Welcome to this Special Edition of the ASBMR
e-news exclusively for investigators at or below the assistant professor level. This year, the ASBMR is focusing on five key strategic directions to better serve our members. One of these directions is to support ASBMR’s young investigators and increase their involvement in the Society. Recently, the ASBMR Young Investigator Subcommittee was formed under the auspices of the Membership Development Committee to assist in identifying ways to improve current Society offerings and in developing new programs, educational sessions, etc., geared specifically toward the needs of junior investigators.

This year, the Society is offering reduced early-bird registration rates for everyone and travel grants to abstract submitters to help junior investigators defray their costs to attend the ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, September 16—19, 2006. More information about these programs is included in this e-news issue.

We encourage you to visit the newly created Young Investigator Web Page for all the latest information about the 29th Annual Meeting including sessions of interest to young investigators and Annual Meeting—related awards.

We hope you enjoy reading this Special Edition of the ASBMR e-news and find the information useful. As always, we welcome your suggestions and comments at asbmr@asbmr.org.

News

• Early-Bird Pre-Registration Deadline for 29th Annual Meeting—Deadline: January 25th!
• Young Investigator Perspective: How the Annual Meeting Has Furthered My Career
• ASBMR Career Enhancement Award—Deadline: February 28th!
• ASBMR Call for Leadership Nominations
• Mentor Matching Program
• ASBMR Awards Deadline—Deadline: May 1st
• Job Placement Services
• Call for JBMR Manuscript Reviewers

Career Enhancement Awards—Deadline: February 28th!
The ASBMR Career Enhancement Awards (CEAs) are intended to foster the academic potential and careers of scientists in the bone and mineral field. There are two types of CEAs available: Collaborative Research Support Award and Sabbatical Research Support Award. Both awards are designed to strengthen the basic, clinical and/or translational research expertise of the awardees. The applicant must be a member of the ASBMR at the time of the application and the award.

The award winners will each receive $35,000. The application deadline is Wednesday, February 28, 2007. For more information about both awards, including eligibility requirements and how to obtain an application form, please visit the ASBMR website.

Mentor Matching Program
The Mentor Matching Program aims to help nurture and develop future generations of basic and clinical scientists. With the ASBMR Mentorship Matching Program, members are given the opportunity to volunteer to become a mentor and search for a mentor through this unique online program. As an in-training member you can find mentors to assist you with all facets of your career, including reviewing manuscripts and grant proposals, providing general career advice, or sharing technical expertise. We encourage you to visit our career development website and participate in this beneficial program.

ASBMR Awards Deadline
Nominations are now being accepted for the following ASBMR awards: Fuller Albright Award, Louis V. Avioli Founders Award, William F. Neuman Award, Frederic C. Bartter Award, Shirley Hohl Service Award, Gideon A. Rodan Excellence in Mentorship Award, and the ASBMR Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award. All ASBMR members are eligible for the awards, except as restricted by specific award criteria. Nominations must be received at the ASBMR Business Office by Tuesday, May 1, 2007. The nomination guidelines and award descriptions are outlined on the ASBMR Website.

We encourage you to submit a nomination for one of your deserving colleagues. The ASBMR Awardees will be announced and honored at the ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, September 16—19, 2007.

ASBMR Call for Leadership Nominations
The ASBMR would like to encourage you to nominate yourself or encourage your colleagues who are members to nominate themselves for one or more ASBMR leadership opportunities. This is a great opportunity to take on a more active role in the Society.

The ASBMR strives for diversity with respect to Council and Committee membership (i.e. specialties, geographic locations, MDs and PhDs, academic, clinical practice or industry affiliation, gender and age.) For more information on how to apply or support a nomination, please visit the ASBMR website at www.asbmr.org/Career_development/getinvolved.cfm.

Thank you for your participation in this important process. We value your interest in serving your Society and advancing the field of bone and mineral metabolism!

Job Placement
Looking for a job? Consider posting your resume on the ASBMR Online Job Placement Service website! With this free service, potential employers are able to view your resume and contact you directly. There are currently numerous job postings on the Online Job Placement Service from employers worldwide. All positions can be viewed on the ASBMR website. We encourage you to take advantage of this valuable member benefit.

Be A JBMR Manuscript Reviewer
Have you ever considered becoming a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR) Manuscript Reviewer? The ASBMR encourages interested members to submit their names for consideration. The process is easy. Simply submit a letter requesting your desire serve as a Reviewer, along with your CV to JBMR Editor-in-Chief John Eisman for his consideration at manuscript@jbmr.org. We value your interest in serving your Society and assisting in the Society’s endeavor to continue to improve the quality of science presented in the Journal.

If you have any questions, please contact the ASBMR Publications Office via email at manuscript@jbmr.org or by telephone at +1 (919) 620-0681.

Meetings

Early-Bird Pre-Registration Deadline for the 29th Annual Meeting—Deadline: January 25th!

Don’t miss your opportunity to meet and mingle with more than 5,000 clinicians and researchers from around the world at the ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, September 16—19, 2007.  This year exciting new programs have been created just for junior investigators like you—all young investigator abstract submitters are eligible for either travel grants of $400 each, or Young Investigator Awards of $1,000 each.  

Once in Hawaii, enjoy an exceptional scientific program including:

• Contributions to Osteoclast Biology, Tatsuo Suda, D.D.S., Ph.D.
• Calcium Signaling in Health and Disease, Michael Berridge, FRS
• Debate: Excessive Suppression of Bone Remodeling by Antiresorptive Agents is Harmful to the Skeleton
• How Can we Find New Drugs for Bone in the 21st Century? Plenary Symposium
• Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Joint ECTS/ASBMR Session

All young investigator abstract submitters are eligible for travel grants of $400 each, except those young investigators who receive one of the 2007 ASBMR Young Investigator Awards of $1,000 each.  The abstract submission deadline is Tuesday, April 17, 2007.

If you register by tomorrow, Thursday, January 25, 2007, you can save with discounted early-bird registration rates.

Online registration is now available!

Don't forget, the abstract submission deadline for the ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting is Tuesday, April 17, 2007. For all the latest Annual Meeting information, visit the ASBMR website at www.asbmr.org. See you in Hawaii!

Members in the News

Young Investigator Perspective: How the Annual Meeting Has Furthered My Career

Leanne Saxon, Ph.D.

"I have been attending the ASBMR meetings for the past six years and throughout the years, the meetings have helped to enhance and further my career. I first attended the 22nd ASBMR Annual Meeting in 2000 which was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and it was there that I met a future employer, Professor Charles Turner. Three years later at the 25th Annual Meeting in 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, I met my current employer, Professor Lance Lanyon. Attending the ASBMR meetings has not only helped give me fantastic job opportunities, but it has also given me the privilege to collaborate and share ideas with top scientists and make close friends from around the world. A recent highlight was receiving the ASBMR Young Investigator Award at the 27th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. To be given this accolade after years of hard work was particularly satisfying. Recently, ASBMR has given me the honor of serving as a member of the newly created Young Investigator Subcommittee aimed at encouraging young investigators to be more involved with the Society. I hope that this will provide young investigators with numerous unique opportunities to help shape their careers in research. I am truly grateful for the opportunities that the Society has presented to me throughout the years and I look forward to the future."
Leanne Saxon, Ph.D

For more information about the ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, please visit www.asbmr.org or just click on the 2007 Annual Meeting logo, to the right, to be directed to the Young Investigator Web Page. If you have any questions related to these incentives, please don't hesitate to contact the ASBMR Business Office at +1 (202) 367-1161 or emails us at asbmr@asbmr.org.