Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) 2015 annual meeting

 描述(申请人提供)：E.M.肖尔，P.I.矿物代谢进展(AIMM)是一个年度会议，它结合了关于骨骼和肌肉骨骼生物学研究的报告，提供了广泛的机会，从基础、临床和翻译角度进行公开讨论和思想交流。AIMM会议受到了广泛的科学家和临床医生的欢迎，他们连续29年聚集在一起，参加关于最先进主题的高质量讨论，这些主题 是AIMM精神的核心。自1985年成立以来，AIMM会议一直是一次重要而独特的科学会议，以尖端报告和密集的科学讨论为特色。AIMM的一个独特之处是，每个演讲时段的一半时间都用来进行生动而引人入胜的讨论。AIMM项目一直在基础研究和临床视角方面保持平衡，参加该项目的有学者(基础研究人员和临床医生)、博士后学员和在制药行业工作的科学家。除了高质量的科学讨论外，AIMM会议的一个主要目标是为青年科学家提供机会，让他们在一个欢迎和互动的环境中与更成熟的研究人员密切互动，促进创造性的科学交流，并鼓励他们的职业发展。AIMM通过一些机制来实现这一点：首先，所有青年研究人员奖获得者在计划的科学会议内口头介绍他们的工作；第二，该计划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，为青年研究人员提供更多的机会来介绍最近的发现或病例报告；第三，每个会议包括延长讨论的时间，并鼓励年轻研究人员参与；第四，会见教授会议提供了独特的小组互动机会，特别有利于正在培训的科学家和年轻教师；最后，会议的形式将与会者聚集在一起，包括无组织的非正式小组和个人讨论的时间。2015年AIMM会议将于2015年4月6日至10日在科罗拉多州斯诺马斯村的石桥酒店举行。该计划将包括基础科学和临床/翻译口头报告，内容涉及骨质疏松症的骨形成疗法、骨细胞驱动的骨重建、癌症和骨骼的肌肉骨骼效应、罕见骨病的新疗法、维生素D对骨骼的激素调节以及骨骼发育的生物学等相关和新的研究。在这些领域具有专门知识的科学家和临床医生以及通过竞争程序选拔出来的年轻研究人员的发言和讨论将是会议的重点。被邀请的演讲者将领导与教授就科学和职业发展主题进行的讨论。还将举行一场关于老鼠模型是否可以为人类骨骼生物学研究提供信息的专题辩论。为2015年年会申请的资金将对实现AIMM的目标做出重大贡献，该目标旨在激发骨骼和肌肉骨骼研究的创造力，并为年轻研究人员提供强有力和持久的支持，以促进和发展他们的才华。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): E.M. Shore, P.I. Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) is an annual conference that combines presentations on bone and musculoskeletal biology research in a format that provides extensive opportunity for open discussions and exchange of ideas from basic, clinical, and translational perspectives. The AIMM meeting has been embraced by a broad spectrum of scientists and clinicians who have gathered for the last 29 consecutive years to participate in the high quality discussions of state-of-the-art topics that are the core of the spirit of AIMM. From its start in 1985, the AIMM meeting has been an important and unique scientific meeting, distinguished by cutting edge reports and intensive scientific discussions. A unique feature of AIMM has consistently been to use half of each presentation time slot for lively and engaging discussion. The AIMM program has consistently maintained balance in basic research and clinical perspectives and is attended by academics (basic researchers and clinicians), postdoctoral trainees, and by scientists working in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to high quality scientific discussion, a major goal of the AIMM meeting is to provide opportunities for young scientists to interact closely with more established researchers in a welcoming and interactive environment that fosters creative scientific exchange and encourages their career development. AIMM accomplishes this through a number of mechanisms: first, all Young Investigator awardees present their work orally within the planned scientific sessions; second, the program includes an open basic science session and an open clinical science session that provide young investigators additional opportunities to present recent findings or case reports; third, each session includes time for extended discussions and participation of young investigators is encouraged; fourth, 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 brings attendees together throughout the day including time for unstructured informal group and individual discussions. The 2015 AIMM meeting will take place from April 6-10, 2015 at the Stonebridge Inn in Snowmass Village, Colorado. The program will include basic science and clinical/translational oral presentations on relevant and new research on bone forming therapies for osteoporosis, osteocyte-driven bone remodeling, musculoskeletal effects of cancer and bone, novel therapies for rare bone disease, hormonal regulation of bone by vitamin D, and the biology of the developing skeleton. Presentations and discussions by scientists and clinicians with expertise in these areas, as well as by young investigators who have been selected through a competitive process, will be a focus of the meeting. Invited speakers will lead meet-the-professor discussions on scientific and career development topics. A topical debate on whether mouse models can inform studies of human skeletal biology will also be held. The requested funds for the 2015 annual meeting would be a significant contribution toward fulfilling AIMM's goals to stimulate creativity in bone and musculoskeletal research and to provide young investigators with strong and lasting support to promote and develop their talent.