Meetings

ASBMR 2010: Save-the-Date

Mark your calendars for the ASBMR 2010 Annual Meeting, the premier scientific meeting discussing the latest concepts and innovations in bone and mineral research. On October 15-19, 2010, join scientists, physicians, and other health and research professionals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for an outstanding line-up of plenary and poster sessions, informal panel discussions and exciting networking events. Abstracts will be accepted beginning in early March and the abstract deadline is April 14, 2010.

 

John Haddad Young Investigators' Meeting-Register Today

The ASBMR and Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) invite you to attend the AIMM/ASBMR John Haddad Young Investigators' Meeting that will be held April 6-10, 2010, in Snowmass, Colorado, USA. The goal of this conference is to discuss important and evolving concepts in bone biology and clinical bone disease in a small and informal group setting. Conference attendees include a mix of established and new investigators who enjoy the intimate meeting setting and the long midday breaks for interacting and networking with other attendees. You won't want to miss out on this unique opportunity. For more information on this meeting or to obtain a registration form, please visit www.cor.uams.edu.

3rd International Conference on Osteoimmunology

Co-sponsored by the ASBMR, the 3rd International Conference on Osteoimmunology will bring together leading international scientists from both fields to interact so that new collaborations can develop and more rapid progress in understanding the relationships between these fields can be achieved. Short talks will be selected from abstracts from the international community. This conference format will provide an environment of maximum interaction and interchange through lectures, posters, and open discussion.

The deadline for Early Registration and Abstract Submission is March 15, 2010.
Applications for Travel Awards should be submitted by April 15, 2010.

Click here to Register.

News

ASBMR 2010 Election Results

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2010 ASBMR Elections:

President-Elect:

Keith A. Hruska, M.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
School of Medicine

Secretary-Treasurer-Elect:

Brendan F. Boyce, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center

The new Councilors elected for three-year terms are:

Nancy Lane, M.D.
University of California
Davis Medical Center

Eric S. Orwoll, M.D.
Oregon Health and
Sciences University

G. David Roodman, M.D., Ph.D.
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

All will assume their roles on Council at the end of the ASBMR 2010 Annual Meeting, which runs October 15-19, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We thank all those who voted and are most grateful to the outstanding and fully deserving members who agreed to run for office.

ASBMR Appoints New Scientific Website Editor: Joseph Lorenzo

ASBMR is pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph Lorenzo, M.D., as Scientific Website Editor. Dr. Lorenzo brings the reputation, vision, skills and abilities needed to enhance the content of the website and to bring members to the site for lively and informative scientific exchange. Dr. Lorenzo is currently an ASBMR Council Member and has served the Society in many ways, most recently as Publications Committee Chair.

 

Congratulations to the 2009 Career Enhancement Award Winner

The ASBMR Career Enhancement Award (CEA) is intended to foster the academic potential and career of a scientist in the bone and mineral field. The award provides $55,000 for one year. ASBMR is pleased to announce the 2009 recipient: Claire M. Edwards, Ph.D., Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. The grant title: The Role of Bone Marrow Adiposity and Adipokines in Myeloma Bone Disease

"I am delighted to receive the ASBMR Career Enhancement Award. This award will allow me to develop my novel studies into the role of bone marrow adiposity in myeloma bone disease, and to continue to establish my independent research group." - Claire M. Edwards, Ph.D.

Lawrence G. Raisz Esteemed Award Established

The Lawrence G. Raisz Award has been established to recognize Dr. Raisz as a preeminent leader, researcher, mentor, teacher, and clinician in the field of bone and mineral metabolism. Dr. Raisz is a founding member of ASBMR, its second President and the first Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. As a researcher, teacher, and clinician, Dr. Raisz epitomizes the ideals of the physician-scientist. This award recognizes an ASBMR member for outstanding acheivements in preclinical and translational research (cellular or in animals). The award includes a $2,000 honorarium and a plaque which is presented at a morning plenary session at the Annual Meeting.

President's Budget Proposes Increase for NIH

President Obama last week released his FY 2011 budget proposal. In it, he is proposing a total appropriation of $32.089 billion for the National Institutes of Health, a 3.2 percent increase over the FY 2010 appropriation. This increase is at the projected level of the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index (BRDPI). The President is proposing a 6 percent increase in training grant stipends and a 2 percent increase in the average noncompeting continuation and competing RPG. For more information, please visit the "NIH FY11 Budget."

ARRA Investments in Osteoporosis and Fracture Healing

NIH has released a new report on ARRA Investments in Osteoporosis and Fracture Healing that were made possible through funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The report highlighteds 14 research grants funded by ARRA to study bone structure and fracture risk, genetics of osteoporosis, bone strengthening through exercise, bone development and maturation and fracutre repair. Congratulations to the awardees:

