Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) annual meeting

描述(由申请人提供)：矿物代谢进展(AIMM)是一个年度会议，它结合了基础和临床骨生物学的陈述，提供了广泛的公开讨论机会。AIMM会议受到了广泛的骨生物学家和临床医生的欢迎，他们20多年来每年都聚集在一起，参加体现AIMM精神的高质量的骨骼和矿物质代谢讨论。AIMM会议的主要目标之一是为年轻科学家提供机会，让他们在一个非恐吓、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。这是通过一系列机制实现的：首先，AIMM/ASBMR John Haddad青年研究员奖在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；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，鼓励青年研究人员介绍最近的发现；第三，每个会议包括一个长的问答时间，青年研究人员的参与尤其突出；第四，最近引入的与教授见面的会议为小组互动提供了独特的机会，这特别有利于正在培训的科学家和年轻教职员工。最后，与会者大部分时间都在一起的会议形式已被证明是增加互动的一种成功方式，其中包括中午休息很长时间进行非正式讨论。在2008年的AIMM会议上，年轻的教职员工和受训人员占选定演讲者的60%以上。2008年AIMM会议将包括以下会议：细胞命运的确定；骨髓间充质谱系的活体分析及其与造血的相互作用；骨-肾轴；骨疾病的遗传学；治疗引起的骨丢失；新的旁分泌和偶联因子；以及骨和软骨的表观遗传学。这项提议的目的是申请资金，以帮助支付会议费用，并支持参加会议的年轻调查人员和初级教员(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，激发骨和软骨研究的进一步创造力，并为年轻研究人员提供一个论坛来促进他们的才华。矿物代谢进展(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多知名研究人员密切互动的机会；举办高度互动的科学会议，从而传播和交流研究成果(参加会议将提供继续医学教育学分)。

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).