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 successful courses in the bone field.
PhD 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 training event will be announced soon.
Attendees
The 2008 course was attended by the following students:
Eveline Boudin (Wilrijk), Dorthe Brask-Rasmussen (Køge), Owen Cabon (Paris), Marta Capannolo ( L’Aquila), Mattia Capulli (L’Aquila), Karin Carlqvist (London), Emmanuel Coste (Edinburgh), Rachel Cox (Dublin), Hrvoje Cvija (Zagreb), Francois-Xavier Dieudonne (Paris), Bianca Donida (Segrate), Maria Ellegaard (Glostrup), Katja Fagerlund (Turku), Luis Fernandez de Castro Diaz (Madrid), Cecilia Halling Linder (Linköping), Torben Harsløf (Aarhus), Anne-Sofie Hobolt-Pedersen (Vejle), Behzad Javaheri (London), Susana Jurado (Barcelona), Michelle Key (London), Mohammad Ramine Khan (London), Solmaz Khoshniat (Nantes), Tina Kringelbach (Glostrup), John Logan (Edinburgh), Joana Lopes (Lisbon), Daniel Lozano (Madrid), C?tia Marques (Faro), Roslyn McConnell (Edinburgh), Alireza Moayyeri (Cambridge), Alaa Moustafa (London), Claudia Nicolaije (Rotterdam), Jessal Patel (London), Barbara Peruzzi (Rome), Marta Rafael (Faro), Gitte Roende (Hellerup), Robin Rumney (Sheffield), Aisha Sauer (Milan), Mittal Shah (London), Antonia Sophocleous (Edinburgh), Celic Tanja (Rijeka), Sarah Taylor (London), Zoran Trošt (Ljubljana), Kristina Ulrich Sørensen (Frederiksberg), Elise Verron (Nantes), Ning Wang (Sheffield), Emma Williams (Southampton), Viola Wöckel (Rotterdam), Guy Yoskovitz (Barcelona).
PROGRAMME TOPICS – 1-4 SEPTEMBER 2008, ROME
Slides available to ECTS members only
Osteoclasts (Anna Teti – L’Aquila, Italy)
Osteoblasts (Pierre Marie – Paris, France)
Osteoporosis (Bente Langdahl – Aarhus, Denmark)
Other bone diseases (Maria Luisa Bianchi – Milan, Italy)
Osteocyte biology and function (Kalervo Väänenen – Oulu, Finland)
Pharmacological manipulation of osteocytes (Clemens Lowik – Leiden, Netherlands
Chondrocytes and cartilage – biology and function (Dick Heinegard – Lund, Sweden)
Osteoarthritis (Georg Schett – Erlangen, Germany)
Proteomics (Irina Kratchmarova – Odense, Denmark)
RNAs, MicroRNAs, siRNAS (Ian Clark – Norwich, UK)
Calcium, phosphate and magnesium regulation (Tim Arnett- London, UK)
Disorders of calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism (Richard Eastell – Sheffield, UK)
Vitamin D (Hans van Leeuwen – Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Wnt signalling (Roland Baron – Boston, USA)
Paget’s and other bone diseases (Stuart Ralston – Edinburgh, UK)
Cancer and bone (Peter Croucher – Sheffield, UK)
Which model for which study (Anne Marie Heegaard – Copenhagen, Denmark)
Career planning (Miep Helfrich – Aberdeen, UK)
Funding (Stuart Ralston – Edinburgh, UK)
PhD 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 2-5 July 2009.