1. 1 RC1 AR058405-01 – Cortical Bone Porosity Identifies Diabetes Subjects with Fragility Fractures – Link, Thomas M. (CA)
2. 1 RC1 AR058162-01 – Epidemiologic Study of Bone Marrow Fat and Osteoporosis – Cauley, Jane (PA)
3. 1 RC2 AR058973-01 – GWAS in MrOS and SOF – Orwoll, Eric S. (OR)
4. 1 R03 AR056106-01A1 – Identification of Gender Specific BMD Candidate Gene in Chromosome 1 – Edderkaoui, Bouchra (CA)
5. 3 K08 AR053566-03S1 – Mechanisms of Non-Genomic Estrogen Signaling – Robinson, Lisa J. (PA)
6. 1 RC1 AR058453-01 – Implicit Learning in Osteocyte Network under Mechanical Loading – Guo, X. Edward (NY)
7.  1 R03 AR056827-01 – Role of IGF-1 and Estrogen in Skeletal Anabolic Response to Loading – Kesavan, Chandrasekhar (CA)
8. 3 R01 AR053949-02S1 – The Role of LRP5 in Bone Response to Mechanical Loading – Johnson, Mark L. (MO)
9. 1 R03 AR055738-01A1 – Efficacy of Plyometrics to Increase Bone Mass in Men – Hinton, Pamela S. (MO)
10. 1 RC1 AR058389-01 – Effect of Perinatal Diet on Developmental Programming of the Skeleton – Bouxsein, Mary L. (MA)
11. 1 R15 AR056858-01 – Long-term skeletal effects of exercise during growth – Warden, Stuart J. (IN)
12. 1 R01 AR055927-01A2 – Updating Skeletal Maturity Methods for US Children – Chumlea, William Cameron (OH)
13. 1 R43 AR056167-01A1 – Calcium Phosphate Bone Cement Nanocomposites – Lambert, Kenneth Lawrence (MO)
14. 3 P50 AR054041-04S1 – Translating molecular signal pathways to orthopaedic trauma care – Rosier, Randy N. (NY)

Read the full investment report here.

FASEB Postdoctoral Professional Development and Enrichment Award 2010

The FASEB Postdoctoral Professional Development and Enrichment Award (sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health) was established to recognize outstanding achievement by six early stage life scientists from underrepresented minority groups. Individuals eligible for nomination are U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents of the U.S. from an ethnic minority group recognized as being underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, are members of one or more of the societies of FASEB, and are at a relatively early career stage, defined as a minimum of two-to-five years of postdoctoral research training, or a new (within one-year) assistant professor. Previous awardees are not eligible. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 30, 2010.

For complete details, go to: http://www1.faseb.org/PostdocProfDevAward/

New Gene Discovered for Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have discovered the third in a sequence of genes that accounts for previously unexplained forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a genetic condition that weakens bones, results in frequent fractures and is sometimes fatal.

The newly identified gene contains the information needed to make the protein Cyclophilin B. This protein is part of a complex of three proteins that modifies collagen, folding it into a precise molecular configuration, before it is secreted from cells.

For more information, please visit the NIH website.

Make Your 2010 Donation Today

Please consider making a donation to support young investigators so that they can advance their career in bone science. Whether it is in your own name or in memory or honor of an individual, your donation will help us remain true to our founders' vision by impacting the future of our young investigators.

Please click here to make your tax deductible donation today. You can fax your donations to +1 (202) 367-2161 or mail it to ASBMR at 2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036 USA.

Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please contact Deb Kroll, ASBMR Development Director, at +1 (312) 673-5494 or dkroll@asbmr.org.

Members in the News

Cliff Rosen's Musculoskeletal Lab Hosts Congressional Visit

When the office of Representative Chellie Pingree called to congratulate him on a new ARRA-funded grant, Dr. Cliff Rosen's response was to invite the Maine Congresswoman to come see his lab at Maine Medical Center Research Institute. It took some creative schedule juggling, but a few weeks later Rep. Pingree came to MMCRI and spent an hour and a half touring the facility and talking to researchers in the Rosen Musculoskeletal Lab.

"Her visit was incredibly important," notes Dr. Rosen, a former ASBMR President. "We need lawmakers in Washington who are able to speak with conviction about the way we use federal funding, particularly ARRA funding." Dr. Rosen believes that her visit to MMCRI will help Rep. Pingree advocate for and promote biomedical research. He adds, "Any researchers with ARRA funding should pick up the phone and invite their congressional delegation to come for a visit. Legislators need to be thanked for their support, and see for themselves what we are doing with those funds."

NIH Opportunities & Grant Information

NIAMS Releases New Long-Range Plan

NIAMS recently announced the release of its new Fiscal Year 2010-2014 Long-Range Plan. The plan brings attention to many areas that need to be addressed in the coming years in order to propel research progress related to the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and ultimately, prevention of diseases within NIAMS mission areas. To this end, NIAMS plans to continue to devote the majority of its extramural budget toward funding the best investigator-initiated research ideas.

NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series

The NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) offers weekly lectures at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Building 10, NIH Campus. Renowned scientists from around the globe present research on a variety of topics. CME credits are offered to participants of these lectures which are also available live via Webcast.

Upcoming lectures include:

February 10, 2010
Dr. Fred Gage
"Neural Plasticity and Diversity in the Adult Mammalian Brain"

February 17, 2010
Dr. Helen Mayberg
"Tuning Depression Circuits Using Deep Brain Stimulation"

February 24, 2010
Dr. Michael Dustin
"Creating Super-regulatory T Lymphocytes"

Calendar of Events

February 11 - 13, 2010

Parathyroids 2010
Pisa-Palazzo dei Congressi
Pisa, Italy
Website: http://www.parathyroids2010.com

March 10 - 13, 2010

Clinical Osteoporosis 2010: An ISCD-NOF Symposium
Grand Hyatt San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Website: http://www.clinicalosteoporosis.org/2010/