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Congratulations to the following, who were all awarded prizes at the Manchester meeting:

BRS Prize Winners

Best Oral

Basic
OC11 - Charlotte Combs (London): UROCORTIN STRONGLY SUPPRESSES BONE RESORPTION IN IN-VITRO DERIVED MURINE OSTEOCLASTS

Clinical
OC25 - Sarah Glover (Sheffield): A RANDOMISED DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL TO DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE IN BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN RESPONSE TO LASOFOXIFENE

Best Oral Poster

Basic
OP9 - Karen Brakspear (Cardiff): GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER INHIBITORS INFLUENCE OSTEOBLAST GENE EXPRESSION

Clinical
OP6 - Kate Ward (Manchester): A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION UPON MUSCLE POWER IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Best Poster

Basic
P25 - Matt Prideaux (Cambridge and Edinburgh): E11 AND RHOA SIGNALLING DURING OSTEOCYTOGENESIS

Clinical
P57 - Adam Taylor (Liverpool): ULTRASTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF COLLAGEN FROM ALKAPTONURIC TISSUE PROVIDES CLUES TO PATHOGENESIS OF OCHRONOSIS

BORS Prize Winners

Best Oral Presentation by a Scientist
OC14 - Ahmed El-Serafi (Southampton): ROLE OF EPIGENETIC MODIFIERS IN BONE MARROW STROMAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION

Joint Best Oral Presentation by a Clinical Scientist
OC15 - Anish Amin (Edinburgh): CHONDROCYTE SURVIVAL IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE EXPLANTS - THE INFLUENCE OF SUBCHONDRAL BONE

Joint Best Oral Presentation by a Clinical Scientist
OC05 - Andrew Gordon (Sheffield): VARIATION IN THE INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST GENE PROTECTS AGAINST OSTEOLYSIS AFTER TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: A CLINICAL AND GENE EXPRESSION STUDY

Best Poster
P06 - Peter Bush (Edinburgh): A ROLE FOR MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS IN GROWTH PLATE CHONDROCYTE HYPERTROPHY; AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY

Best Oral Poster
OP8 - Neal Millar (Sydney and Glasgow): FROG GLUE ENHANCES ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR EX VIVO