The first International Summer School on Bone Marrow Adiposity was organized by members of Bone Marrow Adiposity Society and held virtually on September 6-8 2021. The goal of this meeting was to bring together young scientists interested in learning about bone marrow adipose tissue biology and pathology. Fifty-two researchers from different backgrounds and fields, ranging from bone physiopathology to adipose tissue biology and hematology, participated in the summer school. The meeting featured three keynote lectures on the fundamentals of bone marrow adiposity, three scientific workshops on technical considerations in studying bone marrow adiposity, and six motivational and career development lectures, spanning from scientific writing to academic career progression. Moreover, twenty-one participants presented their work in the form of posters. In this report we highlight key moments and lessons learned from the event.

Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland

Department of Evolutionary Anthropology Duke University Durham NC United States

Department of Molecular Medicine Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy

Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Columbia University Medical Center New York NY United States

Laboratory of Regenerative Hematopoiesis Institute of Bioengineering Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland

Marrow Adiposity and Bone Lab ULR4490 Univ Littoral Côte d'Opale Boulogne sur Mer France

Molecular Physiology of Bone Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 4 Czechia

Section of Endocrinology Department of Internal Medicine Center for Bone Quality Leiden University Medical Center Leiden Netherlands

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