Dear Friends:

 

We trust all is well with you during this vibrant summer!  We are inviting you to submit an abstract to the 10^th International Symposium of Ligaments and Tendons (ISL&T-X), which will take place on February 5-6, 2010 in Hong Kong SAR, China. 

 

The International Program Committee has selected the following thematic areas for this year’s Symposium:

 

l   Tendinopathy-Pathogenesis and Treatment

l   Flexor Tendon

l   Functional Tissue Engineering and Repair of Ligaments and Tendons

l   Tendon Development and Tendon Cell Differentiation

l   ACL Reconstruction-Biology of Healing and In Vivo Knee Kinematics

l   ACL Injury and OA Development

l   Translational Research

l   Ligament and Tendon Insertions to Bone

l   Tissue Mechanics

 

Kindly note that:

 

Abstract Submission Deadline: November 2, 2009

Notification of Acceptance: November 24, 2009

 

We suggest that you please encourage your young investigators to submit abstracts on new and novel studies. Those abstracts that are based on high risk/high payoff translational research will be given priority to be accepted and presented.  Please make plans and register early to join us as the attendance at the Symposium will be limited to 150 participants to facilitate more discussion.

 

Our official website: http://www.pitt.edu/~msrc/islt.html

Instructions for abstract submission can also be found at: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/whoctr/islt2010/

 

With best regards,

 

ISL&T-X Organizing Committee

Prof KM CHAN, Chairman	Prof Savio L-Y. WOO	Prof LK HUNG
Prof Lin QIN	Prof Gang LI	Prof Chih-Hwa CHEN
Prof Pauline Po-Yee LUI	Prof Daniel FONG	Prof Gabriel NG
Dr Francis CHAN	Mr Bruma FU	Dr Rui LIANG
	Ms Diann DECENZO	Mr Matthew FISHER