ISBM 2026 - Program at a Glance
Saturday, July 4th, 2026
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Young Investigator Meeting |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | ISBM 2026 Registration Opens |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Reception |
| 19:00 – 20:15 | Session: Welcome and Highlights of ISBM 2026 |
| ISBM President – Dr. Michelle McDonald | |
| 20:15 – 21:15 | Inaugural Hart H. Malluche Memorial Lecture Speaker – Dr. Isidro Salusky |
| 21:15 – | Informal Social Event |
Sunday, July 5th, 2026
| 8:30 – 9:50 | Session I: Osteocytes, Loading, Engineering, Modelization of the Network |
| 9:50 – 10:00 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Poster Session I + Poster Orals |
| 11:30 – 12:50 | Session II: Spatial Omics |
| Dr. Neashan Mathavan - Spatial μProBe | |
| Dr. Robert Tower - Spatial Transcriptomic Integration | |
| 12:50 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:20 | Session III: Bone Vascularization |
| Dr. Warren Grayson – Spatial Analyses of Nerves in Bone | |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 15:40 – 17:00 | Session IV: Imaging Clinical Assessment in Inflammatory Diseases |
| Dr. Kathryn Stok – Microstructural Imaging and Biomechanics of Cartilage | |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Keynote Lecture – Dr. Christa Maes |
| 18:30 – 21:30 | Social Event with Dinner (Paid by Attendees) |
Monday, July 6th, 2026
| 8:30 – 9:50 | Session V: Computational AI Assessment of Bone Remodeling and Fracture |
| Dr. Steven Boyd - Automated Quantitative Analysis of Peri-Articular Bone Microarchitecture | |
| 9:50 – 10:00 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Poster Session II + Poster Orals |
| 11:30 – 12:50 | Session VI: Emerging Paradigms in Bone Research |
| Dr. Chrissy Hammond | |
| 12:50 – 14:00 | Networking lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:20 | Session VII: Bone Marrow Microenvironments and Functions |
| Dr. Erica Scheller | |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Networking coffee break |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Special Session – Bone Tumor (BRS Speaker – Alison Gartland) |
| 16:10 – 17:30 | Session VIII: Mechanoregulation of Bone Development & Regeneration |
| 18:30 – 21:30 | Gala Dinner (Royal Society) |
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
| 8:30 – 9:45 | Concurrent training workshops: |
| 1A – Basic Histomorphometry | |
| 1B – In Vivo Microscopy | |
| 1C – Advanced CT | |
| 9:45 – 11:00 | Concurrent training workshops: |
| 2A – AI-assisted Image Analysis | |
| 2B – Tissue Clearning & 3D Imaging | |
| 2C – Multiplex Immunostaining & Lineage Tracing | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Networking coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:45 | Concurrent training workshops |
| 3A – Spatial Omics | |
| 3B – Advanced Histomorphometry | |
| 3C – Basic MicroCT | |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Concluding Remarks |
