News & Events
Seminars
As a dynamic institution at the forefront of bone research, The Mellanby Centre hosts national and international speakers at our regular Research Seminar Series.
Mellanby Centre webinar on Friday 28 January 2022 at 1.00 pm (GMT)
Speaker: Dr Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Loughborough University
Title: Bone adaptation to exercise – from postmenopausal hips to fast bowlers’ spines
To attend please email mellanbycentre@sheffield.ac.uk.
News
The work of the Mellanby Centre has recently been the subject of news articles.
Grants
We have been successful in obtaining a number of grants this year
Prizes
We have been successful in winning a number of prizes in the past year
Scholarships
12th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day – 24 March 2023
Date: Friday 24 March 2023
Venue: Inox Conference Suite, University of Sheffield
The presentations were of an excellent standard. Congratulations to the prize winners: Diane Lefley and Lisha Jeena (oral presentations), Alex Sprules and Muna Nuh Ali (poster) and Jacky Wong (snap poster).
A review of the day can be found here
11th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day – 25 March 2022
The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research (formerly the Mellanby Centre for Bone Research) held its 11th Annual Research meeting at INOX on Friday 25 March 2022. We were fortunate to have invited speakers from the The Christie and Salford Royal Hospitals Manchester (Noel Clarke), Imperial College London (Saravana Ramasamy), Universities of Leeds (Alex Frangi), Oxford (James Edwards) and Sheffield (Stefaan Verbruggen).
The presentations were of high standard. Congratulations to the prize winners: Lorenza Mattia and Diane Lefley (oral presentations), Christine Le Maitre and Qizhi Huang (poster) and Ana Lopez (snap poster).
A review of the day can be found here
10th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day – 6 December 2019
Date: Friday 6 December 2019
Venue: Inox Conference Suite, University of Sheffield
The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research (formerly the Mellanby Centre for Bone Research) held its 10th Anniversary meeting at INOX on Friday 6 December 2019. We were fortunate to have invited speakers from the Universities of Auckland, New Zealand (Ian Reid), Oxford (Claire Edwards) and Bristol (David Stephens).
The presentations were of high standard. Congratulations to the prize winners: Lisa Dowling and Claudia Tulotti (oral presentations), Amy Lloyd (Poster) and Marco Palanca (snap poster).
Click here to view the Programme and Abstracts Book.
A meeting was held at the University of Sheffield on 15 to 17 July 2019. The meeting was well attended with 230 delegates from around the world.
Details of the meeting can be found here
Many congratulations to the following prize winners:
Best Poster
Lauren Surface (P36)
“Genome-wide screens reveal molecular determinants of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates’ action”
Best Snap
Alanna Green (P31)
“Healing of myeloma bone disease with bone anabolic therapy – are bisphosphonates really necessary?”
Richard Eastell
Director, Mellanby Centre for Bone Research
September 2019
9th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day
Date: Friday 23 November 2018
Venue: Inox Conference Suite, University of Sheffield
Congratulations to Rob Coleman and Graham Russell for achieving Lifelong Mellanby Centre membership, which was awarded at the meeting. Congratulations also to prize winners: Codrin Condurache for best oral presentation, Rebecca Stirling for best poster presentation, and Mandeep Boughan, Lewis McColl and Nermin Tawfiq for best SNAP poster presentations.
A review of the day can be found here
Mellanby Course: Diagnostic tests for osteoporosis 2018
Date: 13-14 June 2018
8th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day
Friday 1 December 2017
Congratulations to prize winners: Jess Warrington for best oral presentation, Thomas Franchi for best poster presentation, Christian Lee for best SNAP poster presentation. Thank you to all who attended and made the day such a success. A review of the day can be found here.
Mellanby Non-coding RNAs in Bone and Cartilage Workshop
19-20 October 2017
Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield
Report coming soon
19-20 June 2017
1st Sheffield Workshop on Translational Research of Bone Sarcoma
More Details
Bone Imaging Workshop Thursday 2-Friday 3 March 2017.
The report can be found here.
7th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day Friday 2 December 2016
Congratulations to prize winners: Ryan Bishop for best oral presentation, Darren Lath for best poster presentation, Karan Shah for best SNAP poster presentation. Thank you to all who attended and made the day such a success. A review of the day can be found here.
6th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day Friday 4 December 2015 – Take a look at the report for a review of the day.
Mellanby Centre Training Course: Diagnostic Tests for Osteoporosis 6 & 7 July 2015
Thanks to all who attended the 2015 training course in July which was another resounding success. A special thank you is due to all the speakers, sponsors and organisers, in particular Professor Richard Eastell, who ensured an exciting and educational programme.
5th Annual Mellanby Centre Research Day Friday 5 December 2014 – Take a look at the report for a review of the day.
Sheffield Protocol for Monitoring Bone Turnover Marker Response to Osteoporosis Therapy:
PINP Algorithm [PDF]
PINP Document [PDF]