Speaker Slides
Other bone diseases – Juliet Compston (Cambridge, UK)
Pharmacological manipulation of osteoclasts – Frazer Coxon (Aberdeen, UK)
Bone metabolism and calciotropic hormones – Richard Eastell (Sheffield, UK)
Interaction between bone and the central nervous system – Forent Elefteriou (Nashville, USA)
Bone cell signaling: In sickness and in health – Aymen Idris (Edinburgh, UK)
The ubiquitin proteasome system in bone biology – Rob Layfield (Nottingham, UK)
Osteoblasts – Pierre Marie (Paris, France)
Cadherin-Wnt interaction – Pierre Marie (Paris, France)
Biomechanics and mechanobiology of bone – Tim Skerry (Sheffield, UK)
Epigenetics – Rahul Tare (Southampton, UK)
Osteoclasts – Anna Teti (L’Aquila, Italy)
gp130 signalling in bone cell biology – Nathalie Sims (Melbourne, Australia)
PPARgamma. – Hans van Leeuwen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Programme
Thursday July 2nd
Introductory session
14.00 Osteoclasts – Anna Teti (L’Aquila, Italy)
14.30 Osteoblasts – Pierre Marie (Paris, France)
15.00 Bone metabolism and calciotropic hormones – Richard Eastell (Sheffield, UK)
15.45 Coffee
16.15 Osteoporosis – Bente Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark)
16.45 Other bone diseases – Juliet Compston (Cambridge, UK)
17.30 Break
17.45 Creative writing – Rebecca Abrams (Oxford, UK)
19.00 Dinner
Friday July 3rd
8.30 Session 1:
Stem cells and bone regeneration – Paolo Bianco (Rome, Italy)
9.15 Fracture healing and pharmacological manipulation thereof – Peter Schwarz (Copenhagen, Denmark)
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Session 2:
Biomechanics and mechanobiology of bone – Tim Skerry (Sheffield, UK)
11.15 Sclerosing bone disorders –Stuart Ralston (Edinburgh, UK)
12.00 Students’ presentations
5 minutes each
Mr Hermann Agis Vienna, Austria
Cellular mechanisms of guided bone regeneration: The impact of platelets and biomaterials in vitro
Dr Nerea Alonso Lopez Edinburgh, UK
Phenotypic characterisation of RANK mutation knock-in mice
Dr Elisa Benasciutti Milan, Italy
Mouse genetics models reveal MHC class II transactivator as a novel regulator of osteoclastogenesis and bone homeostasis co-opted from adaptive immunity
Mr Mattia Capulli L’Aquila, Italy
Mechanisms of bone remodeling regulated by mechanical forces
Jana Dragojevic Ljubljana, Slovenia
The role of PPARX in bone metabolism
Miss Katarzyna Gurzawska Copenhagen, Denmark
Coating of bone implants
Mr El Mustapha Haddouti Bonn, Germany
Mesenchymal stem cells potential in tissue engineering for bone regeneration
12.45 LUNCH
13.45 Students’ presentations (cont)
5 minutes each
Dr Jannie Dahl Hald Aarhus, Denmark
Osteogenesis Imperfecta – genetics, phenotype and medical treatment
Dr Torben Harsløf Aarhus, Denmark
The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and its ligands in osteoporosis
Liesbet Lieben Leuven, Belgium
1,25OH2D3 signaling in the intestine and bone
Katie Marchbank London, UK
Role of Nbr1 in bone remodeling
Dr Silvia Marino Orbassano, Italy
Pharmacological treatment of bone fracture healing
Mr David Mellis Aberdeen, UK
To study the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind Paget’s Disease of Bone caused by mutations in the RANK gene
Miss Martiene Moester Leiden, The Netherlands
Modulation of sclerostin expression in osteoporosis
15.00 Coffee
15.30 Session 3: Techniques
PPARgamma.- Hans van Leeuwen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
16.15 Cadherin-Wnt interaction – Pierre Marie (Paris, France)
17.00 End of day
19.00 Dinner
Saturday July 4th
8.30 Session 4:
Interaction between bone and fat tissue – Moustapha Kassem (Odense, Denmark)
9.15 Interaction between bone and the central nervous system – Forent Elefteriou (Nashville, USA)
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Session 5:
Epigenetics – Rahul Tare (Southampton, UK)
11.15 gp130 signalling in bone cell biology – Nathalie Sims (Melbourne, Australia)
12.00 Students’ presentations
5 minutes each
Mrs Kristine Møller Aarhus, Denmark
Calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism during pregnancy and lactation
Mrs Priscilla Morethson São Paulo, Brazil
Proton and chloride transport in primary rat osteoclasts: effects of alendronate and calcitonin
Brian Nicholls London UK
The role of AKT in mediating the adaptive response of osteoblasts in mechanical strain
Miss Pamela Pail Vienna, Austria
Mechanisms of osteoblast-osteoclast signalling
Miss Lianne Reddie Manchester, UK
The metaphyseal index as a tool for the assessment of distal radius development
Dr Roberta Scianaro Rome, Italy
Role of the immune system in bone resorption: does the mineralized matrix induce an osteoclast-activating “danger signal”?”
