2002 International Bone Research
Instructional Course & Hands-on Workshop


October 17-19, 2002


The Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory and Orthopaedic Learning Center
Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, PR China


Program Details

Thursday Morning, October 17, 2002
Morning Session: Basic Sciences and Animal Models in Bone Research
Moderators: Ke HZ & Qin L / Chen D & Huang L
08:30 Registration
09:00 Opening remarks Leung PC ,
Ke HZ,
Chan KM , Genant HK, Dambacher MA, Qin L,
Leung KS ,
Cheng JCY
09:10 Animal models and study design for osteoporosis research Ke HZ
09:40 Goat as an large osteoporotic animal model and enhancement of osteoporotic bone fracture fixation using injectable "Bone Source" Leung KS
10:00 Genetically engineered animal models as powerful tool for the study of osteoclast biology Li J
10:20 Statistical power analysis in clinical and experimental study design Li W
10:40
Tea Break
11:00 Specific regulation of BMP-2 gene expression by NF-B in growth plate chondrocytes Chen D
11:20 Studies on the roles of the dentin matrix protein 1 in bone biology - Give insights into mechanism of mineralization and how bone responds to mechanical loading Harris SE
11:40 Systemic TNFa promotes erosive bone resorption by increasing the number of CD11b+ osteoclast progenitors in the periphery which are dependent on RANK signaling for osteoclastogenesis Xing LP
12:00 Osteoporosis and related genes Xu Y
12:20 Genomics and drug discovery Ji XH
12:40
Lunch

Thursday Afternoon, October 17, 2002
Afternoon Session: Prevention and treatment of Osteoporosis, Osteoporotic Fracture Fixation, Biomaterials and Biophysical Intervention
Moderators: Dambacher MA & PC Leung / Cheng JCY & Wang M
14:00 Individual course of bone density evaluated in patients treated with bisphosphonates, estrogens, calcitonin and SERMs Dambacher MA
14:30 Application of Chinese herbs to primary osteoporosis: Comprehensively improving the bone quality Shi YY
14:50 R&D of herbal formulae for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis Qin L
15:10 Bone structures in vivo und in vitro of osteoporotic patient Neff M
15:30 Pathophysiolgy of microdamage Mori S
15:50 Osteoporotic fractures and related clinical problems Leung PC
16:10 Fixation of osteoporotic spine Lu WW
16:30
Tea Break
16:50
Vibration for prevention of osteoporosis
Schiessl H
17:10 Low-frequency ultrasound on human periosteal cells and fracture healing Cheung WH
17:30 Low-frequency ultrasound for acceleration of bone-tendon junction repair Qin L
17:50 Shockwave and bone regeneration Guo X
18:10 Biomaterials in Orthopaedics Wang M
18:30 Bone-biomaterial interface studies from basic science to clinical application Cheng JCY
19:30
Banquet

 

Friday Morning, October 18, 2002
Morning Session: Biotechnologies in Bone Research / Research opportunities & collaboration
Moderators: Jiang YB & Qin L
09:00 Overviews of advances in bone mineral density measurement and diagnostic dilemmas in osteoporosis assessment Genant HK
09:30 Pediatric densitometry Schönau E
09:50 Bone histology, histomorphometry, and microCT in experimental and clinical studies Jiang YB
10:10 Application of confocal microscopic technologies and imange analysis in bone research Lee KM
10:30
Tea Break
10:50 Podium discussion
- Important information resources and their web address for bone research (Qin L)
- Research societies and research opportunities (Jiang YB)
- Training and education (Leung KS / Ke HZ, Chan KM)
- 2004 Xian Conference ( Ke HZ / Ji XH)
- Research collaboration and research grant application (All)
- Souvenir presentation
Genant HK,
Dambacher A,
Ke HZ,
Leung KS,
Qin L,
Chan KM,
Leung PC
11:40
- Photo Taking
- Research Facilities Visit (LHS/JOCOC/Cancer Center)
12:40
Lunch



