ICOBR 2014 Abstract submission deadline 25th July 2014
Speakers & Session Titles
Session: Aging and Bone
Anabolic new agents - bone formation and infintie increases in BMD (Steve Cummings, Professor, USA)
Models for fracture prediction and issues in application to China (Kristine Ensrud, Professor, USA)
The Gravity of Osteoporosis - mechanobiology of bone loss in space and inactivity (Yi-Xian Qin, Professor, USA)
Age-associated changes in body composition and diabetes: A bone disease? (Hong Zhou, Assoc Professor, Australia)
Session: Cancer and Bone
Pathophysiology of bone and cancer (Theresa Guise, Professor, USA)
Bone pain in cancer (Toshiyuki Yoneda, Professor, USA)
Session: Skeletal fragility: vertebral and non-vertebral fracture
Why Bones Fail: Structure and Mechanics (Mark Forwood, Professor, Australia)
PDGF-BB Secreted by Preosteoclasts Induces CD31hiEmcnhi Vessel Subtype in Coupling Osteogenesis (Xu Cao, Professor, USA)
Kyphosis: role of osteoporosis and its consequences (Deborah Kado, Assoc Professor, USA)
Session: Skeletal metabolism
IGF-1 in skeletal development, remodeling and repair (Dan Bikle, Professor, USA)
Current concepts in chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (Seiji Fukumoto, Professor, Japan)
Diabetes, bone health and fragility (Ann Schwartz, Assoc Professor, USA)