PhD Training - Oxford
4-6 September 2007

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SESSION 1 - Post menopausal osteoporosis: concept

Epidemiology - Elaine Dennison (Southampton, UK) [PDF 700K]

Physiopathology and diagnosis - Bente Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark) [PDF 5MB]

SESSION 2 – Osteoimmunology

Cross talk between the immune and the bone system - Claudine Blin (Nice, France)

SESSION 3 - Post menopausal osteoporosis: therapeutic trials

Emerging concept and treatment in osteoporosis - Graham Russell (Oxford, UK) [PDF 3.4 MB]

Design problems and interpretation of clinical trials - Jens-Erik Beck (Copenhagen, Denmark) [PDF 1.2MB]

SESSION 4 - Development biology

Bone development in man and animals - Tim Arnett (London, UK) [PDF 9.4MB]

Mesnechymal and skeletal Stem cells - Jim Triffitt (Oxford, UK)

SESSION 5 - Methods in bone research I

Bone cell culture: Osteoblasts, osteoclasts and osteocytes - Anna Teti (L’Aquila, Italy) [PDF 4.6MB]

Animal models in bone, including transgenic models - Valerie Geoffrey (Paris, France) [PDF 3.6MB]

SESSION 6 - Methods in bone research II

Histomorphometry in man and animal - Reinhold Erben (Vienna, Austria) [PDF 3.6MB]

Bone morphometry and microarchitecture - Rob van ‘t Hof (Edinburgh, UK)

SESSION 7 - Transcriptional control of osteoblast and osteoclast

Transcriptional control of osteoblasts and stem cell differentiation - Pierre Marie (Paris, France) [PDF 2.1MB]

Transcriptional control of osteoclast differentiation - Anna Teti (L’Aquila, Italy) [PDF 2.8MB]

SESSION 8 - Genetics and special forms of osteoporosis

Genetics of osteoporosis - Stuart Ralston (Edinburgh, UK)

Corticosteroid induced osteoporosis - Kim Brixen (Aarhus, Denmark) [PDF 700K]

Male Osteoporosis - Marie-Christine de Vernejoul (Paris, France)