Name:

Avnet, Sofia

Laboratory visited:

University of Turku, Finland

Title of project:

Citoskeletal disorganization in human osteoclasts induced by cathepsin K down-regulation in an in vitro osteolytic bone metastasis model

Name:

Bakhtiyarova, Svetlana

Laboratory visited:

VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam

Title of project:

Vitamin D status among patients with hip fracture and elderly control subjects in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Name:

Bakker, Astrid

Laboratory visited:

Institute of Biotechnology and Dept of Biosciences, Helsinki

Title of project:

The production of Osteoblast Stimulating Factor-1 (OSF-1) by bone cells subjected to mechanical stimulation in the form of a pulsatile fluid flow

Name:

Danks, Lynett

Laboratory visited:

St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Title of project:

The effect of treatment of breast cancer cells with prolactin or RANKL on the expression of RANKL and OPG mRNA

Name:

Daroszewska, Anna

Laboratory visited:

Bone Research Laboratory, Aberdeen

Title of project:

Role of osteoprotegerin in the aetiology and pathogenesis of Paget's disease of bone (PDB)

Abstract available here

Name:

Gabet, Yankel

Laboratory visited:

Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Switzerland

Title of project:

Evaluation of endosseous titanium implants anchorage in trabecular bone

Abstract available here

Name:

Guerrini, Matteo

Laboratory visited:

Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, UK

Title of project:

Genetics of osteoclast-poor autosomal recessive osteopetrosis

Name:

Gomez, Cedric

Laboratory visited:

Royal Veterinary College, London, UK

Title of project:

Bone innervation in MyoD/Myf5 double knock out mice

Name:

Helfrich, Miep

Laboratory visited:

ACTA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Title of project:

The response of osteoblasts to fluid shear stress

Abstract available here

Name:

Longo, Maurizio

Laboratory visited:

ProSkelia Pharmaceuticals, In Vitro Pharmacology, France

Title of project:

Molecular mechanisms involved in bone-specific metastatic growth processes in breast cancer

Name:

Kruk, Marcin

Laboratory visited:

Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General, Edinburgh, UK

Title of project:

Positional cloning as technique applied in identification of susceptibility gene(s) for osteoporosis in men

Name:

Maric, Ivana

Laboratory visited:

Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, University of Sheffield, UK

Title of project:

Development and validation of biomechanical models of proximal femur for strength assessment

Name:

McGuigan, Fiona

Laboratory visited:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA

Title of project:

Linkage disequilibrium mapping of Loci synenic to mouse BMD QTL's by DNA pooling

Abstract available here

Name:

Mencej, Simona

Laboratory visited:

Bone Research Lab, Edinburgh UK

Title of project:

Functional analysis of TNFSF11 gene promoter region polymorphisms

Abstract available here

Name:

Moursi, Amr

Laboratory visited:

Dept of Oral Pathology, Eastman Dental Inst, London

Title of project:

The interaction between integrin- and cytokine- mediated regulation of human osteoblasts

Name:

Perron, Oliver

Laboratory visited:

Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General, Edinburgh, UK

Title of project:

Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in bone

Name:

Peruzzi, Barbara

Laboratory visited:

Bone Musculoskeletal Programme, University of Aberdeen, UK

Title of project:

New therapeutic approaches to osteopetrosis

Name:

Rauner, Martina

Laboratory visited:

Philipps University Baldingerstr 1, Marburg, Germany

Title of project:

The Role of 1mna in Osteoblast Development

Abstract available here

Name:

Rucci, Nadia

Laboratory visited:

Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Title of project:

Use of an in vivo model to investigate the role of c-Src in the development of osteolytic bone metastases

Name:

Schroeter, Benedikt

Laboratory visited:

Bone Research Group, Aberdeen, UK

Title of project:

The effect of hCYR61 on the process of RANKL-dependent osteoclast formation

Name:

Shahtaheri, Seyed Mohsen

Laboratory visited:

School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds

Title of project:

"REAL" trabecular termini as loci of skeletal weakness using a novel technique with special reference to reproduction

Name:

Vaughan, Tanya

Laboratory visited:

Bone Research Laboratory, Aberdeen

Title of project:

Effect of the RUNX2 alleles in postmenopausal women

Name:

Dr Liesbeth van Wesenbeeck

Laboratory visited:

Bone Research Group, Aberdeen, UK

Title of project:

Functional characterization of the PLEKHM1 gene

Abstract available here