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Cast Your Vote for ASBMR Volunteer Leadership!
The 2021 ASBMR Election is underway! All current ASBMR members should have received an email inviting them to cast their electronic ballot. Voting for ASBMR Officers and Councilors is an important benefit for current ASBMR members. Be sure to cast your vote today for our next President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer-Elect, and members of Council. The deadline to cast your vote is 11:59PM EDT, Wednesday, July 28.
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Deborah Veis, M.D., Ph.D. Appointed Next Editor-in-Chief of JBMR® Plus
ASBMR is pleased to announce that Dr. Deborah Veis of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, has been appointed to serve as the next Editor-in-Chief of JBMR® Plus. “I am excited to serve ASBMR and the musculoskeletal community as the next JBMR® Plus Editor-in-Chief,” said Dr. Veis. “Since coming online in 2017, JBMR® Plus has been extremely well-received as a high quality source for research in clinical, translational and basic musculoskeletal science. I look forward to building upon this success to further expand its reach in this growing, multidisciplinary field.” Dr. Veis was selected after a global editor search. She brings to the position a broad knowledge of the musculoskeletal field, exceptional leadership capabilities and several years of editorial experience with biomedical journals. Her five-year term as JBMR® Plus Editor-in-Chief will officially begin on September 1, 2021. Read the full press release here.
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The Late-Breaking Abstract Center is Now Open for this year’s Annual Meeting!
ASBMR invites you to submit a Late-Breaking abstract on clinical, basic and/or translational subjects that describe novel, groundbreaking research findings of the highest scientific impact. Early stage and mid-career investigators submitting Late-Breaking abstracts are eligible for the expanded travel grant program, which you can read more about below. The deadline to submit your research is Wednesday, July 28. ASBMR will be expanding the number of travel grants it provides to members so that they can attend this year’s Annual Meeting in person! Early-stage investigator members that receive oral, plenary poster or poster abstract presentations and attend the Annual Meeting in-person will receive $500-$750 USD to offset their travel to San Diego, California, USA. Mid-career stage investigator members that receive oral abstract presentations will receive $500-$750 USD in travel support. Travel support is available to qualified members that submit an abstract by either the regular or late-breaking abstract submission deadline.
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Are you seeking funding to learn a new technique, complete a current research project, or foster a new collaboration? If yes, we encourage you to apply for the ASBMR Fund for Research and Education Research and Collaborative Grant Program. Up to six grants of $7,500 USD will be awarded through this program. The duration of the grant will be one year. These awards are open to U.S. and international ASBMR members. Please click here for the eligibility requirements, required application materials and to apply. The deadline to apply for this award is Friday, August 20 at 11:59 PM EDT.
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Educational Programs Abound in July!
Register today for this month’s ASBMR educational programming:
- ASBMR Webinar Series: Emerging Areas in Basic Science: Bone Marrow Adipocytes on Wednesday, July 14 at 10:00 AM EDT with Dr. Clifford Rosen, M.D. As a result of this webinar, the audience will be able to understand the origin and function of the marrow adipocyte, clarify how marrow fat affects the bone remodeling unit and describe the role of nutrition in mediating marrow adiposity. Click here for more information and to register.
- Clinical Case Workshop: Osteoporosis Genetics on Monday, July 26 at 11:00 AM EDT. Join Professor Emma Duncan, FRACP, MBBS, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at King's College, London and Ling Oei, M.D, MS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands/ Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands/Jan van Goyen Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/ Van Weel-Bethesda Hospital, Dirksland, The Netherlands as they present on the topic Osteoporosis Genetics. Click here to register. Brought to you by the ASBMR Early-Stage Investigator Subcommittee.
- ASBMR Member Spotlight Series on Wednesday, July 28 at 1:00 PM EDT. Join Mary Beth Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for her presentation "Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation is Regulated by Primary Cilia," and Julie Paik, M.D., ScD, Assistant Professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital presenting her research on the association between sleep domains and risk of hip and vertebral fractures in the Nurses' Health Studies. Click here to register. Brought to you by the ASBMR Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Committee.
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NIH Webinar on Streamlining Access to Controlled Data, Tomorrow, July 9 at 10 AM EDT.
Please join NIH for a webinar exploring potential challenges and opportunities in accessing controlled data housed in NIH-supported repositories. This event will be open to the public and provide opportunities to ask questions and opine on strategies for a responsible path forward. The webinar will be of particular interest to data scientists and investigators who use NIH data resources to advance the NIH mission. The webinar, titled “Streamlining Access to Controlled Data at NIH: Tackling Challenges and Identifying Opportunities,” will be held tomorrow, July 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Click here to register.
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ICMH Repository Provides Investigators Access to Data and Biosamples
There is a new resource for investigators in the musculoskeletal field: access to data and biosamples from the Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health (ICMH) Repository.
The ICMH repository is the result of the effort of the Musculoskeletal Function, Imaging and Tissue Resource Core (MSK-FITRC) or FIT core and is supported by a NIH/NIAMS funded P30- ICCCR grant lead by Drs. Sharon Moe, Mike Econs, Stuart Warden, and Erik Imel. The goal of the repository is to facilitate research to better understand the pathogenesis and definition/clinical presentations of musculoskeletal disorders.
The ICMH repository provides standardized assessments of physical function tests and bone/muscle imaging collated in a single database connected to patient medical records. Most of the patients have corresponding blood samples. The repository also includes separate muscle, bone, cartilage, and synovial tissues collected during operative procedures or muscle biopsy. The patients are age 5 to 100 with no exclusion criteria and thus may include individuals with specific disease states, musculoskeletal disorders or healthy volunteers.
