Many thanks are extended to all who participated
in another successful PhD training course which
was held in Oxford, UK 2-5 July 2009.
| Thursday
July 2nd |
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Introductory
session |
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| 14.00 |
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Osteoclasts - Anna Teti (L'Aquila,
Italy) |
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| 14.30 |
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Osteoblasts - Pierre Marie
(Paris, France) |
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| 15.00 |
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Bone metabolism and calciotropic
hormones - Richard Eastell (Sheffield, UK) |
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| 15.45 |
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Coffee |
|
| 16.15 |
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Osteoporosis - Bente Langdahl
(Aarhus, Denmark) |
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| 16.45 |
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Other bone diseases - Juliet
Compston (Cambridge, UK) |
|
| 17.30 |
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Break |
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| 17.45 |
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Creative writing - Rebecca
Abrams (Oxford, UK) |
|
| 19.00 |
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Dinner |
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| Friday
July 3rd |
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| 8.30 |
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Session 1:
Stem cells and bone regeneration - Paolo Bianco
(Rome, Italy) |
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| 9.15 |
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Fracture healing and pharmacological
manipulation thereof - Peter Schwarz (Copenhagen,
Denmark) |
|
| 10.00 |
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Coffee |
|
| 10.30 |
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Session 2:
Biomechanics and mechanobiology of bone -
Tim Skerry (Sheffield, UK) |
|
| 11.15 |
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Sclerosing bone disorders
–Stuart Ralston (Edinburgh, UK) |
|
| 12.00 |
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Students’ presentations
5 minutes each |
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Mr Hermann Agis
Vienna, Austria
Cellular mechanisms of guided bone regeneration:
The impact of platelets and biomaterials in
vitro |
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Dr Nerea Alonso Lopez
Edinburgh, UK
Phenotypic characterisation of RANK mutation
knock-in mice |
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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 |
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Mr Mattia Capulli
L'Aquila, Italy
Mechanisms of bone remodeling regulated by
mechanical forces |
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Jana Dragojevic
Ljubljana, Slovenia
The role of PPARX in bone metabolism |
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Miss Katarzyna Gurzawska
Copenhagen, Denmark
Coating of bone implants |
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Mr El Mustapha Haddouti
Bonn, Germany
Mesenchymal stem cells potential in tissue
engineering for bone regeneration |
|
| 12.45 |
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LUNCH |
|
| 13.45 |
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Students’ presentations
(cont)
5 minutes each |
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Dr Jannie Dahl Hald
Aarhus, Denmark
Osteogenesis Imperfecta - genetics, phenotype
and medical treatment |
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Dr Torben Harsløf
Aarhus, Denmark
The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor gamma and its ligands in osteoporosis |
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Liesbet Lieben
Leuven, Belgium
1,25OH2D3 signaling in the intestine and bone |
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Katie Marchbank
London, UK
Role of Nbr1 in bone remodeling |
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Dr Silvia Marino
Orbassano, Italy
Pharmacological treatment of bone fracture
healing |
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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 |
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Miss Martiene Moester
Leiden, The Netherlands
Modulation of sclerostin expression in osteoporosis |
|
| 15.00 |
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Coffee |
|
| 15.30 |
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Session 3: Techniques
PPARgamma.- Hans van Leeuwen (Rotterdam, The
Netherlands) |
|
| 16.15 |
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Cadherin-Wnt interaction -
Pierre Marie (Paris, France) |
|
| 17.00 |
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End of day |
|
| 19.00 |
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Dinner |
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| Saturday
July 4th |
|
| 8.30 |
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Session 4:
Interaction between bone and fat tissue
- Moustapha Kassem (Odense, Denmark)
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|
| 9.15 |
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Interaction between bone and
the central nervous system - Forent Elefteriou
(Nashville, USA) |
|
| 10.00 |
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Coffee |
|
| 10.30 |
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Session 5:
Epigenetics - Rahul Tare (Southampton, UK) |
|
| 11.15 |
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gp130 signalling in bone cell
biology - Nathalie Sims (Melbourne, Australia)
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|
| 12.00 |
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Students’ presentations
5 minutes each |
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Mrs Kristine Møller
Aarhus, Denmark
Calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism during
pregnancy and lactation |
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Mrs Priscilla Morethson
São Paulo, Brazil
Proton and chloride transport in primary rat
osteoclasts: effects of alendronate and calcitonin |
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Brian Nicholls
London UK
The role of AKT in mediating the adaptive
response of osteoblasts in mechanical strain
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Miss Pamela Pail
Vienna, Austria
Mechanisms of osteoblast-osteoclast signalling |
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Miss Lianne Reddie
Manchester, UK
The metaphyseal index as a tool for the assessment
of distal radius development |
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Dr Roberta Scianaro
Rome, Italy
Role of the immune system in bone resorption:
does the mineralized matrix induce an osteoclast-activating
“danger signal”?” |
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Amir-Shaya Sharili
London, UK
The role of the transcription factor snail
2 in bone cancer and repair |
|
| 12.45 |
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LUNCH |
|
| 13.45 |
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Students’ presentations
(cont)
5 minutes each |
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Ms Tanja Tvistholm Sikjaer
Aarhus, Denmark
Treatment of hypoparathyroidism with subcutaneous
PTH 1-84 injections: effects on muscle function
and quality of life |
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Miss Katherine Staines
Midlothian, Scotland
Unravelling the regulatory mechanisms controlling
inorganic phosphate mobilisation during growth
plate mineralisation and bone development |
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Ms Susanna við Streym
Thomsen Horsens, Denmark
Fetal status of Vitamin D - a risk factor
for disease? |
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Dr Karolina Turzanska
Lublin, Poland
Bioavailability of Strontium administered
orally to growing mice as ranelate versus
chloride |
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Mrs Karen van der Meijden
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Extrarenal hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin:
stimulation by 25-hydroxyvitamin D and by
mechanical forces. |
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Dr Martina Winkler-Krottmaier
Vienna, Austria
Characterization and assessment of risk factors
of hip fracture patients |
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Mrs Elisabeth Ytteborg
Ås Norway
Characterization of mechanisms involved in
development of vertebral deformities in Atlantic
salmon Salmo salar |
|
| 15.00 |
|
Coffee |
|
| 15.30 |
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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 |
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Structure and mineralisation
of bone and cartilage - Alan Boyde (London,
UK) |
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End of day |
|
| 19.00 |
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Dinner |
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| Sunday
July 5th |
|
| 9.00 |
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Session 7:
Assessment of fracture risk - Eugene McCloskey
(Sheffield, UK) |
|
| 09.45 |
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The ubiquitin proteasome system
in bone biology - Rob Layfield (Nottingham,
UK) |
|
| 10.30 |
|
Coffee |
|
| 11.00 |
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Session 8:
Pharmacological manipulation of osteoclasts
- Frazer Coxon (Aberdeen, UK) |
|
| 11.45 |
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Bone cell signaling: In sickness
and in health - Aymen Idris (Edinburgh, UK) |
|
| 12.45 |
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Lunch |
|
| 13.45 |
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Adjourn |
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