Amir-Shaya Sharili London, UK
The role of the transcription factor snail 2 in bone cancer and repair
12.45 LUNCH
13.45 Students’ presentations (cont)
5 minutes each
Ms Tanja Tvistholm Sikjaer Aarhus, Denmark
Treatment of hypoparathyroidism with subcutaneous PTH 1-84 injections: effects on muscle function and quality of life
Miss Katherine Staines Midlothian, Scotland
Unravelling the regulatory mechanisms controlling inorganic phosphate mobilisation during growth plate mineralisation and bone development
Ms Susanna við Streym Thomsen Horsens, Denmark
Fetal status of Vitamin D – a risk factor for disease?
Dr Karolina Turzanska Lublin, Poland
Bioavailability of Strontium administered orally to growing mice as ranelate versus chloride
Mrs Karen van der Meijden Utrecht, The Netherlands
Extrarenal hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin: stimulation by 25-hydroxyvitamin D and by mechanical forces.
Dr Martina Winkler-Krottmaier Vienna, Austria
Characterization and assessment of risk factors of hip fracture patients
Mrs Elisabeth Ytteborg Ås Norway
Characterization of mechanisms involved in development of vertebral deformities in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
15.00 Coffee
15.30 Session 6: Animal models
Quantification of gene expression – Alun Hughes (Aberdeen, UK)
Structure and mineralisation of bone and cartilage – Alan Boyde (London, UK)
16.15 Structure and mineralisation of bone and cartilage – Alan Boyde (London, UK)
End of day
19.00 Dinner
Sunday July 5th
9.00 Session 7:
Assessment of fracture risk – Eugene McCloskey (Sheffield, UK)
09.45 The ubiquitin proteasome system in bone biology – Rob Layfield (Nottingham, UK)
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Session 8:
Pharmacological manipulation of osteoclasts – Frazer Coxon (Aberdeen, UK)
11.45 Bone cell signaling: In sickness and in health – Aymen Idris (Edinburgh, UK)
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Adjourn
PhD 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
Many thanks to Seint and Rao for their invaluable help
Programme
Topics and Speakers to include (subject to change):
SUNDAY June 24th 2012
Introduction – setting the scene
SUNDAY June 24th 2012
Introduction – setting the scene
13.45 Introduction to the course, programme outline – Miep Helfrich, Aberdeen, UK
14.00 Osteoclasts – Isabel Orriss, London, UK
14.45 Osteoblasts – Eric Hesse, Hamburg, DE
15.30 Osteocytes – Miep Helfrich, Aberdeen, UK
16.00 Tea/Coffee break
16.30 Bone metabolism and calciotropic hormones – Richard Eastell, Sheffield, UK
17.15 Bone diseases, from the common to the unique- Roger Smith, Oxford, UK
19.00 Dinner
Optional short walking tour of Oxford
MONDAY June 25th 2012
Session 1 – Techniques
Chair: Isabel Orriss
8.30 Using systems biology to understand regulation of bone mass – Vijay Yadav, Cambridge, UK
9.15 Methods for study of protein structure – Jim Dunford, Oxford, UK
10.00 Coffee break
Session 2 – Cartilage
Chair: Eric Hesse
10.45 Cartilage cells and matrix, issues around cartilage repair – Ernst Hunziker, Bern, CH
11.30 Osteoarthritis, a disease of cartilage? – Richard Aspden, Aberdeen, UK
12.15 Student presentations
2 parallel sessions 20 students per room
Students early in their PhD: 5 minutes + 3 minutes discussion
Room 1 basic studies including in bone regeneration, stem cells, and cancer
Chair: Ernst Hunziker / Eric Hesse
1. Johanna Bolander, Leuven, Belgium, BMP-Technology and Cell Based Implants: A Dream Team for Bone Regeneration?
2. Wai Long Tam, Leuven, Belgium, Derivation of mesenchymal stem cells through culture and genetic modification.
3. Linda Harkness, Odense, Denmark, Studies on Derivation, Characterisation and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to the Osteogenic Lineages.
Room 2 Clinical studies, including in arthritis, osteoporosis and inflammation
Chair: Richard Aspden
1. Diana Fernandes, Lisbon, Portugal, Coupling of atherosclerosis progression and bone disturbances in rheumatoid arthriti.s
2. Marie Juul Ornstrup, Aarhus, Denmark, Investigations of the effects of resveratrol on human bone.
3. Ana Maria Rodrigues, Lisbon, Portugal, Linking Wnt pathway with bone mineralization, mechanical properties and fracture risk in osteoporosis.
