Upcoming Events
ECTS Webinar: Osteoporosis management in patients with high/imminent fracture risk
Date & Time : Thursday 2 February 2023, 16.00-17.00hrs CET Chaired by Dr Lars Folkestad, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Presented by Prof Eugene McCloskey, Professor in Adul......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: The importance of water in bone quality
Topic: The importance of water in bone quality Chair: Dr Katharina Jähn-Rickert, principal investigator at the Department of Osteology and Biomechanics at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppen......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications
Topic: Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications Chair: Dr Lars Folkestad, Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Speak......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Osteocytes – center stage in the skeleton
Topic: Osteocytes - center stage in the skeleton Chair: Dr Katharina Jähn-Rickert, principal investigator at the Department of Osteology and Biomechanics at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Epp......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Update on bone marrow adipose tissue
Topic: Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications Chair: Dr Jeroen Geurts, Full Professor Anatomy and Neurosciences, UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Speake......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Diabetes and Bone – from bench to bedside and population
Topic: Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications Chair: Dr Dr Jessica Pepe, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Speakers: Dr Martina Rauner, Professor of Mol......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Diagnosis and treatment of tumor-induced osteomalacia
Topic: Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications Chair: Dr Jessica Pepe, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Speaker: Prof Suzanne Marie Jan de Beur, Associa......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Progenitor cells in cortical bone
Topic: Progenitor cells in cortical bone Chair: Dr Ciro Menale, Assistant Professor (Clinical Medicine and Surgery), University of Naples Federico II: Naples, Italy Speaker: Dr Natalie Wee, Postdo......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: What is New in Bone Research – 2023 Highlights
Topic: What is New in Bone Research - 2023 Highlights Chaired by Dr Michaël Laurent, Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Belgium Prese......
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Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: What’s new in primary and secondary osteoporosis in children. An update on the genetics of paediatric fractures, and on secondary osteoporosis in paediatrics
Date & Time: 15 December 2022, 4 pm CET Featuring Dr Carolina Medina-Gomez & Dr Leanne Ward, Chaired by Dr Maria-Bernadette Madel Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 20......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Skeletal dysplasias in inborn errors of metabolism
Date & Time: 17 November 2022, 4 pm CET Featuring Dr Brendan Lee and moderated by Dr Jessica Pepe Organised by the ECTS and ICCBH Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min......
Read more | RegisterEast-Meets-West Symposium: Differences in National Guidelines and Patent Pharmaceutic Treatment of Osteoporosis
Time: 5.00-6.30pm CEST • 11.00am-12.30pm EDT • 11.00pm-12.30am CST Costs: Free Webinar. Recordings will be made available to members and registered delegates. Programme The West Chai......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Relationship between the nervous system and the skeleton
Date & Time: 15 September 2022, 4-5 pm CEST, followed by 15 minutes of interactive discussions in a Coffee Shop style Organised by the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) in collaboration......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Atypical femur fractures – genetic background and treatment dilemma’s
Date & Time: 21 July 2022, 4 pm CET Featuring Prof Carola Zillikens Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min presentation 20 min Q&A Followed by a Coffee Shop Co......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Recruiting, collecting and analyzing: A-Z on how to start your own study or clinical trail
Date & Time: 16 June 2022, 4 pm CEST Featuring Melissa Formosa Chaired by: Lars Folkestad Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min presentation 20 min Q&A 15 m......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Exploring the interface between inflammatory and glucocorticoid induced bone loss
Date & Time: 19 May 2022, 4 pm CET Featuring Dr Rowan Hardy and Chaired by Dr Lars Folkestad Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min presentation 20 min Q&A 15 min......
Read moreECTS-Mellanby Training Course Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis – Clinical Use of Bone Turnover Markers
Course overview: Bone Turnover Markers (BTM) have long been used as diagnostic tests for metabolic bone diseases. In the past 20 years, markers that are more specific to bone......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Bone Gut Axis
Date & Time: 21 April 2022, 4 pm CET Featuring Dr Morten Frost Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min presentation 20 min Q&A 15 min interactive coffee shop &n......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Cell Metabolism in the Skeleton
Date & Time: 24 March 2022, 4 pm CET Featuring: Dr Steve Stegen & Dr Fanxin Long Chaired by: Maria-Bernadette Madel Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min presentati......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Musculoskeletal health in ethnic and underserved populations
Date & Time: 17 February 2022, 9 am CET Featuring Dr Ayse Zengin Chaired by Dr Carolina Maria Medina Gomez Format: 5 min welcome & introductions 35 min presentation 20 min Q&......
