ECTS Newsletter | March 2021

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Announcements and Events

ECTS 2021 Congress

Early bird registration fees deadline: 16 March 23:59 CET.

Register here

ECTS virtual Coffee Shop

Use of antiresorptives in clinical practice

19 March 2021, 1-2pm CET

Register here

ECTS Baristas

Professor Jean-Jacques Body (University Hospital Brugmann, Free University of Brussels, BE)

Professor Stuart Ralston (University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, UK).

The session will consist of an informal chat on the clinical use of inhibitors of bone resorption (bisphosphanates and denosumab) in the management of osteoporosis, Paget’s disease of bone, osteogenesis imperfecta and tumor bone disease (bone metastases and cancer treatment-induced bone loss).

Virtual beer and coffee will be served, …..but you have to bring yours with you!

Join us, register here and enjoy our new way to talk about science

Next ECTS Coffee Shops

23 April 2021, 4-5pm CEST: “New Investigators: how to get the best out of the (first) ECTS Annual Congress” – Register here

Society’s life:

Be part of ECTS in 2021: become member of a dynamic community in the musculoskeletal field and take advantage from a wide range of benefits. - Join or renew your membership now – View the membership benefit
Let us know if you would like to be actively involved in ECTS activities and you may be called to be part in one of our committees or action groups. Complete an online form here
ECTS Annual General Meeting, 4 May 2021, 4-5.30pm CEST: Join our Statutory Annual General Meeting and learn more what ECTS has achieved on behalf of the community and what’s next. Only ECTS members will be able to vote, but the meeting is open to all! Visit AGM Lounge

Education and Events:

Webinar “The gut-bone axis: how the gut microbiota communicates with bone”: Join Roberto Pacifici on 1 April 2021 4-5pm CEST – Register here
ECTS 2021 Digital Congress - Live Prime Time on 6-8 May 2021 & ECTS@Home on 19-20 May, 10-11 June and 18 June 2021. Early bird registration deadline: 16 March 2021, 23:59 CET. Register here
ECTS 2021 PhD Training Course transitioned into ECTS-GEMSTONE Digital Masterclass: dates changed to 7-10 September, more info here
ECTS 2021 Clinical Training Course will be held as a virtual Training: 2-3 September 2021. Programme and registrations are available here
Bone, Muscle & Beyond Webinars: 2021 calendar now available - Check it out & register

Other Announcements and Events :

Herbert Fleisch Virtual Workshops, 15-19 March 2021: Registration is now open and will be offered to ECTS members – More info and Registration here
New webinar series on recent developments in the field of ectopic calcification, from The EuroSoftCalcNet COST Action: Join the EuroSoftCalcNet Webinar series 20 April 2021, 4:00 pm CET
14th International Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Sheffield, UK, 30 August - 2 September 2022
ICCBH Bone School, Dublin, Ireland, 29 June - 1 July 2022 – More info here
10th International Conference on Children's Bone Health, Dublin, Ireland, 2 -5 July 2022 – More info here

The Official Open Access Journal of the ECTS

20% discount on Article Publishing Charge (APC) for ECTS members

March 2021 Article Selection

Spatial survey of non-collagenous proteins in mineralizing and non-mineralizing vertebrate tissues ex vivo. Download PDF
Challenges in long-term control of hypercalcaemia with denosumab after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for TNFRSF11A osteoclast-poor autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. Download PDF

ECTS@Home – A superb and varied scientific program…what else? By Cristina Sobacchi and Jean-Jacques Body

The 48^th Annual Meeting of the European Calcified Tissue Society is going virtual and starting in a few months. Besides the Live Prime Time from 6^th to 8^th May, the program comprises 5 educational days (19-20^th May, 10^th-11^th June, 18^thJune) in the format ECTS@Home. Similarly to what is required to prepare the best ever coffee (a specific roasting temperature and time, professional machines, a careful coffee beans selection and a nice coffee service), the ECTS scientific program committee has put together all the ingredients to guarantee an attractive and stimulating ECTS@Home program.

ECTS Academy program during the ECTS 2021 Digital Congress: Diverse and exciting sessions particularly tailored to early-career investigators. By Annegreet Vlug and Ciro Menale

For the upcoming digital congress of the ECTS, the ECTS Academy is organizing several events, especially for new and young investigators, but of course we invite everyone to join!

The ECTS Academy activities will take place both during Live Prime Time, on May 6^th-8^th 2021, as well as during the interactive ECTS@Home events on May 19^th-20^th and June 10^th-11^th and June 18^th 2021.

We are looking forward to meeting you all during the digital conference and we hope we have been able to create an interesting program for everyone and especially the new investigators! In case you have any questions on how to get the most out of your ECTS conference experience, you are also more than welcome to join us during our live Academy Coffee Shop @ April 23^rd 16.00 with Baristas Ciro Menale, Annegreet Vlug and Elena Tsourdi!