Friday Afternoon, October 18 to Saturday Afternoon, October 19, 2002
Hands-on Workshop (one and half day)
Guideline : The participants will select one of the following two hands-on workshops. Technical talks and usersˇ¦ meeting are integrated into corresponding hands-on workshops.
Friday Afternoon, October 18, 2002
Hands-on Workshop I : Bone molecular biology, hard tissue histomorphometry
Moderators: Harris & Lee KM
Technical Talks ˇV Basic and Advanced Bone Molecular Biology
14:00 Establishment of knock-out animal models Harris SE
14:20 Characterization of bone phenotype of gene altered animals Ke HZ
14:40 In vivo local bone formation model: calvarial injection Chen, D
15:00 Evaluation of gene expression by Real-Time Quantitative RT-PCR Huang L
Users' meeting - Free Papers
15:20 A clinical and experimental study of blood flow of femoral head Yang Bo et al.
15:40 Cultivation of osteoclast-like cell derived from spleen pluripotent stem cell and its effects on osteoblast proliferation and function LI YM et al.
16:00
Tea Break
Techniques of histology and histomrophometry in bone research
16:20 Decalcified bone tissue preparations Wu HT
16:40 - In vivo florescence labeling,
- MMA embedding, Sectioning, grinding, and staining
- High resolution macroradiography and photometry of radiographs.
Chan CW
17:00 Image Analysis for semi-quantitative measurement with immunohistochemistry Fu SC
17:20 Static and dynamic bone histomorphometry Yeung HY /
Jiang YB
17:50
End

Hands-on Workshop II: Non-invasive Densitometry
Moderators: Hangartner T & Qin L
Technical Talks ˇV Non-invasive Bone Mineral Density Measurement Techniques and Biomaterials
14:00 Analysis of fine structures by computed tomography Hangartner TN
14:30 Management of osteoporosis in primary care Irit Y
Users' meeting - Free Papers
14:50 Tissue engineering scaffolds with heterogeneous materials Zheng WG et al.
15:10 Assessment on A-P DXA results of lumbar spine Fan HB et al.
15:30 An in vitro biomechanical evaluation of two polymethy- methacrylate cements for use in vertebroplasty Wang XY et al.
15:50
Tea Break
Technical talks and hands on demonstration on Bone Densitometry
16:10 - Dual energy X-ray absormetry (DXA)
- Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT)
- Quantitative ultrasound (QUS)
Hung VWY
Au SK
Choy WY
17:30
End
Saturday, October 19, 2002
Hands-on Workshop I : Hand-on and Demonstration of Histology and Histomorphometry
Coordinators: Chan CW / Yeung HY
09:00 Decalcified bone histology Wu TH
09:30 Undecalcified bone histology
- In vivo florescence labeling
- MMA embedding, saw microtome and heavy duty microtome sectioning, grinding, and staining
- High resolution macroradiography and photometry of radiographs.
Chan CW
10:30 Image Analysis for semi-quantitative measurement with immunohistochemistry Fu SC
10:50 Static and dynamic bone histomorphometry
- Bone Histomorphometry (OsteoMeasureTM)
- MicroCT (Scanco Łg40)
Yeung HY /
Jiang YB
11:50 Application of laser scanning confocal microscopy in bone research (Zeiss LSM 510) Lee KM
12:40
Lunch
14:00
Individual request for related techniques, with the possibility of exchanges of participants between Workshop I and Workshop II
All
17:00
End

Hands-on Workshop II: Non-invasive Densitometry and Biomechanical testing
Moderators: Lu WW / Chow DHK
Coordinators: Siu SW / Chong WS
Tissue Biomechanics
09:00 Basics in hard tissue biomechanics Chow DHK
09:30 Contact microradiography, acoustic microscopy, and nano-indentation Qin L
10:00 The study of biomechanical property and biochemical content of articular cartilage in osteoarthritic rabbit Cao YL
10:20
Tea Break
11:40 - Sample preservation and preparation
- Selection of testing jigs for fixation, testing methods, and testing conditions
- Factors influencing testing results,
- Interpretation of the testing results
Chow D
Lu WW
Siu SW
Chong WS
12:40
Lunch
14:00 Individual Request for Related techniques, with the possibility of exchanges of participants between Workshop I and Workshop II All
17:00
End