Read moreWebinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Managing adults with low alkaline phosphatase
Date & Time: 9 February 2022, 4-5pm CET Organised by ECTS Sponsored by Industry Featuring: Prof. Dr. José A. Riancho Chaired by Nuria Guanabens & Cristiana Cipriani Learning Objec......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia
Date & Time: 12 January 2022, 4-5pm CET Organised by ECTS Sponsored by Industry Featuring: Professor Roland Chapurlat, moderated by Heide Siggelkow & Thomas Funck-Brentano Costs:......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: The development and repair of bone-to-tendon attachment
Date & Time: 16 December 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Dr Elazar Zelzer & Chaired by Liesbeth Winter Learning objectives: The principles of connecting two different tissues: The formatio......
Read more | RegisterECTS Academy Webinar: The coupling of bone remodeling to energy metabolism
Date & Time: 26 November 2021, 4pm CET Featuring Megan Weivoda, and moderated by Martina Rauner Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required.......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: the pathophysiology of bone formation in axial spondyloarthritis”
Date & Time: 18 November 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Rik Lories Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS m......
Read moreWebinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Date & Time: 10 November 2021, 4-5pm CET Organised by ECTS Sponsored by Industry Featuring: Presented by Prof Oliver Semler, moderated by Wouter Nijhuis, Koert Gooijer and Lars Folkestad.......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Angiogenic approaches for bone tissue engineering/Fx healing
Date & Time: 28 October 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Ralf Adams moderated by Maria-Bernadette Madel Learning objectives: * Explain the general organization of the vasculature. * Provide in......
Read moreWebinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Hereditary Hypophosphatemia
Date & Time: 20 October 2021, 4-5pm CET Organised by ECTS Sponsored by Industry Featuring Signe Beck-Nielsen and moderated by Richard Keen & Ariadne Bosman Costs: Live we......
Read moreWebinar Cancer, Bone & Beyond: systemic effects of pathological bone remodeling
Date & Time: 7 October 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Theresa Guise Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Hypophosphatasia: diagnosis, symptoms and management
Date & Time: 9 September 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Carola Zillikens Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to......
Read moreClinical Training Course in Metabolic Bone Diseases
Our first Clinical Training Course in Metabolic Bone Diseases will be held online in September 2021. This two-day training course will offer a rich blend of scientific and educational sessions on m......
Read moreECTS Digital Masterclass 2021
Designed for PhD Students and Young Investigators to gain general knowledge of bone research, this four-day Digital Masterclass has been hailed as one of the most innovative and successful courses in......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Skeletal Stem and Progenitor cells for the Osteoblast Lineage: Origin, Regulation and Functioning
Date & Time: 19 August 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Christa Maes Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS m......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Bone marrow fat imaging: technical basics and clinical applications
Date & Time: 15 July 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Xiaojuan Li Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS mem......
Read moreMellanby Centre – ECTS Training Course: Identification of Vertebral Fractures
Course overview: Up to one in five older people will have a vertebral fracture, but most are unaware of this. Such fractures can be diagnosed by spinal radiographs but more recently, the bone densito......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Circulating non-coding RNAs as biomarkers for bone metabolism
Date & Time: 27 May 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Matthias Hackl and moderated by Maria-Bernadette Madel Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is requi......
Read more | RegisterECTS – ECTS Academy Coffee Shop: New investigators/ how to get the best out of the (first) ECTS meeting
ECTS Coffee Shops are a new way to bring scientists together in an informal and relaxed way to discuss topics of relevance to our field. The Coffee Shop of April will take place on 23 April, 4-5pm CET......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond on The gut-bone axis: how the gut microbiota communicates with bone
Date & Time: 1 April 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Roberto Pacifici Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Pathophysiology and treatment of Autosomal Recessive Osteopetrosis: past, present and future
Date & Time: 4 March 2021, 4 pm CET Featuring Anna Villa Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS membe......
Read more | RegisterECTS Coffee Shop – Finding and treating rare disorders in the general bone clinic
ECTS Coffee Shops are a new way to bring scientists together in an informal and relaxed way to discuss topics of relevance to our field. The Coffee Shop of February will take place on 10 Februar......
Read more | RegisterECTS Coffee Shop on Bone Research & Clinics during the Pandemic
ECTS Coffee Shops are a new way to bring scientists together in an informal and relaxed way to discuss topics of relevance to our field. The next Coffee Shop will be held on 28 January 2021, 4-5pm......
Read more | RegisterECTS Coffee Shop – Chondrocyte to Bone Transition
ECTS Coffee Shops are a new way to bring scientists together in an informal and relaxed way to discuss topics of relevance to our field. The next Coffee Shop will be held on 15 January 2021, 2-......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Covid-19 and Osteoporosis
Date & Time: 14 January 2021, 4pm CET Featuring Nicola Napoli Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Osteocytes
Date & Time: 10 December 2020, 4pm CET Featuring Teresita Bellido and moderated by Hanna Taipaleenmäki Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration......