Join us for ECTS Planking challenge: Charity event. By Melanie Haffner-Luntzer, Carolina Medina Gomez and Donata Iandolo

Exercise is important not only for muscle but also for bone health. Since the ongoing pandemic situation reduces the possibilities of everyone to work out properly and to get enough physical activity and maintain a (bone-) healthy lifestyle, the ECTS Academy invites all participants of the virtual ECTS conference to the #ECTSPlankingChallenge!

This challenge will be our annual charity event and the money raised from this event will be donated to an osteogenesis imperfecta patients organization in Belgium: ZOI (zelfhulp osteogenesis imperfecta vzw).

Join us for the #ECTSPlankingChallenge, to increase your bone and muscle strength and have some fun while donating to OI patient organization.

Diagnosis of hypophosphatasia in adults. By Cristiana Cipriani

Hypophosphatasia is a rare metabolic bone disease characterized by impaired activity of the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase caused by the mutation of the ALPL gene. The varied clinical manifestations of hypophosphatasia may affect several organs and systems (skeleton, muscle, dental and neurological). Presentation of the disease may range from a lethal perinatal phenotype to the pediatric and adult disease.

In adults, the diagnosis of hypophosphatasia may be delayed by low specificity of clinical manifestations and hetereogeneity of symptoms. Additionally, as Desborough et al. pointed out in a recent article, the low awareness of the disease may lead to misdiagnosis and/or late diagnosis. The authors reported interesting data on the clinical and biochemical characteristics of 20 adult patients with hypophosphatasia.

Announcements and Events

ECTS 2021 Congress

Early bird registration fees deadline: 16 March 23:59 CET.

Register here

ECTS virtual Coffee Shop

Use of antiresorptives in clinical practice

19 March 2021, 1-2pm CET

Register here

ECTS Baristas

Professor Jean-Jacques Body (University Hospital Brugmann, Free University of Brussels, BE)

Professor Stuart Ralston (University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, UK).

Virtual beer and coffee will be served, …..but you have to bring yours with you!

Join us, register here and enjoy our new way to talk about science

Next ECTS Coffee Shops

23 April 2021, 4-5pm CEST: “New Investigators: how to get the best out of the (first) ECTS Annual Congress” – Register here

Society’s life:

Be part of ECTS in 2021: become member of a dynamic community in the musculoskeletal field and take advantage from a wide range of benefits. - Join or renew your membership now – View the membership benefit
Let us know if you would like to be actively involved in ECTS activities and you may be called to be part in one of our committees or action groups. Complete an online form here
ECTS Annual General Meeting, 4 May 2021, 4-5.30pm CEST: Join our Statutory Annual General Meeting and learn more what ECTS has achieved on behalf of the community and what’s next. Only ECTS members will be able to vote, but the meeting is open to all! Visit AGM Lounge

Education and Events:

Webinar “The gut-bone axis: how the gut microbiota communicates with bone”: Join Roberto Pacifici on 1 April 2021 4-5pm CEST – Register here
ECTS 2021 Digital Congress - Live Prime Time on 6-8 May 2021 & ECTS@Home on 19-20 May, 10-11 June and 18 June 2021. Early bird registration deadline: 16 March 2021, 23:59 CET. Register here
ECTS 2021 PhD Training Course transitioned into ECTS-GEMSTONE Digital Masterclass: dates changed to 7-10 September, more info here
ECTS 2021 Clinical Training Course will be held as a virtual Training: 2-3 September 2021. Programme and registrations are available here
Bone, Muscle & Beyond Webinars: 2021 calendar now available - Check it out & register

Other Announcements and Events :

Herbert Fleisch Virtual Workshops, 15-19 March 2021: Registration is now open and will be offered to ECTS members – More info and Registration here
New webinar series on recent developments in the field of ectopic calcification, from The EuroSoftCalcNet COST Action: Join the EuroSoftCalcNet Webinar series 20 April 2021, 4:00 pm CET
14th International Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Sheffield, UK, 30 August - 2 September 2022
ICCBH Bone School, Dublin, Ireland, 29 June - 1 July 2022 – More info here
10th International Conference on Children's Bone Health, Dublin, Ireland, 2 -5 July 2022 – More info here

The Official Open Access Journal of the ECTS

20% discount on Article Publishing Charge (APC) for ECTS members

March 2021 Article Selection

Spatial survey of non-collagenous proteins in mineralizing and non-mineralizing vertebrate tissues ex vivo. Download PDF
Challenges in long-term control of hypercalcaemia with denosumab after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for TNFRSF11A osteoclast-poor autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. Download PDF

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