2010 Annual Meeting Cardiff

Meeting Programme

Many thanks to all who contributed to a highly successful and enjoyable meeting in Cardiff. In particular we would like to express our appreciation to the keynote speakers, sponsors, local organisers and of course everyone who shared their research either by podium or poster presentation.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr Trudy Roach, on Wednesday April 28th, at her home in West Wellow, after a long battle with cancer. Trudy was with her family and was able to keep in touch with friends and colleagues throughout the world and maintain her work - "her hobby" - providing guidance and advice to students and research colleagues even during her last week. Trudy was a longstanding and active member of BORS who contributed much to the success of the society and we would like to pass on our condolences to her family, friends and colleagues

Full tribute to Trudy.

Following the mailing last year (paper and electronic) notifying members of the change in banking arrangements, it has become apparent that some members have not informed the Society of their current details, particularly their email address (the Society has now moved away from paper mailings). As the Society is currently updating its membership database it is crucial that we have this information otherwise we will not be able to contact you . Even if you are not sure whether you have done this, please send in your details now, as no further paper mailings will be sent.

The BORS-US 2009 travelling fellows attended the American ORS meeting in Las Vegas, 22-25th February 2009 before visiting centres in California, Minnesota, Philadelphia and New York. Check out their exploits on the 2009 Fellows Blog.

The successful applicants were Nicholas Dunne, Jim Huntley, Tom Joyce, Wasim S Khan, Ines Reichert and Sarah Snelling

Learn more about the BOTA Furlong Fellowship 2010

The prizes generously donated by DJO were awarded as follows:

First Prize - Alan Getgood for his paper "Platelet rich plasma activation in collagen/glycosaminoglycan osteo- chondral scaffolds for articular cartilage tissue engineering applications”

Second Prize - Prag Jaiswal for his paper “Fracture repair in osteoporosis: when are osteoclasts important?"