Sixth Annual Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium
For the sixth year in a row, musculoskeletal and orthopaedic researchers from the region and nationwide gathered on the Einstein campus for the Arnold and Madaleine Penner Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium, a one-day meeting held in October. As in past years, the Penners, who are longtime supporters of biomedical research at Einstein, sponsored the event.
A poster session at the symposium showcased 58 research projects within the field
Seventeen leading scientists offered inspiring, cutting-edge talks. The speakers explored the following themes: the imaging and loading of skeletons, from mouse to human; the development, pathologies and repair of cartilage; tendon regeneration, from development to translation; and the role of stem cells in regenerative medicine. The symposium also featured 58 papers presented during the poster session, and the meeting attracted more than 200 registered participants.
At the evening reception in the Lubin Dining Hall, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Young Investigator Award Committee, awards were presented to three outstanding researchers beginning their careers: Dr. Lidi Liu and Dr. Zhiyong He (Albert Einstein College of Medicine); Dr. Olivia M. Torre (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai); and Dr. Christopher Z. Mosher (Columbia University).
Feedback from this year’s meeting was encouraging. Dr. James Iatridis, professor and vice chair for research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, commented, “The symposium is a very important meeting where we can all connect, learn from each other, and enhance our collaborations. The cross-disciplinary approach is vital, and helped expand our regional and national efforts to bring in excellent speakers.”
Dr. Vicki Rosen, professor and chair of developmental biology at Harvard, added, “The meeting managed to create an overwhelmingly collegial atmosphere for the exchange of ideas between scientists at all stages of their careers—something that is very rarely achieved.”
“We cannot count the number of collaborations that have been initiated from this meeting over the years,” added Dr. Neil Cobelli, professor and university chair of orthopaedic surgery at Montefiore and Einstein.
Posted on: Monday, June 18, 2018