Strategic Research Promotion Program Santo Project 2024
– International Symposium on Osteoarthritis and Cartilage –

Event Details

We are pleased to invite Professor George Bou-Gharios from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK, and Professor Andrew Pitsillides from the Royal Veterinary College, UK, for an international symposium on musculoskeletal research broadly focusing on osteoarthritis and cartilage. Kanazawa University researchers who are at the forefront of this field as well as researchers from Japan will also make presentations on the symposium.

Not only researchers but also students are welcome to attend.

【Program】
13:30-13:40
Opening remark : Prof. Shuichi Kawashiri
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University
Over view : Kazuhiro Ooi
13:40-14:25 Special lecture 1
Prof. George Bou-Gharios
Department of Musculoskeletal and Aging Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
The use of transgenic mice to track cells in disease- from fibrosis to osteoarthritis
14:25-14:40
Dr. Kazuhiro Ooi
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University
Temporomandibular Joint Degeneration Arises Spontaneously in STR/Ort Mice and is Prevented by Targeted Aggrecanase Inhibition
14:40-15:10 Invited lecture 1
Prof. Kazuo Okamoto
Division of Immune Environment Dynamics, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University.
Crosstalk between immune cells and mesenchymal stem cells for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration
15:30-15:45
Dr. Kazuhiro Yamamoto
Coffee break
Department of Musculoskeletal and Aging Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Institute of Scleroprotein and Leather Research,Faculty of Agriculture,Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Endocytic receptor LRP1 in cartilage homeostasis and destruction
15:45-16:10 Invited lecture 2
Prof. Takao Sakai
Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine "Collagen derived peptide-mediated phenotypes in the skeletal system Collagen derived peptide-mediated phenotypes in the skeletal system
16:10-16:55 Special lecture 2
Prof. Andrew Pitsillides
Skeletal Biology Group, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Imaging interactions across the endochondral mineralised phase
16:55-17:00
Closing remark : Prof. George Bou-Gharios

Contact

Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery
Kazuhiro Ooi E-mai: k-ooi@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp