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Roman Krawetz

ResearcherBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Calgary

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Roman Krawetz

Researcher

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (7 CIHR, 2 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Repair And Regeneration Biomaterials In Vivo Imaging Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Osteoblasts Osteoporosis Regenerative Medicine Tissue Engineering

Latest papers

Mast cell proteases and their significance in physiology, pathology, and therapeutic approaches.
Pharmacological reviews · 2026
Normal human synovial fluid exhibits stable hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan 4 levels across age and sex.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026 · senior author
Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.
Experimental cell research · 2026

All 55 publications

Latest funding

Liver-Derived Prg4: Regulator of Wound Healing and Hemostasis
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$791,775
OsNET: The Canadian Bone Health Research Network
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,200,000
Quantifying the relationship between intracortical remodeling, microdamage, and bone quality in a novel in vivo loading model
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$650,250

All 14 grants and awards

55 publications.

Mast cell proteases and their significance in physiology, pathology, and therapeutic approaches.

Derakhshani A, Mahajan L, Lesack K, Saranjam N, Khazaie K, Pejler G, Krawetz R, Edgington-Mitchell LE, Maun HR, Dufour A

Pharmacological reviews2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmr.2026.100144 PMID: 42361439

Normal human synovial fluid exhibits stable hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan 4 levels across age and sex.

Yamaura L, Corpuz JM, Mang J, Krawetz R

Osteoarthritis and cartilage open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2026.100864 PMID: 42729729

Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.

Tehrani AH, Toth K, Osinchuk N, Dufour A, Krawetz R, Sen A, Sparks H

Experimental cell research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2026.115000 PMID: 41895434

Enhanced fracture repair in p21-/- mice is mediated through increased callus mineralization.

Olsen A, Premnath P, Brunet S, Larijani L, Manske SL, Ferrie L, Duncan NA, Rancourt DE, Marcucio RS, Krawetz R

Bone2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2025.117732 PMID: 41260533

Scale-down optimization of a robust, parallelizable human induced pluripotent stem cell bioprocess for high-throughput research.

Colter J, Dang T, Malinovska J, Corpuz JM, Modrcin D, Krawetz R, Murari K, Kallos MS

Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2025.e00900 PMID: 40521435

Optimizing electrical field stimulation parameters reveals the maximum contractile function of human skeletal muscle microtissues.

Tiper Y, Xie Z, Hofemeier A, Lad H, Luber M, Krawetz R, Betz T, Zimmermann WH, Morton AB, Segal SS, Gilbert PM

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology2025

DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00308.2024 PMID: 40019026

Cell and transcriptomic diversity of infrapatellar fat pad during knee osteoarthritis.

Peters H, Potla P, Rockel JS, Tockovska T, Pastrello C, Jurisica I, Delos Santos K, Vohra S, Fine N, Lively S, Perry K, Looby N, Li SH, Chandran V, Hueniken K, Kaur P, Perruccio AV, Mahomed NN, Rampersaud R, Syed K, Gracey E, Krawetz R, Buechler MB, Gandhi R, Kapoor M

Annals of the rheumatic diseases2025

DOI: 10.1136/ard-2024-225928 PMID: 39919907

Granzyme B cleaves tenascin-C to release its C-terminal domain in rheumatoid arthritis.

Aubert A, Liu A, Kao M, Goeres J, Richardson KC, Nierves L, Jung K, Nabai L, Zhao H, Orend G, Krawetz R, Lange PF, Younger A, Chan J, Granville DJ

JCI insight2024

DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.181935 PMID: 39475853

Robust bioprocess design and evaluation of commercial media for the serial expansion of human induced pluripotent stem cell aggregate cultures in vertical-wheel bioreactors.

Borys BS, Dang T, Worden H, Larijani L, Corpuz JM, Abraham BD, Gysel EJ, Malinovska J, Krawetz R, Revay T, Argiropoulos B, Rancourt DE, Kallos MS, Jung S

Stem cell research & therapy2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13287-024-03819-9 PMID: 39075528

Absence of E2f1 Negates Pro-osteogenic Impacts of p21 Absence.

