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    A course on Bone Cell and Tissue
    Mechanics will be given this year in the week of
    July 16-20, 2007 in Udine, Italy at the CISM -
    International Centre for Mechanical Sciences-in
    the Palazzo del Torso. This course was last given
    in 2003 (and before that in 1999, 1995 and 1987).
    A description of the course and the names of the
    lecturers are given below. In the past the
    audience has been as diverse in background as the
    lecturers, that is to say spanning the spectrum
    from biologists and veterinarians to structural
    and biomedical engineers. Contact the CISM for
    further information, http://www.cism.it/


    BONE CELL AND TISSUE MECHANICS 2007

    Bone mechanics is considered here to
    include the mechanical behavior of whole bones as
    structural elements, the mechanical behavior of
    bone tissue as a material, the response of bone
    cells to mechanical and electrokinetic stimuli
    and the physiological significance of the
    mechanical behavior. Specialists in orthopaedics,
    dentistry, biochemistry and molecular and
    cellular biology as well as biomechanics are
    involved in the bone cell and tissue mechanics.
    This topic has only formalized into a distinct
    discipline in the last thirty years. During this
    period the salient mechanical properties of bone
    have been determined, but the salient mechanical
    properties of bone cells are only now being
    studied.

    Bone remodeling is the primary research
    area in bone mechanics. Bone remodeling is a term
    used to describe the renewal and redevelopment of
    bone tissue as it adapts to altered load bearing.
    That is to say, in the course of time bone
    changes its shape, its apparent density, and its
    stiffness to adapt to the environmental load it
    experiences. In engineering terminology, bone is
    an optimum composite and the skeletal system is
    an optimal structure. The cellular mechanisms
    that constitute the mechanosensory system in bone
    tissue and drive the adaptive remodeling are
    unknown at the present time, but there are
    several promising candidates for the
    mechanosensory system.

    The subject of bone mechanics is basic to
    the design of orthopaedic implanted prostheses
    such as artificial hips, knees, finger joints, as
    well as dental implants. The engineering design
    of these orthopaedic and dental appliances is
    less than forty years old and still in a state of
    evolution. It is a major manufacturing industry.

    The goal of this course will be to review
    the entire area of bone cell and tissue
    mechanics, with an emphasis on bone remodeling.
    Besides being informative, it is hoped that the
    course will function as a forum for the exchange
    of data, philosophy, and ideas across
    disciplinary divides and so provide further
    stimulus for a comprehensive approach to the
    problems of bone mechanics. We expect an audience
    as diverse in background as the lecturers, that
    is to say spanning the spectrum from biologists
    and veterinarians to structural and biomedical
    engineers.


    LECTURERS

    Professor Stephen C. Cowin
    New York Center for Biomedical Engineering
    Departments of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
    The City College of the City University of New York
    New York, NY, 10031
    USA
    scowin@earthlink.net
    +212.799.7970 (Home & Home Fax)
    +212.650.5208 (Office)
    +212.650.6727 (Office Fax)

    Professor John Currey
    Department of Biology
    University of York
    PO Box 373
    York, YO10 5YW
    England
    jdc1@york.ac.uk
    44-1904-438589 (Work)
    44-1904-633235 (Home)
    44-1904-432860 (Fax)

    Professor Manuel Doblaré
    Professor of Structural Mechanics (Catedratico de M.M.C. y T.E.)
    Mechanical Engineering Dept. (Depto. de Ingenieria Mecanica)
    University of Zaragoza (Universidad de Zaragoza)
    Maria de Luna 3, Campus del Actur, Edificio Agustin de Betancourt
    50018 - Zaragoza
    SPAIN
    Tel. +34-976761912
    Fax +34-976762578
    mdoblare@posta.unizar.es

    Professor Alicia J. El Haj
    Institute of Science & Technology in Medicine
    Keele University Medical School
    Hartshill Campus
    Thornburrow Drive
    Stoke-on-Trent. ST4 7QB
    Telephone: +44 (0)1782 554605
    Fax: +44 (0)1782 717079
    bea17@keele.ac.uk

    Prof.dr.ir. Rik Huiskes
    Dept. Biomedical Engineering
    Eindhoven University of Technology
    Wh 0.126
    P.O. Box 513
    5600 MB Eindhoven
    The Netherlands
    Phone: +31 40 247 2851
    Fax: +31 40 244 7355
    GSM: +31 6 290 22485
    r.huiskes@tue.nl

    Professor Allen Goodship
    Director
    Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science
    University College London
    www.ucl.ac.uk/orthopaedics
    Secretary: Jackie Buckland
    Tel: +44(0)208 909 5535
    Fax: +44(0)208 954 8560
    j.buckland@ucl.ac.uk

    and Professor of Orthopaedic Science
    Royal Veterinary College
    www.rvc.ac.uk
    Secretary: Pamela Williams
    Tel: +44(0)1707 666342
    Fax: +44(0)1707 666346
    pwilliams@rvc.ac.uk
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