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Continued student presentations
Room 1 basic studies including in bone regeneration, stem cells, and cancer
4. Karla Oldknow, Edinburgh, UK, Possible roles of PHOSPHO1 in energy metabolism.
5. Stefanie Thiele, Dresden, Germany, Interactions of the WNT and RANKL/OPG pathways in osteomimicry of prostate cancer.
6. Pushpabhani Prabha, Edinburgh, UK, Role of TRAF6 in breast cancer-induced osteoclastic bone resorption: mechanisms of action and implications for the treatment of osteolytic bone disease.
7. Vagelis Rinotas, Vari, Greece, Study of RANKL-mediated pathogenic mechanisms in mouse models and development of new therapeutic approaches.
Room 2 Clinical studies, including in arthritis, osteoporosis and inflammation
4. Julian Waung, London, UK, Role of thyroid hormone receptor alpha in osteoarthritis susceptibility and prevention.
5. Michael Laurent, Leuven, Belgium, Pathophysiology of osteoporosis in older men: role of androgens and disuse.
6. Sarah Hardcastle, Bristol, UK, Characterisation of osteoarthritis phenotype in a unique multi-centre cohort of individuals with extremely high bone mass.
7. Tobias Thiele, Berlin, Germany, Investigation of the influence of age to adaptive response of bone mice tibiae to in vivo mechanical loading.
8. Veselin Boyadzhiev, Varna, Bulgaria, Bone Density DXA Measurements and Their Relationship to Metabolic and Bone Markers Among Obese, Overweight a
14.15 General poster viewing
15.15 Coffee/Tea break
Session 3 – Techniques
Chair: Vijay Yadav
15.45 Histomorphometry – Reinholt Erben, Vienna, AU
16.30 Analysis of bone phenotypes in transgenic mice, update on generation of models and their initial analysis –Duncan Bassett, London, UK
TUESDAY June 26th 2012
Session 4 – Bone repair
Chair: Duncan Bassett
8.30 Mechanisms of fracture healing – James Edwards, Oxford, UK
9.15 Stem cells and bone repair – Richard Oreffo, Southampton, UK
10.00 Coffee break
Session 5 – Genetic bone diseases
Chair: Miep Helfrich
10.30 Paget’s disease of bone – David Roodman, Indianapolis, USA
11.15 FOP – Jim Triffitt, Oxford, UK
12.00 Student presentations
2 parallel sessions, 20 students per room
Final year students present; 8 minutes + 4 minutes discussion
Room 1 Studies on osteoclasts
Chair: David Roodman
1. Christian Jacome-Galarza, University of Connecticut, USA, Identification, characterization and isolation of a common monocyte progenitor for osteoclasts, macrophages and dendritic cells from murine bone marrow and peripheral tissues.
2. Courtney Long, University of Oklahoma, USA, The role of E protein in osteoclast differentiation and survival.
3. Juliane Salbach, Dresden, Germany, Effect of Glycosaminoglycans on osteoclast differentiation and signaling.
Room 2 Studies in cartilage, osteoblasts and osteocytes
Chair: Richard Oreffo
1. Maria Permuy Mendaoa, Lugo, Spain, Effects of slow action drugs on the cartilage and subchondral bone in a rabbit model of osteoarthritis.
2. Hajar Razi, Berlin, Germany, Age related changes in the mechanical regulation of bone adaptation: uncovering the mechano-regulatory role of the osteocyte.
3. Leila Revollo, University of Washington, St. Louis, USA, N-cadherin Modulation of Bone Anabolic Responses via Wnt and Parathyroid Hormone Signaling.
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Continuation of student presentations
Room 1 Studies on osteoclasts
4. Ditte Marie Horslev Merrild, Vejle, Denmark, Do Osteoblastic Cells Control the Resorptive Behaviour of Osteoclasts?
5. Karmele Valencia, Pamplona. Spain, MicroRNAs in bone metastasis.
6. Silvia Marino, Edinburgh, UK, Role of IKK#61538; in breast and prostate cancer induced osteoclastic and osteoblastic changes.
Room 2 Studies in cartilage, osteoblasts and osteocytes
4. Yueyuan Hu, Cologne, Germany, Differentiation of Osteoblast Precursor Cells under Simulated Space Radiation Conditions.