Premnath P, Lun T, Siddiqui H, Stahl AR, Ardebili AA, Olsen A, Krawetz R

Calcified tissue international2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00223-024-01210-7 PMID: 38643416

Liver-Derived Prg4: Regulator of Wound Healing and Hemostasis

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman J

Keywords: Differentiation; Hemostasis; Histology; Liver Function; Prg4/Lubricin; Repair And Regeneration; Signal Transdcution; Tissue Homeostasis; Transgenic Mice; Wound Healing

$791,775

OsNET: The Canadian Bone Health Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Network Grants in Skin Health, Bone Health, and Muscular Dystrophy - Bone Health

Principal investigators: Boyd, Steven K; Cheung, Angela M; Morin, Suzanne N

Keywords: Advanced Imaging; Bone Health; Clinical Guidelines; Diagnostics; Fracture Prediction; Knowledge Transfer; Musculoskeletal; Network; Personalized Medicine; Research

$1,200,000

Quantifying the relationship between intracortical remodeling, microdamage, and bone quality in a novel in vivo loading model

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Edwards, W. Brent

Keywords: Antiresorptive; Biomechanics; Bisphophanate; Bone Fracture; Bone Quality; Bone Remodeling; Finite Element Modeling; Imaging; Mechanical Fatigue; Microdamage

$650,250

A bioprocess that optimizes safe Human iPSCs for the treatment of osteoporotic fractures

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman J

Keywords: Biomaterials; In Vivo Imaging; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Osteoblasts; Osteoporosis; Regenerative Medicine; Repair And Regeneration; Tissue Engineering; Tissue Preservation; Xenograft

$696,150

A transdisciplinary approach to develop stem cell therapies for equine cartilage injuries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman

Keywords: regenerative medicine cartilage injury equine stem cells biomechanics structure-function

$250,000

A bioprocess that optimizes safe Human iPSCs for the treatment of osteoporotic fractures

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Musculoskeletal conditions including pain

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman J

Keywords: Biomaterials; In Vivo Imaging; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Osteoblasts; Osteoporosis; Regenerative Medicine; Repair And Regeneration; Tissue Engineering; Tissue Preservation; Xenograft

$100,000

Synovial stem cell biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman

$216,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2018Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman J

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Workshop on Early Knee Osteoarthritis: Novel biomarkers, Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Cohorts for Early Detection and Intervention

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kapoor, Mohit

Keywords: Biomarkers; Computational Biology; Drug Discovery; Epidemiology; Knee; Oa Clinical Cohort; Oa Diagnostics; Oa Therapeutic Targets; Osteoarthritis

$9,916

Canada Research Chair Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2014Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman J

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

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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Roman Krawetz

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Mast cell proteases and their significance in physiology, pathology, and therapeutic approaches.

Normal human synovial fluid exhibits stable hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan 4 levels across age and sex.

Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.

Enhanced fracture repair in p21-/- mice is mediated through increased callus mineralization.

Scale-down optimization of a robust, parallelizable human induced pluripotent stem cell bioprocess for high-throughput research.

Optimizing electrical field stimulation parameters reveals the maximum contractile function of human skeletal muscle microtissues.

Cell and transcriptomic diversity of infrapatellar fat pad during knee osteoarthritis.

Granzyme B cleaves tenascin-C to release its C-terminal domain in rheumatoid arthritis.

Robust bioprocess design and evaluation of commercial media for the serial expansion of human induced pluripotent stem cell aggregate cultures in vertical-wheel bioreactors.

Absence of E2f1 Negates Pro-osteogenic Impacts of p21 Absence.

A transdisciplinary approach to develop stem cell therapies for equine cartilage injuries

Synovial stem cell biology

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Antoine Dufour

Steven Boyd

Rajiv Gandhi

Mohit Kapoor

Igor Jurisica

Ian Lewis

Lyndon Jones

Frank Beier

Konstantin Shestopaloff

Walter Herzog

Vinod Chandran

Nigil Haroon

John Matyas

Lu Wang

Lyndon Jones