The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting is the world’s largest and most diverse meeting in the bone, mineral and musculoskeletal research field. The 2020 Annual Meeting was held virtually September 11-15, 2020, attracting more than 3,000 attendees from over 70 countries. The platform included clinicians and researchers ranging in many career levels specializing in various disciplines and served as a forum for young researchers to network. The meeting agenda included a symposium, discovery hall, and educational programs consisting of over 1,100 poster presentations.
Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., President of ASBMR 2020, and other colleagues from UAMS participated in the oral and poster presentations.
“UAMS Physiology faculty participation at the 2020 ASBMR meeting highlighted the high level of research taking place in our department,” Dr. Bellido said. “That along with the participation of other departments and divisions from UAMS, demonstrate the commitment of our institution to the advancement of research in bone and cancer.”
Faculty members who presented are: Roy Morello, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Melda Onal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Jesús Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; and Amy Sato, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Bellido’s lab. Learn more about their presentations below.
Dr. Delgado-Calle’s Presentations
- Jesús Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., Meeting Summary (PDF)
- Autocrine and paracrine Notch receptor 3 signaling in the myeloma niche stimulates tumor growth and bone destruction (poster PDF)
- Low doses of the bone-targeted Notch inhibitor BT-GSI exhibit higher anti-myeloma activity and preserve bone compared to unconjugated GSI or zolendronic acid (poster PDF)
Dr. Morello’s Presentation
- Characterization of the Skeletal Phenotype of a New Mouse Model for Smith-McCort Dysplasia (poster JPEG)
Dr. Onal’s Presentation
- Melda Onal, Ph.D., Summary (PDF)
- Global Deficiency of Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy Leads to Low Cancellous Bone Mass in Young Mice (poster PDF)
Dr. Sato’s Presentations
- A Sex Dimorphic Mechanism Links Protection from Bone Loss and Promotion of Gut Microbiome Diversity Induced by a Nutritional Intervention (abstract PDF)
- Vitamin D receptor signaling prevents long-term glucocorticoid induced bone fragility by preserving several components of bone quality (abstract PDF)