| Monday
1 September 2008 |
| Arrival, registration,
introductory course, guided tour of Domus Sessoriana
and overnight accommodation |
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| 14.00 |
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INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS |
|
| 14.00 |
|
Osteoclasts (Anna Teti
- L’Aquila, Italy) |
|
| 14.45 |
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Osteoblasts (Pierre Marie
– Paris, France) |
|
| 15.30 |
|
BREAK |
|
| 16.00 |
|
Osteoporosis (Bente Langdahl
- Aarhus, Denmark) |
|
| 16.45 |
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Other bone diseases (Maria
Luisa Bianchi – Milan, Italy) |
|
| 17.30 |
|
Tour of Domus Sessoriana |
|
| 19.30 |
|
DINNER |
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| Tuesday
2 September 2008 |
| Registration,
sessions, dinner and overnight accommodation |
|
| 08.30 |
|
SESSION 1 –
The osteocyte |
|
| 08.30 |
|
Osteocyte biology and function
(Kalervo Väänenen - Oulu, Finland) |
|
| 09.15 |
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Pharmacological manipulation
of osteocytes (Clemens Lowik – Leiden,
Netherlands) |
|
| 10.00 |
|
BREAK |
|
| 10.30 |
|
SESSION 2 - Chondrocytes |
|
| 10.30 |
|
Chondrocytes and cartilage
– biology and function (Dick Heinegard
– Lund, Sweden) |
|
| 11.15 |
|
Osteoarthritis (Georg
Schett – Erlangen, Germany) |
|
| 12.00 |
|
LUNCH |
|
| 13.00 |
|
Presentation
of student projects – 10 minutes each
(2 groups) |
|
| 15.00 |
|
BREAK |
|
| 15.30 |
|
SESSION 3 - Techniques |
|
| 15.30 |
|
Proteomics (Irina Kratchmarova
- Odense, Denmark) |
|
| 16.15 |
|
RNAs, MicroRNAs, siRNAS (Ian
Clark – Norwich, UK) |
|
| 17.00 |
|
End of sessions |
|
| 19.00 |
|
DINNER |
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| Wednesday
3 September 2008 |
| Sessions, dinner,
overnight accommodation |
|
| 08.30 |
|
SESSION 4 – Calcium,
phosphate and magnesium |
|
| 08.30 |
|
Calcium, phosphate and magnesium
regulation (Tim Arnett- London, UK) |
|
| 09.15 |
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Disorders of calcium, phosphate
and magnesium metabolism (Richard Eastell –
Sheffield, UK) |
|
| 10.00 |
|
BREAK |
|
| 10.30 |
|
SESSION 5 –
Vitamin D and Wnt |
|
| 10.30 |
|
Vitamin D (Hans van Leeuwen
– Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
|
| 11.15 |
|
Wnt signalling (Roland
Baron – Boston, USA) |
|
| 12.00 |
|
LUNCH |
|
| 13.00 |
|
Presentation
of student projects – 10 minutes each
(2 groups) |
|
| 15.00 |
|
BREAK |
|
| 15.30 |
|
SESSION 6 –
Bone diseases |
|
| 15.30 |
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Paget’s and other bone
diseases (Stuart Ralston - Edinburgh, UK) |
|
| 16.15 |
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Cancer and bone (Peter
Croucher – Sheffield, UK) |
|
| 17.00 |
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Presentation
of student projects – 10 minutes each
(2 groups) |
|
| 17.30 |
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End of sessions |
|
| 19.00 |
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DINNER |
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| Thursday
4 September 2008 |
| Sessions, lunch,
optional visit to Labs at L’Aquila |
|
| 08.30 |
|
SESSION 7 –
Non-human models for studying bone |
|
| 08.30 |
|
Zebrafish (TBC) |
|
| 09.15 |
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Which model for which study
(Anne Marie Heegaard – Copenhagen, Denmark) |
|
| 10.00 |
|
BREAK |
|
| 10.30 |
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SESSION 8 - Career
planning |
|
| 10.30 |
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Career planning (Miep
Helfrich – Aberdeen, UK) |
|
| 11.15 |
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Funding (Stuart Ralston
- Edinburgh, UK) |
|
| 12.00 |
|
LUNCH AND GENERAL QUESTIONS |
|
| 13.00 |
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OPTIONAL TRIP TO LAB AT L’AQUILA |
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