Saturday Evening (7:30pm - 10:00pm)
Socializer
Dr. Burr's Lodge Apartment

Sunday AM (8:00am - Noon)
Bone and Cancer (Theresa Guise, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
1. Complexities of TGFbeta signaling in cancer and bone (Theresa Guise, Univ. of Virginia)
2. Wnts in bone (Greg Clines, Univ. of Virginia)
3. Multiple myeloma: new therapeutic developments (David Roodman, Univ. of Pittsburg)
4. Beta 2 microglobulin in bone metastases (Leland Chung, Emory Univ.)
5. Effects of radiation on bone: Implications for cancer (Ted Bateman, Clemson Univ.)
Sunday AM Abstracts (forthcoming)

Sunday Afternoon (2:00pm - 4:00pm)
Volleyball at Sun Valley Lake! Refreshments provided!
This is a great place to get acquainted with other participants on a very informal basis. Even if you don't play volleyball, stop by for some refreshments and conversation. EVERYONE WELCOME!

Sunday Evening (7:30pm - 10:00pm)
The RIB Award/Plenary Lecture
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
Effects of Pharmacologic Agents on Bone and Fracture Risk (Graham Russel, Univ. of Sheffield)

Alice L. Jee Young Investigator Award Winners (to be announced)


Sunday PM Abstracts (forthcoming)

Ribs and other bones: A scientific interaction poster session (L. Yamamoto, Procter & Gamble / S-A)
Limelight A room of the Sun Valley Inn (5:00pm - 7:15pm, ribs and beer will be served)

Monday Morning (8:00am - Noon)
Osteoimmunology and Bone Marrow (Eddie Schwarz, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
1. Role of Th17 in osteoimmunology (Sarah Gaffen, Univ. of Pittsburg)
2. Cellular mechanism of inflammation, cartilage catabolism and bone in rheumatoid arthritis (George Schett, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuernberg)
3. Osteoimmunology of osteoclastogenesis and lymphangiogenesis (Lianping Xing, Univ. of Rochester)
4. Bone marrow changes in autoimmunity (Eddie Schwarz, Univ. of Rochester)
5. Effects of antiresportive therapy on osteomyelitis: Insights on the mechanism of ONJ (Dan Li, Genzyme)
Monday AM Abstracts (forthcoming)

Monday Evening (7:30pm - 10:00pm)
ASBMR/Harold M. Frost Award Presentations
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
Six young investigators will be selected (by a combined committee formed by the ASBMR and by the Sun Valley organizers) to present their research from the podium.
Monday PM Abstracts (forthcoming)

 

Tuesday Morning (8:00am - Noon)
Tutorial: The Design, Development Application of siRNAs (William Hahn, Harvard University, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn

Tuesday AM Abstracts (forthcoming)

 

Tuesday Evening (5:30pm - 10:00pm)
Socializer (5:30pm - 7:00pm)
Dr. Burr's Lodge Apartment

Buffet Banquet (7:00pm)
Opera House Lawn
(babysitting will be available for children ages 2-12 during the banquet)

Pepe's Piano Concert (9:00pm - 10:00pm)
Sun Valley Lodge, 2nd floor

 

Wednesday Morning (8:00am - Noon)
Recent Advances in Skeletal Development and Regeneration (Olivier Pourquie, Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn

Wednesday AM Abstracts (forthcoming)

 

Wednesday Evening (7:30pm - 10:00pm)
Mechanobiology of Bone and Muscle (Charles Turner, Indiana University, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
1. Overview of mechanotransduction pathways (Charles Turner, Indiana University)
2. Integrins, insulin-like growth factors, and the skeletal response to load (Dan Bikle, UCSF)
3. Mechanically activated pathways in muscle involve mTOR signaling (Troy Hornberger, Univ. of Wisconsin)
4. Exercise mimetics in muscle: Transcriptional pathways for increase (TBN)

Wednesday PM Abstracts (forthcoming)