Welcome to the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, bringing together individuals from across the globe for the purpose of research and clinical study into the lumbar spine. ISSLS serves as a forum for the exchange of information of both an investigative and clinical nature relating to low-back pain and disability.
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2023 ISSLS Prize for Lumbar Spine Research
The 2023 ISSLS Prize competition is now open for applications. The closing date is October 15, 2022. Full details of how to apply to can be found
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Spine Phenotypes
Congratulations ISSLS members, Dino Samartzis, Jaro Karppinen & Frances Williams on the publication of Spine Phenotypes. And THANK YOU for donating your royalties to ISSLS to support our fellowships & awards. Purchase Spine Phenotypes at a 30% discount and receive free global shipping. Enter BIOMED30 at the checkout at www.elsevier.com
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Abstracts now on the website
The abstract book is now published on our website
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Membership application is now open
The criteria for becoming a member has changed and it is now easier to become a member. All information about how to apply can be found on the link below
If you need help with getting in contact with members for sponsoring letters please contact:
katarina.olinder@issls.org or fiona.strain@issls.org
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2022 ISSLS Young Investigator Travel Grant Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Young Investigator Travel Grant:
Tamanna Rahman, Junho Song, Noah Bonnheim, Patrick Thornley, Pravesh Gadjradj, Samuel Rudisill
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2022 ISSLS Research Grant Winner
We are pleased to announce Dr Frances Bach, from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, as the winner of the 2022 Research Grant. Congratulations on an outstanding submission titled: “The effect of notochordal extracellular vesicles on human and bovine nucleus pulposus explants”. We look forward to hearing her Progress Report in Melbourne next year.
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Join us at the ISSLS Virtual Annual Meeting in 2021
This meeting will be somewhat different than the in-person meetings we usually have but hopefully will still be a great meeting with many interesting scientific presentations.
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ISSLS 2022 Annual Meeting to be held at Boston, USA
The ISSLS Annual Meeting 2022 will be held from May 9 - 13, 2022 in Boston. Local hosts are James Kang and Andrew Schoenfeld
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Spineweek 2023 ISSLS 47th Annual Meeting
The Spineweek meeting in 2020 in Melbourne, Australia that was postponed due to the pandemic will instead be held in 2023 website
With sincere appreciation the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine thanks the following companies for their support of the 47th ISSLS Annual Meeting.
