The Snekkersten Research Retreat 2024

Program 21-22 November 2024

- Comwell Borupgaard, Nørrevej 80, 3070 Snekkersten

Thursday 21 November

08.30 - 09.30 Breakfast and onboarding: informal meeting for PhD students

Mette Merete Pedersen, Tue Leth Nielsen, Tazio Maleitzke (Room C) 

09.30 - 09.45  Welcome (AUD A)
Professor Thomas Bandholm, University of Copenhagen
09.45 - 10.45  MUSKOS opening key-note lecture (AUD A) - Imaging now and in the future: Implications for clinical practice and research
Professor Mikael Ploug Boesen, University of Copenhagen. Chairs: Anders Troelsen
10.45 - 11.15  Break
11.15 - 12.15  Poster presentation and  walk (AUD A + B)

 

 

 

 

12.15 -
13.00
Lunch
13.00 -
15.00 
Oral presentations from MUSKOS PhD students (AUD A + B)

 

 

 

 


CAG ImPAct SYMPOSIUM (AUD A):

Basic and clinical aspects of muscle strains in sports
Chairs: Chloe Yeung and Flemming Dela

15.00 -
15.10
Introduction to topic 
Professor Flemming Dela, University of Copenhagen
15.10 -
15.30   
Plasticity of human skeletal muscle and the myotendinous junction
Professor Abigail Mackey, University of Copenhagen
15.30 -
15.50
Prevention and treatment of muscle strains – what works?
Professor Kristian Thorborg, University of Copenhagen
15.50 -
16.00
Discussion


SYMPOSIUM (AUD B):

The future of scientific publishing: The editors’ perspective
Chairs: Stine Jacobsen and Robin Christensen

15.00 -
15.10
Introduction to topic
Professor Stine Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen  
15.10 - 
15.30
Publishing with Acta Orthopaedica now and in the future
Professor Søren Overgaard, University of Copenhagen
15.30 -
15.50
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): staying clear of predator journals 
Managing Director DOAJ, Chief Librarian Joanna Ball, RUC
15.50 -
16.00 
Discussion
16.00 -
16.30    
Break (coffee/tea)

MUSKOS BEST PAPERS SYMPOSIUM (AUD A):

MUSKOS best basic and clinical science papers 2024
Chairs: Anne-Sofie Agergaard and Jørn Wulff-Helge

16.30 -
16.35
Introduction
Anne-Sofie Agergaard and Jørn Wulff-Helge, University of Copenhagen
16.35 -
16.50
Presentation of MUSKOS best basic science paper 2024 -“Widespread Vascularization and Correlation of Glycosaminoglycan Accumulation to Tendon Pain in Human Plantar Fascia Tendinopathy”

MUSKOS PhD student Max Merkel

16.50 -
17.05
Behind the paper: What you cannot read in the paper
17.05 - 17.20  Presentation of MUSKOS best clinical science paper 2024 - “Validity and reliability of seismocardiography for the estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness”

MUSKOS PhD student Mikkel T Hansen

17.20 -
17.35
Behind the paper: What you cannot read in the paper
18.30 Pre-dinner drink (fireside bar)
19.00 Dinner (including the Snekkersten PhD CUP and Quiz)

Chairs: Chloe Yeung, Thomas Bandholm, Jørn Wulff Helge

Friday 22 November

07.00 -
08.00
MUSKOS walk, talk, run, swim, or lift (Reception)
Maria S Hansen, Britt S Pedersen, Sofie T Lindholm
09.00 -
11.00
Oral presentations from MUSKOS PhD students (AUD A + B)

 

 

 

 

11.00 -
12.00 
Poster presentations walk (AUD A + B)​

 

 

 

 

12.00 –
12.45
Lunch
12.45 –
13.15
MUSKOS keynote lecture (AUD A) - Treatments in knee OA: The power of contextual factors
Professor Martin Englund, Lund University

Chair: Per Hölmich

CAG ROAD SYMPOSIUM (AUD A):

Treatments for knee osteoarthritis

Chairs: Lise C Berg and Marius Henriksen

13.15 –
13.25
Outlining the continuum of treatment
Professor Marius Henriksen, University of Copenhagen
13.25 –
13.45
Stem cells and knee osteoarthritis
Postdoc Jasmin Bagge, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre
13.45 –
14.05
GLP-1-induced weight loss and knee osteoarthritis 
Professor Henning Bliddal, University of Copenhagen
14.05 –
14.15
Discussion

SYMPOSIUM (AUD B):

The interplay between genetic variations, inflammation, and disease

Chairs: Tina Dysgaard and Michael Kjær

13.15 –
13.25       
Introduction to topic
Associate Professor Tina Dysgaard, University of Copenhagen
13.25 – 13.45  The interplay between genetic variation and immunological factors
Associate Professor Thomas Folkmann  Hansen, University of Copenhagen
13.45 –14.05 Inflammation: Friend or fo?
Professor Claus Nielsen, University of Copenhagen
14.05 – 14.15  Discussion
14.15 – 14.30  Short coffee/tea break
14.30 – 15.00  MUSKOS key-note lecture (AUD A) Cardiorespiratory fitness testing in large study populations: Why is it relevant and why do we do it? 
Professor Mette Aadahl, University of Copenhagen. Chairs: TBA
15.00 – 15.30  Debate: Estimating cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) at rest in 45 seconds: really? 
Professor Jørn Wulff-Helge and PhD Fellow Mikkel T Hansen, University of Copenhagen
15.30  End of meeting 
Professor Thomas Bandholm, University of Copenhagen

Program may be subject to change.
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