5. Carole Le Henaff, Reims, France, The CFTR protein : involvement and therapeutic targetin osteoporosis.
14.45 Coffee/Tea break
15.15 Structured poster discussions
4 parallel groups, 10 students per group
3 minutes plus 5 minutes discusssion per poster
Group 1 Cell biology
Discussion leader: Martina Rauner
1. Mark Hajjawi, London, UK, P1 and P2 receptor signalling and the regulation of bone cell function
2. Simona Bolamperti, Milan, Italy, Post receptor interactions between 17 beta-estradiol and Growth Hormone in bone cells
3. Ana López Herradón, Madrid, Spain, Comparison of the osteogenic action of parathyroid hormone-related protein PTHrP 1-36 and PTHrP 107-111 in an IGF1 null mouse model.
4. Seint Lwin, Oxford, UK, The Role of Host-Derived Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) in Myeloma Pathogenesis
5. Sarah Amend, Washinton University, St. Louis, USA, Characterizing the role of Thrombospondin-1 signaling through CD47 in healthy and pathologic bone homeostasis
6. Sarah Thysen, Leuven, Belgium, SFRP/WNT signalling in the bone cartilage unit.
Group 2 Clinical studies
Discussion Leader: Jim Triffit
1. Maziar Shabestan, Oslo, Norway, Histological characterization of the bone remodeling compartment and its involvement in bone marrow lesion and skeeltal metastases
2. Ines Perpetuo, Lisbon, Portugal, Differences in osteoclastic activity between rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis
3. Rao Srinivasa, Oxford, UK, Role of miR-203 in skeletal metastasis of prostate cancer cells
4. Jannie Dahl Hald, Aarhus, Denmark, Osteogenesis imperfecta – phenotype, genotype and medical treatment
5. Eman Azzam, Aberdeen, UK, The role of Autophagy in the pathogenesis of Paget’s disease of Bone.
Group 3 Osteocytes and cell-cell communication
Discussion Leader: Miep Helfrich
1. Marta Fernandes Aido, Berlin, Germany, Examining the osteocyte structure during normal tissue growth and after anabolic treatment.
2. Anette Birkhold, Berlin, Germany, Role of osteocyte spatial distribution in age-related mechanoregulation of bone remodeling and callus formation.
3. Jess Moryahim, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Osteoblast-secreted vesicles: a novel mode of intercellular communication.
4. Lee Meakin, Bristol, UK, Is age-related increase in bone’s fragility due to bone cells’ initial reduced sensitivity to mechanical strain or subsequent responses to it?
5. Shane Lloyd, Penn State, USA, The Role of Connexin 43-Mediated Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in the Skeletal Response to Mechanical Unloading.
6. Marta Maycas, Madrid, Spain, Both VEGF receptor 2 VEGFR2 and the parathyroid hormone type 1 receptor PTH1R mediate the early anti-apoptotic response to mechanical stimulation in osteocytic MLO-Y4 cells.
Group 4 Translational studies
Discussion Leader: Juliet Compston
1. Jennifer Thomson, Manchester, UK, Expression and characterisation of recombinant human TSG-6, a potential therapeutic for bone diseases.
2. Khulood Hussein, Jeddah, Saudi, Vitamin D status in relation to bone mineral density, life-style factors, lower extremity functions and bone turn over markers in Saudi women
3. Amy, Evans, Sheffield, UK, The effects of obesity on bone structure and strength.
4. Emilien Rouy, Boulogne, France, Activity of peptides from milk protein hydrolysates on bone cell physiology.
5. Andrea Brum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Utilizing human mesenchymal stem cells to discover novel treatments for osteoporosis.
6. Steve Stegen, Leuven, Belgium, PHD oxygen sensors in bone homeostasis and bone tissue engineering.
Session 6 – Workshops, four concurrent sessions pick one of the four on offer, 10 students per group
Data interpretation/statistics for biologists (Adrian Sayers, Bristol, UK)
Image Analysis using Image J (Jenny Gregory, Aberdeen, UK)
Diagnostics in common bone disease (Juliet Compston, Cambridge, UK)
Writing journal articles (Richard Aspden, Aberdeen, UK and Martina Rauner, Dresden, Gemany)
17.30 Selling your science, group discussion, presentations after dinner
18.30 Dinner
20.00 SELLING YOUR SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS, Panel members: to be announced, all students and tutors to vote
WEDNESDAY June 27th 2012
Session 7 – Endocrine and paracrine regulation of bone remodeling
Chair: Miep Helfrich
8.30 Bone remodelling: regulation by osteocytes – Michaela Kneissel, Basel, CH
9.15 Bone remodelling: regulation by cannabinoids – Aymen Idris, Edinburgh, UK
10.30 Coffee break
Session 8 – Diseases that impact on local bone remodelling
Chair: Jim Dunford
11.00 Rheumatoid arthritis: development and clinical use of anti-TNF therapy – Peter Taylor, Oxford, UK
12.15 Metastatic cancer – Claire Edwards, Oxford, UK
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Depart /Start of the Molecular Pharmacology course
PLUS STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
ECTS 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.