The ICMH Repository database includes data from Balance Test, Usual Gait Speed Test, Fast Gait Speed Test, SF-36 Questionnaire, Repeat Chair Stands Test, PROMIS Questionnaire, Falls Questionnaire, 6 Minute Walk Test, and imaging data from DXA and HR-pQCT scans.
Available samples include Whole Blood, Serum, Plasma, Buffy Coat, Bone, Muscle, Synovium, and Cartilage.
Individuals interested in obtaining more information about the ICMH repository or to make a request should email infofit@iu.edu.
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Career Opportunities in Bone |
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Digital Communications Officer International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies (IFMRS), Bruges, Belgium
Postdoc Fellowship Indianapolis University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Postdoc Positions Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Academic Bone and Soft Tissue Pathologist UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Postdoc in Skeletal Cell Biology UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Do you have an open position you are looking to fill? Contact us at asbmr@asbmr.org to have your listing added to e-News Weekly. |
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Notum deletion from late‐stage skeletal cells increases cortical bone formation and potentiates skeletal effects of sclerostin inhibition Roy B. Choi, Whitney A. Bullock, April M. Hoggatt, Daniel J. Horan, Emily Z. Pemberton, Jung Min Hong, Xinjun Zhang, Xi He, Alexander G. Robling First Published: 05 July 2021
Romosozumab Improves Lumbar Spine Bone Mass and Bone Strength Parameters Relative to Alendronate in Postmenopausal Women: Results From the ARCH Trial Jacques P. Brown, Klaus Engelke, Tony M. Keaveny, Arkadi Chines, Roland Chapurlat, A. Joseph Foldes, Xavier Nogues, Roberto Civitelli, Tobias De Villiers, Fabio Massari, Cristiano A. F. Zerbini, Zhenxun Wang, Mary K. Oates, Christopher Recknor, Cesar Libanati First Published: 30 June 2021 Association of sleep traits and heel bone mineral density: Observational and Mendelian randomization studies Jie Chen, Jihui Zhang, Hon-Cheong So, Sizhi Ai, Ningjian Wang, Xiao Tan, Yun-Kwok Wing First Published: 29 June 2021 |
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Independent external validation of FRAX® and Garvan fracture risk calculators: a sub‐study of the FRISBEE cohortFelicia Baleanu, Laura Iconaru, Alexia Charles, Virginie Kinnard, Jean-François Fils, Michel Moreau, Rafik Karmali, Murielle Surquin, Florence Benoit, Aude Mugisha, Marianne Paesmans, Michaël R. Laurent, Pierre Bergmann, Jean-Jacques Body First Published: 05 July 2021 CRISPR‐Cas9 mediated genome editing confirms EPDR1 as an effector gene at the BMD GWAS‐implicated ‘STARD3NL’ locusJames A. Pippin B.A., Alessandra Chesi Ph.D., Yadav Wagley Ph.D., Chun Su Ph.D., Matthew C. Pahl Ph.D, Kenyaita M. Hodge B.A., Matthew E. Johnson Ph.D., Andrew D. Wells Ph.D., Kurt D. Hankenson D.V.M., Ph.D., Struan F.A. Grant Ph.D. First Published: 05 July 2021 Inhibition of TGF‐β increases bone volume and strength in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfectaBenjamin Greene, Ryan J Russo, Shannon Dwyer, Katie Malley, Errin Roberts, Joseph Serrielo, Peter Piepenhagen, Sheila Cummings, Susan Ryan, Christine Zarazinski, Sasidhar Uppuganti, Nikolai Bukanov, Jeffry S. Nyman, Megan K. Cox, Shiguang Liu, Oxana Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya, Yves Sabbagh First Published: 02 July 2021 Differential iron requirements for osteoblast and adipocyte differentiationDaniel F Edwards, Christopher J. Miller Arelis Quintana-Martinez, Christian S. Wright, Matthew Prideaux, Gerald J. Atkins, William R. Thompson, Erica Clinkenbeard First Published: 1 July 2021
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July 14, 2021 ASBMR Webinar: Emerging Areas in Basic Science: Bone Marrow Adipocytes Clifford Rosen, M.D. Online, United States
July 15, 2021 18th Annual Osteoporosis New Insights in Research, Diagnosis, and Clinical Care Live Stream Conference Online, United States July 26, 2021 Clinical Case Workshop: Osteoporosis Genetics Hosted by the ASBMR Early-Stage Investigator Subcommittee Online, United States
July 28, 2021 ASBMR Member Spotlight Series Brought to you by the ASBMR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Online, United States August 24-27, 2021 Digital Masterclass for PhD Students, Trainees and Young Investigators 2021 Online, Europe August 26, 2021 ASBMR Webinar Series: Dilemmas in Clinical Practice: Bone Health in Transgender Patients Martin Den Heijer, M.D., Ph.D. Online, United States August 26-29, 2021 WCO IOF-ESCEO 2021 Virtual Congress Online, Europe
September 9, 2021 IntOI 2020+1: Virtual International OI Meeting Early-Stage Investigator Symposium Online, United States Abstract Deadline: July 9, 2021 September 14, 2021 ASBMR Webinar: Bench to Bedside and Back Again: Romozosumab: Clinical Applications with Fracture Outcomes and Sclerostin Biology Gaby Loots, Ph.D. and Kenneth Saag, M.D. Online, United States September 22, 2021 2021 Rally for Medical Research Online, United States |
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