-linked hypophosphatemia, fibroblast growth factor 23 signaling, and craniosynostosis.

Grimbly C, Graf D, Ward LM, Alexander RT

Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2023

DOI: 10.1177/15353702231222023 PMID: 38230523

Global, but not chondrocyte-specific, MT1-MMP deficiency in adult mice causes inflammatory arthritis.

Xia XD, Gill G, Lin H, Roth DM, Gu HM, Wang XJ, Su FY, Alabi A, Alexiou M, Zhang Z, Wang GQ, Graf D, Zhang DW

Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2023.08.003 PMID: 37598898

Perinatal iron restriction is associated with changes in neonatal cardiac function and structure in a sex-dependent manner.

Noble RMN, Holody CD, Woodman AG, Nie C, Liu SN, Young D, Wiedemeyer A, Soni S, Dyck JRB, Graf D, Eckersley LG, Dufour A, Bourque SL

Clinical science (London, England : 1979)2023

DOI: 10.1042/cs20230594 PMID: 37463130

Making a head: connecting reciprocal signaling to cell reprogramming

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Graf, Daniel

$96,000

Osteoarthritis as consequence of endogenous changes to cartilage homeostasis and repair: linking cartilage differentiation to cartilage degradation

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Graf, Daniel

Keywords: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Cartilage Differentiation; Disease Models; Gait Analysis; Gene Delivery; Histology And Immunofluorescence; Mechanical Properties; Osteoarthritis; Pain Analysis; Proteomics

$719,100

Towards the development of clinically implantable bioengineered human nasal cartilage grafts

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Adesida, Adetola B

Keywords: Bioprinting; Nasal Cartilage; Nasal Chondrocytes; Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer; Skin Cancer; Tissue Engineering

$722,925

Gravity Unloading and Mechanobiology Suite for Characterization of Engineered Connective Microtissues

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: ADESIDA, Adetola

$81,878

Craniofacial Biology Research Symposium

Nominated PICIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Graf, Daniel

Keywords: Bone Remodelling; Congenital Disorders; Craniofacial Biology; Quantitative Traits; Regeneration; Stem Cells; Symposium

$10,000

Engineering Biomimetic Gene Activated Matrices for Bone Tissue Regeneration

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Uludag, Hasan

Keywords: Animal Model; Biomimetic; Bone Regeneration; Gene Therapy; Mineralization; Osteogenesis; Osteoprogenitor Cells; Scaffold

$504,900

Exploration of the disorganization of periodontal ligaments and disturbed mineralization of molars in bmp7 deficient mice

SupervisorCIHR2016Undergraduate: Mobility, musculoskeletal health and arthritis - ICS

Principal investigators: Merchant, Chenee

Keywords: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Cementum; Gene Expression Analysis; Histology; Ics Studentship; Immunohistochemistry; Oral Health; Peridontial Ligament; Rna; Taurodontism

$5,000

The significance of Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling in development and homeostasis of the adult tooth complex and its role in periodontal disease.

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant - PA: IMHA - New Investigator - Oral Health Bridge Funding

Principal investigators: Graf, Daniel

Keywords: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Gene Reporting; Hard Tissue Histology; Mouse Genetics; Periodontal Development And Homeostasis; Periodontal Disease; Tooth Biology; µCt

$100,000

Probing Bone Morphogenetic Protein function in Cranial Neural Crest cells.

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Graf, Daniel

$170,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Daniel Graf

Research

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Latest funding

Simulated microgravity models sex differences in knee osteoarthritis through a CD36-regulated mechano-metabolic circuit.

Perinatal iron deficiency alters the cardiac proteome and mitochondrial function in neonatal offspring.

A reliable micro-CT-based method reveals dynamic changes to alveolar bone and tooth root following ligature-induced periodontal injury in the mouse.

Physiology and Clinical Manifestations of Pathologic Cranial Suture Widening.

The chromatin regulator Ankrd11 controls cardiac neural crest cell-mediated outflow tract remodeling and heart function.

Tendon-associated gene expression precedes osteogenesis in mid-palatal suture establishment.

Author Correction: Mechanical Unloading of Engineered Human Meniscus Models Under Simulated Microgravity: A Transcriptomic Study.

X-linked hypophosphatemia, fibroblast growth factor 23 signaling, and craniosynostosis.

Global, but not chondrocyte-specific, MT1-MMP deficiency in adult mice causes inflammatory arthritis.

Perinatal iron restriction is associated with changes in neonatal cardiac function and structure in a sex-dependent manner.

Making a head: connecting reciprocal signaling to cell reprogramming

Osteoarthritis as consequence of endogenous changes to cartilage homeostasis and repair: linking cartilage differentiation to cartilage degradation

Towards the development of clinically implantable bioengineered human nasal cartilage grafts

Gravity Unloading and Mechanobiology Suite for Characterization of Engineered Connective Microtissues

Craniofacial Biology Research Symposium

Engineering Biomimetic Gene Activated Matrices for Bone Tissue Regeneration

Exploration of the disorganization of periodontal ligaments and disturbed mineralization of molars in bmp7 deficient mice

The significance of Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling in development and homeostasis of the adult tooth complex and its role in periodontal disease.

Probing Bone Morphogenetic Protein function in Cranial Neural Crest cells.

Frequent collaborators

Antoine Dufour

Carlos Flores-Mir

Daniel Graf

Giseon Heo

Maria Febbraio

Myriam Hemberger

Lindsey Westover

Anastassia Voronova

Pallavi Parashar

Arnaldo Perez-Garcia

Shokrollah Elahi

Silvia Pagliardini