Scientific Program
This Scientific Program is subject to change.
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Sunday, 16 March
| 11:30 - 17:00 |
Registration Open |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:15 |
Welcome and Tribute to Herbert Fleisch |
| 14:15 - 16:25 |
Session 1: Keynote lecture by Henry Kronenberg: "Tracking the Fates of Cells of the Osteoblast Lineage in vivo" |
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Oral presentations |
| 16:25 |
Coffee break |
| 16:25 - 18:15 |
Poster viewing and discussion |
| 18:15 - 18:45 |
Special lecture on drug development |
| 19:30 |
Conference dinner (complimentary) |
Monday, 17 March
| 08:00 - 17:00 |
Registration Open |
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
Session 2: Keynote lecture by Cliff Rosen: "New Insights into the Bone-Fat Relationship" |
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Oral Presentations |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:50 |
Session 3: Keynote lecture by Michaela Kneissel: "The Potential of Targeting Wnt Signaling for
Treatment of Bone Disease" |
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Oral presentations |
| 12:50 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:15 |
Poster viewing |
| 15:15 - 17:00 |
Session 4: Keynote lecture by Jo Price: "Regulation of Bone Architecture: Who is the Master?" |
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Oral presentations |
| 17:00 - 18:30 |
Group discussions/thematic roundtable discussions (1 sr/group; including coffee and drinks) |
| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Reception at City Hall |
Tuesday, 18 March
| 08:30 - 10:15 |
Session 5 (part 1): Keynote lecture by Brendan Lee: "Pathogenesis of Human Skeletal Dysplasias:
Signaling from the Matrix" |
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Oral presentations |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:10 |
Session 5 (part 2): |
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Oral presentations |
| 11:10 - 12:45 |
Poster viewing |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Session 6: Keynote lecture by Roland Baron: "Novel Insights into Wnt Signaling and Bone Homeostasis" |
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Oral presentations |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Closing remarks |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
Poster room remains open for poster viewing/dismantling |
Optional Extended Program
Tuesday, 18 March
Registration is required to attend. To register please
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Brugge City Tour (free, but registration required) |
Wednesday, 19 March
Registration is required to attend. To register please
Limited to first 20 registrants
| 08:00 |
Bus from Brugge to Bruker microCT company (Kontich) |
| 09:40 - 10:00 |
Introduction of Bruker microCT |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
MicroCT technology |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Life Science applications |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Company tour |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Demo scanning (two groups) |
| 15:00 |
Transportation (bus) from Kontich to the airport
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