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2015 CE Course Spotlight: Skeletal System Endocrinology and Toxicology

By David Rossé posted 03-12-2015 12:55

  

Submitted by Susan Y. Smith and Alan Hoberman, Chairpersons of the 2015 Continuing Education PM11 (CE/CME) course

What tissue is a key regulator of growth, energy metabolism, muscle and fat mass; interacts with organ systems including the kidney, reproductive, and immune systems; renews itself approximately only every ten years in the adult; and protects vital organs and allows us to move around freely? The last attributes probably give away the answer: the skeleton. For the first time this year, the Society of Toxicology is offering a CE/CME course focused on bone, given by world-renown experts and educators, aimed at providing the knowledge and tools to characterize, understand, and appreciate this amazing yet underappreciated tissue.

Basic research is unravelling how the skeleton interacts with other organ systems acting as an endocrine organ through hormones, growth factors, and cytokines, and centrally via the sympathetic nervous system. Crosstalk with the GI tract and interactions with the immune system (the osteoclast, the bone resorbing cell, is a specialized macrophage) further add to the complex role this tissue has. Be among the leaders in your field; learn how you can use information on the skeleton to facilitate your risk assessment by attending session PM11: Skeletal System Endocrinology and Toxicology.

We invite you to register for the PM11 CE/CME course today! Access a full listing of the CE courses at the 2015 SOT Annual Meeting website.

Course Outline:

  • Primer on Bone Biology: Marc D. McKee, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • State of the Art Assessment of Bone Tissue in Preclinical Studies: Aurore Varela, Charles River Laboratories, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Bone As an Underappreciated Endocrine System: Clifford Rosen, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
  • The Cross Talk between Bone and Other Biological Systems: Rana Samadfam, Charles River Laboratories, Montréal, QC, Canada
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