Speaker slides are available within our Educational Resource Centre
Programme
Sunday 15th September | ||||
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13:45-14:00 | Introduction to the Course | |||
Gudrun Stenbeck (London, UK) | ||||
14:00-14:45 | Bone Development | |||
Christine Hartmann (Munster, Germany) | ||||
14:45-15:30 | Bone Cells: Osteoclasts | |||
Cristina Sobacchi (Italy) | ||||
15:30-16:15 | Bone Cells: Osteoblasts | |||
Eric Hesse (Hamburg, Germany) | ||||
16:15-16:45 | Coffee Break | |||
16:45-17:30 | Bone Cells: Osteocytes | |||
Katharina Jähn (Hamburg, Germany) | ||||
17:30-18:15 | Osteoporosis | |||
Núria Guañabens (Barcelona, Spain) | ||||
18:15 | End of Day | |||
19:00 | Dinner | |||
Monday 16th September | ||||
09:00-09:45 | PTH Signalling with Bone | |||
Hank Kronenberg (Boston, US) |
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09:45-10:30 | Vitamin D and Bone Health | |||
Bente Langdahl (Arrhus, Denmark) | ||||
10:30-11:15 | Innovative Skeletal Imaging Techniques | |||
Claus Glüer (Kiel, Germany) | ||||
11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break | |||
11:45-12:30 | Nanotechnology in Regenerative Medicine | |||
Anna Tampieri (Farenza, Italy) | ||||
12:30-13:30 | Micromechanics and Systems Biology of Bone | |||
Christian Hellmich (Vienna, Austria) | ||||
13:30-14:30 | Lunch | |||
14:30-15:40 | Student Presentations | |||
15:40-16:00 | Poster Viewing | |||
16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break with Posters | |||
16:30-17:15 | Mechanical Stimulation and Signal Transduction in Bone | |||
Alexander Robling (Indiana, US) |
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17:15-18:30 | Selling Your Science: Group Discussion | |||
18:30-19:30 | Dinner | |||
19:30 | Selling Your Science: Presentations | |||
Tuesday 17th September | ||||
09:00-09:45 | Human Skeletal Pathology | |||
Christian Dierkes (Trier, Germany) | ||||
09:45-10:30 | Bone Erosion in Rheumatoid Arthritis | |||
Thomas Pap (Munster, Germany) | ||||
10:30-11:15 | GWAS and Next Generation Sequencing | |||
Fernando Rivadeneira (Rotterdam, Netherlands) | ||||
11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break | |||
11:45-12:30 | Metabolomics | |||
Simone Cenci (Milan, Italy) | ||||
12:30-13:30 | Hypoxia and Bone Development | |||
Geert Camerliet (Leuven, Belgium) | ||||
13:30-14:30 | Lunch | |||
14:30-15:30 | Student Presentations | |||
15:30-16:30 | Structured Poster Viewing & Coffee | |||
16:30-18:30 | Workshops | |||
Histomorphometry | Grant writing | Image analysis (Image J) | ||
Eric Hesse & Hiroaki Saito (Hamburg, Germany) | Miep Helfrich & Lynne Hocking (Aberdeen, UK) |
Jenny Gregory (Aberdeen, UK) | ||
19:00 | Dinner | |||
Wednesday 18th September | ||||
09:00-09:45 | Epigenetic Landscaping in Healthy Bone and Disease | |||
Andre van Wijnen (Minnesota, US) | ||||
09:45-10:30 | Genetics of Musculoskeletal Disorders | |||
Lynne Hocking (Aberdeen, UK) | ||||
10:30-11:15 | Coffee Break | |||
11:15-11:45 | miRNA Approaches | |||
Hanna Taipaleenmäki (Hamburg, Germany) | ||||
11:45-12:30 | Calcium Homeostasis and Transport | |||
Gudrun Stenbeck (London, UK) | ||||
12:30-13:30 | Concluding Remarks | |||
Gudrun Stenbeck (London, UK) | ||||
13:30-14:30 | Lunch |
Sponsorship
The PhD Training Course was sponsored by Amgen, Servier and OsteoMetrics and further supported by our Corporate Members, who offer year-round support for all ECTS activities. We would like to extend our thanks to all of our sponsors.