Bone marrow adiposity (BMA) is a rapidly growing yet very young research field that is receiving worldwide attention based on its intimate relationship with skeletal and metabolic diseases, as well as hematology and cancer. Moreover, increasing numbers of young scientists and students are currently and actively working on BMA within their research projects. These developments led to the foundation of the International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society (BMAS), with the goal to promote BMA knowledge worldwide, and to train new generations of researchers interested in studying this field. Among the many initiatives supported by BMAS, there is the BMAS Summer School, inaugurated in 2021 and now at its second edition. The aim of the BMAS Summer School 2023 was to educate and train students by disseminating the latest advancement on BMA. Moreover, Summer School 2023 provided suggestions on how to write grants, deal with negative results in science, and start a laboratory, along with illustrations of alternative paths to academia. The event was animated by constructive and interactive discussions between early-career researchers and more senior scientists. In this report, we highlight key moments and lessons learned from the event.

Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City 52246 USA

Department of Radiology Oncology and Pathology Sapienza University of Rome Rome 00158 Italy

Group for Hematology and Stem Cells Institute for Medical Research University of Belgrade 11000 Serbia

Laboratory of Molecular Physiology of Bone Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 14220 Czech Republic

Neuroendocrinology Unit Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh 15206 USA

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