{"id":41079,"date":"2011-06-08T10:06:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T14:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=41079"},"modified":"2011-08-01T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:21:14","slug":"nemsi-research-day-marks-its-fifth-year-of-collaborations-between-basic-science-and-clinical-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/06\/nemsi-research-day-marks-its-fifth-year-of-collaborations-between-basic-science-and-clinical-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"NEMSI Research Day Marks Its Fifth Year of Collaborations Between Basic Science and Clinical Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hicham Drissi, director of Orthopaedic Research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0New England Musculoskeletal Institute<\/a> (NEMSI) will host its annual\u00a0Research Day<\/a> this Friday, June 10. The program attracts basic science and clinical faculty who share their latest research findings with the goal of increasing collaborations in areas related to bone, cartilage and tissue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe musculoskeletal community at the Health Center, its collaborators in Storrs and in the private sector benefit greatly from this event in both the short and long term,\u201d says\u00a0Hicham Drissi<\/a>, director of Orthopaedic Research. \u201cThe most unique feature of the\u00a0NEMSI Research Day<\/a> is our ability to bring together biologists, stem cell scientists, engineers, clinicians, clinician scientists, students and residents to talk about their work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drissi says the event fits within NEMSI\u2019s mission to foster a multidisciplinary approach towards education and excellence in research. \u201cIt enables people from different disciplines to identify potential collaborators or new areas of investigation that could enhance their research programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been five years since the first research day was held and each year the event has grown. \u201cSince that initial Research Day, we have increased in size from the MARB seminar room to the Cell & Genome Sciences building at 400 Farmington Avenue,\u201d says Anne Horbatuck, chief operating officer of NEMSI. \u201cThe first program was just lectures by each principle investigator about their research. Now we have grown to include lecturers who have collaborations not only here at the Health Center but also with researchers in Storrs, who are also presenting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, the event has also featured a keynote lecture from a high-profile and internationally renowned scientist to provide a broader picture of a particular aspect of musculoskeletal biology and pathology.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s keynote speaker is\u00a0Dr. Matthew Warman<\/a>, professor of genetics and orthopaedic surgery at Harvard and director of the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital. Warman is one of the few Howard Hughes investigators in the nation who works in the musculoskeletal research field. His talk will discuss\u00a0Wolff\u2019s Law, Lrp5, and the local regulation of bone mass<\/em>.<\/p>\n

About two years ago, Horbatuck says the event incorporated a poster session in which other researchers who are not presenting can also display their work and give them a chance to discuss their findings and novel concepts in an informal setting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very enthusiastic about this annual event and we invite the whole scientific community at the Health Center and Storrs as well as their affiliates to attend,\u201d adds Drissi.<\/p>\n