The Virtual Forum, organised in association with ECTS, OIF and OIFE, will comprise invited lectures, meet the expert sessions, workshops, clinical case discussions, oral communications, poster discussions and networking sessions.

The aim is to present and discuss new research in investigative, diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with bone fragility disorders and to foster the exchange of ideas and discussion of ongoing initiatives.

Kasia will be speaking on Thursday at 7pm, and talking about “Altered intracellular homeostasis in bone fragility”

Standard registration is €150 and reduced registration is €90. To register, please click here

The European Calcified Tissue Society are organising a free mini-conference online, covering bone development and disease. For more details, click on the image below:

Please visit: https://bsmb.ac.uk to book your place.

Kasia is visiting her alma mater this month!

If you’d like to catch up or see what she’s been up to since she left in 2002, please come to the WBBiB @JagiellonskiUni at 12 o’clock on Monday the 17th (room 1.01.13) and she will tell you all about it 🙂

We have just joined the organising committee of the British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) and we’ll be organising our own meeting here in Newcastle in 2022!

Check our website from time to time for more details, and if you’re not a BSMB member, please join, it’s a great society for students, PostDocs and PIs alike. The BSMB brings together scientists from the UK and the rest of the world with an interest in the extracellular matrix and it’s associated biology. They provide a forum for the exchange of ideas within the rapidly growing field of matrix biology and help promote the subject to the public at large. They also develop and nurture younger scientists with an interest in extracellular matrix biology, and provide travel and conference bursaries and awards for young scientists.

For more info, please visit: bsmb.ac.uk

We travelled to Lund this month to see Anders Aspberg and discuss potential publications and future collaboration with him and his lab. I gave a presentation on our Xbp1 research to the faculty, and we discussed projects and ideas over a very productive couple of days. Lots of exciting data, watch this space!

Early Bird registration and Abstract submission deadline is on 8th February 2019 (£80 students, £100 members or £130 non-members; late registration: £100 students, £120 members, non-member £150). For more details, please login to bsmb.ac.uk or mbi.ie

The SYBIL EU FP-7 project is sadly finishing, and we had a great final meeting here on home turf in Newcastle. SYBIL led to many exciting collaborations and papers and we hope to keep in touch with everyone and continue on the SYBIL projects and beyond. Watch this space..

Thank you all for amazing 5 years!