Read moreECTS-Mellanby Training Course Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis – Clinical Use of Bone Turnover Markers
The 2020 ECTS-Mellanby Training Course on Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis is part of the ECTS Digital Congress Programme. All ECTS 2020 delegates can attend for free the course. A separate registr......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: East-meets-West – Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Date & Time: 15 October 2020, 4pm CET Featuring Salvatore Minisola and Weibo Xia. Moderated by Nadia Rucci Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration......
Read moreWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Genetics of rare bone diseases
Date & Time: 17 September 2020, 4pm CET Featuring Uwe Kornak and moderated by Bram Van der Eerden Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is requi......
Read moreECTS PhD Training Course 2020
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.......
Read moreECTS-GEMSTONE Digital Masterclass for PhD Students, Trainees and Young Investigators
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......
Read moreECTS2020@Home
ECTS2020@home: the ECTS Annual Congress Avant Première Following the COVID-19 oubreak, the ECTS Annual Congress in Marseille has been postponed to October 20-24 2020. You can’t......
Read moreECTS Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
Date & Time: 23 April 2020, 4pm CET Featuring Marelise Eekhoff and moderated by Bram van der Eerden Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is re......
Read moreECTS Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Biomaterials, tissue engineering & 3D printing
Date & Time: 19 March 2020, 4pm CET Featuring Maria-Pau Ginebra and moderated by Bram van der Eerden Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is......
Read moreECTS Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Bone Fragility in CKD
Date & Time: 16 January 2020, 4pm CET Featuring Martine Cohen-Solal and moderated by Nadia Rucci Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is re......
Read moreECTS Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Fundamental and clinical aspects of Bone & Cancer
Date & Time: 17 December 2019, 5pm-6pm CET Featuring Gabriel van der Pluijm & Peyman Hadji and moderated by Hanna Taipaleenmäki Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non......
Read more | RegisterWebinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Debate: ECTS and trauma surgeon/about FLS
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Read more13th International Conferences on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues(ICCBMT)
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Read more38th Annual Meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society
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Read moreECTS and Mellanby Centre Training Course: Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis Clinical Use of Bone Turnover Markers
Course overview: Bone Turnover Markers (BTM) have long been used as diagnostic tests for metabolic bone diseases. In the past 20 years, markers that are more specific to bone have been introduced and......
Read moreECTS PhD Training Course 2019
This prestigious PhD Training Course, aimed at promoting general knowledge of bone research to young investigators, is now in its thirteenth year and has been hailed as one of the most innovative and......
Read moreThe 7th Seoul International Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SICEM 2019)
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Read more2nd International Translational and Regenerative Medicine Conference (ITMC)
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Read moreBone Research Society Clinical Training Course: Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases
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Read more5th International Congress on Controversies in Rheumatology & Autoimmunity
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Read moreECTS PhD Training Course 2018
This prestigious PhD Training Course, aimed at promoting general knowledge of bone research to young investigators, is now in its twelfth year and has been hailed as one of the most innovative and suc......
Read more8th International Workshop on Advances in the Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Bone and other Musculoskeletal Diseases (Molpharm)
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Read moreECTS-Mellanby-SMOS Training Course: Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis
Course overview: Bone Turnover Markers (BTM) have long been used as diagnostic tests for metabolic bone diseases. In the past 20 years, markers that are more specific to bone have been introduced......
Read moreBone Research Society Clinical Training Course: Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases
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Read more36th Annual Meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society
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Read more5th World Congress on Controversies, Debates and Consensus in Bone, Muscle and Joint Diseases (BMJD)
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Read moreECTS PhD Training Course 2017
This prestigious PhD Training Course, aimed at promoting general knowledge of bone research to young investigators, is now in its eleventh year and has been hailed as one of the most innovative and su......
Read moreEuropean Commission Conference – Research & Innovation – shaping our future
Against the backdrop of the white_paper_on_the_future_of_europe the conference "Research & Innovation – shaping our future", hosted by Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner Carlos M......
Read more21st International Bone Densitometry Workshop & 7th European Symposium on Ultrasonic Characterization of Bone
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Read moreJoint ANZBMS – IFMRS Meeting, in conjunction with JSBMR
Deadline for abstracts: 17 February 2017 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – ECTS members are entitled to a reduced registration fee and also have access to various awards and grants......
Read more8th International Conference on Children’s Bone Health
Deadline for Abstracts: 3 February 2017 This Conference will bring together scientists and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines to gain a better understanding of the growing skeleton in heal......
