Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) annual meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：矿物质代谢进展（AIMM）是一个年度会议，它结合了基础和临床骨生物学的介绍，提供了广泛的公开讨论机会。AIMM会议已经被广泛的骨生物学家和临床医生所接受，他们每年聚集在一起参加高质量的骨和矿物质代谢讨论，这体现了AIMM的精神。AIMM会议的主要目标之一是为年轻科学家提供机会，在一个不令人生畏、亲密和互动的场所与更成熟的研究人员密切互动，促进创造性的科学交流。这是通过一些机制来实现的：首先，AIMM/ASBMR约翰·哈达德青年研究者奖在AIMM会议上颁发，获奖者在计划的科学会议上讨论他们的工作；其次，该项目包括一个开放的基础科学会议和一个开放的临床科学会议，鼓励年轻的研究人员展示最近的发现；第三，每次会议都包括一个长时间的问答环节，年轻研究人员的参与是突出的；第四，最近引入的教授见面会为小组互动提供了独特的机会，这对正在接受培训的科学家和年轻教师尤其有益。最后，与会者大部分时间都在一起的会议形式，包括长时间的中午休息时间进行非正式讨论，已被证明是增加互动的成功方式。在2008年的AIMM会议上，青年教师和学员占选定演讲者的60%以上。2008年AIMM会议将包括关于细胞命运决定的会议；骨髓间充质谱系的体内分析及其与造血的相互作用骨肾轴；骨病遗传学；治疗引起的骨质流失；新型旁分泌及耦合因子；以及骨骼和软骨的表观遗传学。本提案的目的是请求资金帮助支付会议费用，并支持参加会议的年轻研究人员和初级教师（哈达德奖获得者除外）的注册和旅费。这些资金将极大地帮助AIMM履行其职能，激发骨骼和软骨研究的进一步创造力，并为年轻的研究人员提供一个论坛，以促进他们的才能。《矿物质代谢进展》（AIMM）致力于：作为钙化组织临床和基础研究的主要论坛；促进和鼓励钙化组织研究领域的科学家之间的互动；为年轻科学家提供与更成熟的研究人员密切互动的机会；举办高度互动的科学会议，传播和交流研究成果（参加会议可获得继续医学教育学分）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) is an annual meeting which combines presentations on basic and clinical bone biology in a format that provides extensive opportunity for open discussion. The AIMM meeting has been embraced by a broad spectrum of bone biologists and clinicians who have gathered annually for over 20 years to participate in the high quality discussions of bone and mineral metabolism which embody the spirit of AIMM. One of the major goals of the AIMM meeting is to provide opportunities for young scientists to interact closely with more established researchers in a non-intimidating, intimate, and interactive venue that fosters creative scientific exchange. This is accomplished through a number of mechanisms: first, the AIMM/ASBMR John Haddad young investigator awards are presented at the AIMM meeting and awardees discuss their work within the planned scientific sessions; second, the program includes an open basic science session and an open clinical science session in which young investigators are encouraged to present recent findings; third, each session includes a lengthy question-answer period where participation of young investigators is prominent; fourth, the recently introduced meet-the-professor sessions provide unique opportunities for small-group interaction that particularly benefit scientists-in-training and young faculty. Finally, the format of the meeting where attendees are together most of the time and that includes a long midday break for informal discussions has been shown to be a successful way to increase interaction. For the 2008 AIMM meeting, young faculty members and trainees represent over 60% of selected speakers. The 2008 AIMM meeting will include sessions on cell fate determination; in vivo analysis of the marrow mesenchymal lineage and the interaction with hematopoiesis; the bone-kidney axis; genetics of bone disease; treatment-induced bone loss; novel paracrine and coupling factors; and epigenetics of bone and cartilage. The purpose of this proposal is to request funds to help defray the costs of the meeting and support registration and travel costs for young investigators and junior faculty (other than Haddad awardees) that attend the meeting. These funds will aid immensely in allowing AIMM to fulfill its function to stimulate further creativity in bone and cartilage research and to provide young investigators with a tribune to promote their talent. Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) strives to: Act as a premier forum for clinical and basic research into the calcified tissues; Facilitate and encourage interactions between scientists working in the area of calcified tissue research; Provide opportunities for young scientists to interact closely with more established researchers; Hold highly interactive scientific meetings, and so disseminate and exchange results from studies and research (Participation to the meeting provides continuing medical education credits).