Time: 10:30 – 12:30
Location: Delta Bow Valley - 209-4th Av SE
"Using Stem Cells to Regrow Bone"
Osteoporosis Canada Annual General Meeting Public forum information
hosted by: Alberta Chapter, Osteoporosis Canada
Panelists:
Dr. Derrick Rancourt
Depts. of Oncology, Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine
University of Calgary
Dr. David Hanley
Professor, Depts of Medicine,
Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Calgary
Dr. David Hanley will provide an introduction and an overview of osteoporosis research since the founding of Osteoporosis Canada
Dr Steve Boyd
Associate Professor
Scholar, Alberta Heritage Foundation
for Medical Research
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Calgary
Dr. Steve Boyd will review about microcomputed tomography (uCT) and its use in measuring bone mineral density both in humans and animal models with osteoporosis.
Dr Jeff Dunn
Professor, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary
Dr. Jeff Dunn will describe about the use Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a new mode for imaging the skeleton of human and animal models.
Jaymi Taiani
PhD. Graduate Student
Department of Medical Science
University of Calgary
Jaymi Taiani will present her experiments on transplanting stem cell derived osteoblasts in animal models of osteoporosis.
Panelists will take questions from the public after conclusion of all presentations.
*FREE Public Forum - limited seating - RSVP* |