Read moreECTS – Mellanby Centre Training Course: Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis. Clinical Use of Bone Turnover Markers
Course overview: Bone Turnover Markers (BTM) have long been used as diagnostic tests for metabolic bone diseases. In the past 20 years, markers that are more specific to bone have been introduced and......
Read moreInternational Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research
Deadline for Abstracts: 30 November 2016......
Read more4th International Congress on Controversies in Rheumatology & Autoimmunity (CORA 2017)
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Read moreBelgian Bone Club – Clinical Update Symposium 2017
The programme will cover the management of osteoporosis in frail individuals......
Read moreMetabolic Bone Diseases – 2017
Organised by the Semmelweis University Department of Internal Medicine, Hungary......
Read moreECTS-SEIOMM-Mellanby Centre Training Course: Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis. Clinical Use of Bone Turnover Markers
The Spanish Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism Research (SEIOMM) in collaboration with the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS), is pleased to invite its partners to Mellanby Centre Trainin......
Read moreNederlandse Vereniging voor Calcium- en Botstofwisseling (NVCB) Annual Meeting
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Read more4th World Congress on Controversies, Debates and Consensus in Bone, Muscle and Joint Diseases
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Read moreECTS PhD TRAINING 2-5 July 2016
Thank you to all speakers and delegates who attended the ECTS PhD Training Course in Oxford and contributed to another successful event. PROGRAMME SPEAKER PROFILES: PhD TRAINING, MolPharm......
Read moreECTS PhD TRAINING 13–16 September 2015
Local Organiser: Cristina Sobacchi Thank you to everyone who participated in our 9th PhD Training Course in Siena. Programme Sunday 13th September 15:00-15:15 Introduction to th......
Read moreMellanby Centre Training Course: Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis 6 & 7 July 2015
Thanks to all who attended the 2015 training course in July which was another resounding success. A special thank you is due to all the speakers, sponsors and organisers, in particular Professor Richa......
Read moreECTS-IBMS POSTDOC TRAINING 24 & 25 April 2015
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2015 ECTS–IBMS PostDoc Training that took place at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam. ECTS also extends its thanks to the ECTS New Investigat......
Read moreECTS PhD TRAINING 27-30 JUNE 2014
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 8th PhD Training Course in Oxford.. ECTS PhD Training Course and Molecular Pharmacology Workshop Joint Session Programme Friday 27th Ju......
Read moreECTS POSTDOC TRAINING 16 & 17 May 2014
Prague Congress Centre Club H, Level 1 ECTS POSTDOC TRAINING 16 & 17 May 2014 Prague Congress Centre Club H, Level 1 Thank you to everyone who took part in the second ECTS PostDoc Training......
Read moreECTS PHD TRAINING 15-18 September 2013
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Hosted by the Local Organising Committee Local Organiser – Eric Hesse Many thanks to Sarah, Simona and Levi for their invaluable help. Speak......
Read moreECTS POSTDOC TRAINING 16-17 May 2013
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon Hosted by the ECTS Lisbon 2013 Congress Local Organising Committee Thank you to all who participated in our first ECTS PostDoc Training Course......
Read morePhD Training Oxford, UK 24-27 June 2012
Thank you to all who participated in our 6th PhD training course in Oxford Speaker slides available soon Full Sized Image Many thanks to Seint and Rao for their invaluable help P......
Read moreECTS / IBMS Training Course – Joints: formation, function and failure with a focus on osteoarthritis
Some of the presentations of the ECTS/IBMS training course are available for you as PDF files. Katy Schmidt - JOINT DEVELOPMENT DURING EMBRYOGENESIS George Schett - JOINT TISSUES: CARTILAGE, SYN......
Read morePhD Training Oxford, UK 2 – 5 July 2009
ECTS PhD Training Course 2-5 July 2009 St Catherine's College, Oxford,UK Many thanks are extended to all who participated in another successful PhD training course which was held in Oxford, UK 2......
Read moreBone histomorphometry and related approaches to the study of bone
COURSE ORGANISERS Klaus Klaushofer (Vienna, Austria) Richard Eastell (Sheffield, UK) Bente Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark) COURSE OVERVIEW Histomorphometry has long been a very powerful tool in the re......
Read morePhD Training Rome, Italy 1 – 4 September 2008
A PhD Training course was held in Rome, Italy, and was attended by 54 enthusiastic students. Many thanks are extended to all who participated in this highly successful event. Details on the 2009 PhD t......
Read moreBone Markers
Satellite to the 35th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues Barcelona, Spain, May 24-28, 2008 Many thanks are extended to the speakers for providing slides of their talks which are available her......
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