Digital Masterclass for PhD Students, Trainees and Young Investigators
Organised by: ECTS and GEMSTONE COST-Action
Location: Virtual Event
Date: 23-25 June 2020
Description
The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus and the resulting nationwide security measures have required the cancellation or postponement of several events to take place between March and June 2020.
ECTS and GEMSTONE Cost-Action are pleased to offer the community with an innovative digital event, the ECTS-GEMSTONE Digital Masterclass for PhD Students, Trainees and Young Investigators.
It will be an engaging event with opportunities to network, interact with other participants and speakers. There will be interactive workshops, time for students to present their research projects and receive feedback, mentoring sessions.
The course starts with an “introductory session” where key topics relevant to skeletal research are covered, followed by a varied programme that incorporates clinical and basic topics with a mix of speakers with clinical or basic science backgrounds.
Aims & learning outcomes
- To promote knowledge about physiology and pathology of bone and calcium metabolism
- To promote knowledge about methods in bone research
- To promote networking between European PhD students in the bone field
At the end of the course, participants should:
- Understand bone biology, the interaction and communication between bone and other tissues, transcriptional control of bone cells and bone cell signaling
- Have knowledge of rare diseases affecting bone
- Understand the interactions of the immune system and bone
- Have knowledge of phenotyping models of bone diseases
- Have knowledge of the cutting edge technology
- Be able to present and discuss their PhD project
Speakers & Moderators
Organisers
Nuria Guañabens
Claudine Blin
Fernando Rivadeneira
Carmen Huesa
Nerea Alonso
Katherine Staines
Fjorda Koromani
Programme
Pre-recorded Sessions: | |
| Introduction of the virtual course: Claudine Blin (France), Anna Teti (Italy), Fernando Rivadeneira (The Netherlands) |
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| Basic in Bone Cells - Short presentation of the session - Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK) - Mechanisms of bone formation: Antonella Forlino (Italy) - Mechanisms of bone resorption: Isabel Orriss (UK) |
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| Bone formation in health and disease: - Clinical aspects of heterotopic ossifications: Thomas Funk-Brentano (France) - Engineering hard-soft tissue interfaces: Jennifer Paxton (UK) |
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Interactive & Live Sessions | |
| 14:00-14:30 CEST | Live Chats with students and speakers Moderators: Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK) and Nuria Guañabens (Spain) Antonella Forlino (Italy), Thomas Funk-Brentano (France), Isabel Orriss (UK), Katharina Jahn (ECTS Academy) |
| 14:30-15:00 CEST | Interactive Activity: Student Presentations, Group 1 Moderators: Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK), Nuria Guañabens (Spain), Isabel Orriss (UK), Katharina Jahn (ECTS Academy) |
| 15:00-15:30 CEST | Panel Discussions & Live Q&A: Moderators: Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK) and Nuria Guañabens (Spain) - Basic in Bone Cells: Antonella Forlino (Italy), Isabel Orriss (UK) - Bone formation in health and disease: Thomas Funk-Brentano (France) |
| 15.35-16.35 CEST | Workshop: How to communicate your research to different audiences: Jennifer Paxton (UK), Dee Davidson (UK) Moderator: Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK) |
| 16:40-17:40 CEST | Interactive Activity: Student Presentations, Group 2 Moderators: Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK), Antonella Forlino (Italy), Isabel Orriss (UK), Katharina Jahn (ECTS Academy) |
| 16:40-17:40 CEST | Interactive Activity: Student Presentations, Group 3 Moderators: Claudine Blin (France), Thomas Funck-Brentano (France), Emma Duncan (UK) |
| 17:40-18:00 CEST | Interactive Quizz & Close of the Day Nerea Alonso Lopez (UK), Nuria Guañabens (Spain), Katharina Jahn (ECTS Academy) |
Pre-recorded Sessions | |
| Imaging Bone - short presentation of the session and speakers: Carmen Huesa (UK) - Imaging of bone cells: Thomas Levin Andersen (Denmark) - Imaging and biological markers for bone diseases: Roland Chapurlat (France) |
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| Bone marrow adiposity - short presentation of the session and speakers - Adipocytes and bone: Will Cawthorn (UK) - Marrow adiposity and bone: What is New (WIN): Julien Paccou (France) |
