Organizer Profile
European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)

European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)

Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

The European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) is the major organisation in Europe for researchers and clinicians working in the musculoskeletal field.

With an Annual Congress, PhD Training Courses and many research funding instruments, ECTS acts as a forum for the dissemination of scientific excellence and education. ECTS represents more than 600 members, including basic researchers, clinicians, students and health allied professionals working in the musculoskeletal field. It has a network of over 30 national and international societies.

Mission & Vision:
ECTS mission is to promote excellence in research into the field of calcified tissues within Europe, and to ensure the findings are disseminated to enable benefit to patients with metabolic bone disease.

ECTS aims to:
• advance scientific knowledge of the structure and function of calcified tissues and related subjects.
• promote basic and clinical research in this field and to publish and disseminate the results of such research.
• foster a multidisciplinary approach and to stimulate, through meetings, symposia, study groups, lectures, seminars and other means, exchange of information and collaboration.
• act as an authoritative body for the purpose of consultation in matters of public and professional interest concerning research in calcified tissues and related subjects in Europe.
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