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Aims and Learning Outcomes
Eligibility to attend
Programme
Venue
Accommodation
Registration fee
Optional trip
Football
Cancellations and refunds
Aims and Learning
Outcomes
The aims of the course are:
- 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, the PhD student
should be able to:
- understand osteoclast and chondrocyte biology,
calcium, phosphate and magnesium homeostasis and transcriptional
control of bone cells
- understand the importance of vitamin D and Wnt
signalling for bone health and the biology underlying
Paget's disease and cancer induced bone disease
- understand the advantages and limitations of animal
models used for examination of bone and calcium metabolic
disorders
- present and discuss their PhD project
Eligibility
to attend
- PhD student
- Member of ECTS
- PhD project must involve research in the field
of bone or calcium metabolism
The PhD student will be required to prepare a 7-minute
presentation of their PhD project (overhead or PowerPoint)
allowing an additional 3 minutes for questions and discussion
(total of 10 minutes). The focus should be on the aim
of the project and the methods that are going to be
used. These presentations will be given in smaller groups
with the opportunity for questions and discussion. The
idea is to promote collaboration between laboratories
to improve and optimise methodology, promote usage of
existing cohorts or other materials and facilitate networking
between researchers in the bone field.
Programme
Venue
The course will be held at the Domus Sessoriana
in the magnificent city of Rome, Italy. Full details
can be viewed at http://www.domussessoriana.it/
and a tour of this unique venue is included in the registration
fee. Further information on Rome can be viewed at http://www.enjoyrome.com/
Accommodation
Accommodation will be provided at either
the Domus Sessoriana or in the nearby Hotel Daniela
http://www.leonardihotels.com/Daniela/index.jsp
Rooms will be allocated by ECTS on a first-come basis.
Registration
fee
The registration fee of €150.00
includes bed and breakfast from Monday 1st to Thursday
4th September (3 nights), Lunch from Tuesday 2nd to
Thursday 4th (3 lunches) and evening dinner from Monday
1st to Thursday 4th (3 dinners).
As the course is subsidised by ECTS,
there is no reduced fee for those who do not require
accommodation or meals.
Students must provide the following with
their registration form:
Optional
trip
Professor Anna Teti will host a visit
to the Laboratories at the University of L'Aquila on
Thursday 4 September at the end of the course. Coach
transfer will be provided from the Domus Sessoriana
returning to the centre of Rome by approximately 18.00.
Please indicate on your registration
form if you would like to participate, and also if
you will require an additional night's accommodation
(this will be charged at cost).
Football
The Domus Sessoriana has excellent sport
facilities and there is an option to organise a PhD
student football match on Tuesday evening, 2 September
2008.
Please indicate on your registration form
if you wish to participate and remember to bring your
football boots!
Cancellations
and refunds
Full payment is required when registering
on the course.
Any cancellation must be made in writing
and sent to ECTS, PO Box 337, Patchway, Bristol BS32
4ZR, UK.
For cancellations received by 31 July
2008 fees will be refunded less an administration fee
of €35.00. No refunds will be made after this
date.
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