Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) annual meetings, 2009-2011

描述（由申请人提供）：矿物质代谢进展（AIMM）是一次年度会议，将基础和临床骨生物学的演讲结合在一起，为公开讨论提供了广泛的机会。AIMM会议受到了广泛的骨生物学家和临床医生的欢迎，他们连续23年每年聚集一次，参加体现AIMM精神的骨和矿物质代谢的高质量讨论。 AIMM会议的主要目标之一是为年轻科学家提供机会，使他们能够在一个非恐吓，亲密和互动的场所与更成熟的研究人员密切互动，以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;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，鼓励年轻研究者介绍最新的发现;第三，每次会议都包括一个很长的问答时间，年轻研究人员的参与很突出;第四，最近推出的教授见面会为小组互动提供了独特的机会，特别有利于受训科学家和年轻教员。最后，与会者大部分时间都在一起的会议形式，包括一个很长的午间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。 2009年AIMM会议将包括骨免疫学会议;雌激素受体作为骨中的信号分子;维生素D的非经典作用;骨折愈合;骨重建的中央控制;儿科骨病;和骨病的新疗法。本提案的目的是申请资金，以帮助支付会议费用，并支持参加会议的年轻研究人员和初级教员（哈达德获奖者除外）的登记和差旅费。AIMM在其历史上首次签署了一份为期三年的斯诺马斯会议中心租赁合同，确保会议将在未来三年内在该地点举行。因此，本提案要求为2009年、2010年和2011年AIMM年度会议提供资金。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，并为年轻的研究人员提供论坛，以促进他们的才能。

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 23 consecutive 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. The 2009 AIMM meeting will include sessions on osteoimmunology; the estrogen receptor as a signaling molecule in bone; non-classical actions of vitamin D; fracture healing; central control of bone remodeling; pediatric bone diseases; and new therapies for bone disease. 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. For the first time in its history, AIMM has signed a three-year contract for the rental of the Snowmass Conference Center, insuring that the meeting will be held at that location for the next three years. Therefore, this proposal requests funds for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 AIMM annual meetings. 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.