European Calcified Tissue Society


Early registration deadline 10 February 2012 Clinical Update Session on first congress day Register your interest Stockholm congress website




Dear ECTS supporter As the ECTS President, and on behalf of the ECTS Board and Staff, I would like to wish a very Happy New Year to all our members, friends, colleagues and supporters worldwide. We have an equally exciting and challenging year ahead, and we are starting the year with this new President’s address which will be circulated twice a year to ensure you are updated on current activities and plans for the future. We want to encourage more active participation from our members and have made some changes to facilitate this. More information on the website, including a NEW MEMBERS PAGE A review of the current ECTS committee structure, with the aim to include more of our long-standing loyal supporters in running the Society – more details to be presented at the AGM More facilities for members’ feedback – including a ‘suggestion box' in the membership section Many thanks are extended to all members who completed the recent questionnaire that was circulated in November 2011. We took all your comments on board during discussions at the recent Strategic Planning Day, and a full review of the strategic framework for the future can be found here. Many thanks also to all who submitted their abstracts for the forthcoming ECTS congress in STOCKHOLM 19-23 May 2011 ……continued

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New Members information page

Thank you to those who have submitted an abstract for the ECTS 2012 Stockholm congress. The abstract submission has now closed. Authors will be informed of the decision of the review panel in early February 2012.

ECTS 2012 Stockholm 19-23 May – Save on registration fees by registering before the early registration deadline of 10 February 2012.

ECTS 2012 Stockholm 19-23 May – Clinical Update Session
This year the ECTS has introduced a special day-long clinical session dedicated to updating health professionals on the latest advances in the management of patients with bone-related disorders.

Presentations held at the last PhD training course in Ljubljana have been added to the Educational Resource Centre. Check out now!

Image Gallery available to everyone

EU Grant options available

Osteoporosis online; learn more about osteoporosis from this highly-interactive e-learning course, accredited by EACCME and available in five languages

2012 PhD training course dates announced
24-27 June 2012, Oxford, UK
Programme and registration now available

ECTS Training Workshop
Cancer and bone - A guide for in vivo experiments
L’Aquila, Italy 12-14 September 2012
Further details available here
Registration opens 1 March 2012

Past course details

Thank you to those who have submitted nominations and applications for the 2012 ECTS grants and awards programme. The submissions will now follow the rigorous ECTS grant review process - further details available here.

The application process is now closed and the results will be announced during the ECTS 2012 congress in Stockholm 19-23 May.

ECTS Exchange Grants – no deadline date

ECTS grant expenditure exceeds €2,000,000 – continuing our mission to provide funding for research into bone disorders and related topics.