ECTS Academy Chair
Martina Rauner PhD
Martina Rauner studied biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria from 2002-2006. After completing her PhD at the Department of Pathophysiology at the Medical University of Vienna in 2008, she received the ECTS/AMGEN bone research fellowship and joined the group of Professor Lorenz Hofbauer in Dresden, Germany to study mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Since then she has received several awards for her work in the field of bone biology and became a member of the ECTS New Investigator Committee in 2011. Currently, she is establishing her own group in the field of osteoimmunology, where she investigates interactions of the RANKL/OPG and Wnt signaling pathways in inflammatory bone diseases.
Committee Role & Responsibilities
The Academy Committee will act as a link between the ECTS and the ECTS Academy to align activities and strategy.
The main role of the Academy Committee is to
- Link and align activities
- Establish contacts and interactions with affiliated socities to identify their next generation and develop similar activities in their coutries/regions
- Advisory role on new ECTS Academy activities
- Organise the NI Programme within ECTS Annual Congress
Committee Structure & Composition
ECTS / Academy Bridge
- Hans van Leeuwen, Co-Chair
- Aymen Idris
- Nicolas Bonnet, ECTS Academy
- Mattia Capulli, ECTS Academy
- Björn Busse, ECTS Academy
Academy / NI Conference Programme
- Abbas Jafari, NI Seminar
- Nicola Napoli, NI Mentoring Session
- Ulrike Baschant, Transgenic Animals Working Group
- Carmen Huesa, Poster Tours and Charity Event
- Martina Rauner, Academy Programme for ECTS 2018