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| Corporate Presentation - Short presentation of the session and speaker: Anna Teti (Italy) - Drug Development: from lab to patients: Cesar Libanati, UCB (Belgium) |
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Live Sessions | |
| 14:00-14:30 CEST | Live chat with students and speakers Moderators: Carmen Huesa and Anna Teti Thomas Levin Andersen, Roland Charpurlat, Julien Paccou, Cesar Libanati, Petar Milovanovic (ECTS Academy) |
| 14:30-15:00 CEST | Student Presentations, Group 4 Moderators: Carmen Huesa, Julien Paccou, Petar Milovanovic, Anna Teti |
| 15:00-15:40 CEST | Panel Discussions & Q&A Moderators: Carmen Huesa and Anna Teti - Imaging Bone: Thomas Levin Andersen, Roland Chapurlat - Bone marrow adiposity: Will Cawthorn, Julien Paccou |
| 15:45-16:45 CEST | Student Presentations, Group 5 Moderators: Claudine Blin, Thomas Levin Andersen, Liesbeth Winter, Morten Frost |
| 15:45-16:45 CEST | Student Presentations, Group 6 Moderators: Petar Milanovic, Julien Paccou |
| 16:50-17:50 CEST | Speed Mentoring |
| 17:50-18:00 CEST | Interactive Quiz and Close of the Day Carmen Huesa, Anna Teti, Nadia Rucci, Petar Milovanovic |
Pre-recorded Sessions: | |
| From bench to bedside: - Short presentation of the session and speakers: Fernando Rivadeneira (GEMSTONE, The Netherlands) - The OBCD project: Modelling human bone and joint diseases in mice: Duncan Bassett (UK) - Translating research from bedside to the bench and back again: Stuart Ralston (UK) |
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| Models to study bone pathologies - short presentation of the session and speakers: : Fernando Rivadeneira - Human Knock-outs of skeletal fragility: Emma Duncan (UK) - Zebrafish models phenotyping: Leonor Cancela (Portugal) - Artificial Intelligence: Kathleen Curran |
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Live Sessions: | |
| 14:00-14:30 CEST | Live chat with students and speakers Moderators: Fernando Rivadeneira, Fjorda Koroman. Emma Duncan, Thomas Levin Andersen |
| 14:30-15:00 CEST | Student presentations, Group 7 Moderators: Fernando Rivadeneira, Erika Kague, Leonor Cancela, David Karasik |
| 15:00-15:40 CEST | Panel Discussions and Q&A Moderators: Fernando Rivadeneira 15.00-15.15 From bench to bedside part: Stuart Ralston 15.15-15.40 Models to study bone pathologies: Emma Duncan (waiting for K Curran) (Leonor Cancela for this session) |
| 15:45-16:45 | Student presentations, Group 8 Moderators: Claudine Blin, Thomas Levin Andersen, Emma Duncan, Barbara Hauser (Academy), Fjorda Koroman |
| 16:50-17:50 CEST | How to write a paper: Meet the editorw Moderators: Katherine Staines Stuart Ralston, Colin Farquharson, Anna Teti, Fernando Rivadeneira |
| 17:50-18:00 | Evaluation and Close of the Course Anna Teti, Claudine Blin, Fernando Rivadeneira, Katherine Staines |
Acknowledgement
The ECTS-GEMSTONE Digital Masterclass was supported by UCB Pharma on the form of an educational grant. The content of the training was not influenced by the sponsor.
Eligibility Criteria
Places are available on a first-come basis to students satisfying the criteria below:
- PhD student, Trainees or Early Career Investigators (within 8 years from the date you obtained you PhD)
Registration details – Registrations are now closed
Registration fees:
- 150€ for ECTS and GEMSTONE Members
- 75€ for members resident in a Country with Developing Economy (low-income and lower-middle-income, as defined by the World Bank, as per June 2019)
- 450€ for non members
- 250€ for non members resident in a Country with Developing Economy (low-income and lower-middle-income, as defined by the World Bank, as per June 2019)
Approximately 50 places are available to attend this course.
All students will be required to prepare a short oral presentation.
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Cancellation & Refunds
Full payment is required when registering on the course. Any cancellation must be made in writing and sent to ects@ectsoc.org. For cancellations received by 1 June 2020, fees will be refunded less an administration fee of €25.00. No refunds will be made after this date.
Cancellation and insurance – In the event that the course is cancelled, or it if cannot take place for any reason outside the control of the organisers, the amount of the registration fee shall be refunded. The liability of the organisers will be limited to the refund and they will not be liable for any other losses incurred. In addition, the organisers shall not be held liable for any personal accidents, illness, losses or damage to private property of delegates registered for the course. Delegates are therefore advised to take out their own comprehensive insurance.
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