3+4+Supplementum/2012 - Společnost pro pojivové tkáně

infORMaTiOn aBOuT SOCieTY fOR COnneCTi-
Ve TiSSueS CMa J. e. PuRkYně (SCT)
Dear Sir/Madam, dear Colleagues,
We have great pleasure to inform you about the possibility of joining the Society for
Connective Tissues (SCT) that was established in 2004 in order to continue the ten-year fruitful
activities of the Society for Research and Use of Connective Tissue headed by Professor M.
Adam, MD, DSc. The activities of the SCT are aimed at supporting the research development in
the field of connective tissues, the dissemination of knowledge related to the all-purpose analyses
of the tissues in general, and the application of the up-to-date approaches to the diagnostics
and clinical practice. Further, the SCT is determined to facilitate contacts between the respective
specialists by means of collaboration with various research, professional, production and
pharmaceutical companies.
In the last few years, the scientific knowledge and the application of the latest findings in the
clinical practice have accelerated on an unprecedented scale, not only abroad, but also in this
country. This fact is closely connected with the qualitative development of the knowledge in the
non-biological sciences and in the up-to-date engineering approaches. The fact that all things
are mutually connected is becoming more and more evident. It is fairly obvious that the new
knowledge and discoveries arise on the dividing line between the different fields and disciplines
of science. In the last few decades, the human society has reached the new qualities of civilization.
This applies, in particular, for the disciplines of science and their applications; however, this
statement can hardly be used with reference to the moral and ethical aspects of the human lives.
At present, the biomedical science is a wide-ranging interdisciplinary science which, in case of
lack of cooperation with other scientific disciplines, would be condemned to stagnation. That is
the reason why the SCT is aimed at integrating the specialists both within the biomedical science
and within the engineering fields.
The priority objective of the SCT is to present the professional public and specialists involved
in the clinical practice with the latest knowledge in the field of connective tissues. The SCT is
also a civic society whose aim is to bring people close together by joining members of the clinical
staff, researchers and teachers including the retired ex-colleagues and, last but not least, the
undergraduates and PhD students from universities and academic establishments.
The SCT is planning to organize at least two professional and social meetings each year. Beside
the professional contribution of these meetings, emphasis will be laid on social activities – informal
discussions of all those who do not want to stagnate and who do not want to acquire the new
knowledge in solitary confinement.
The annual membership fee is 200 Czech crowns for full workers, and 100 Czech
crowns for students and pensioners. This membership fee shall be used to cover the basic
costs on correspondence with the members of the Society in order to inform them about organizing
colloquiums, symposiums and social meetings.
The SCT is also engaged in publishing of the interdisciplinary journal entitled Locomotor
System – Advances in Research, Diagnostics and Therapy. You are invited to contribute to the
journal writing professional articles, exchanging experience or, simply sharing your opinions.
The annual subscription is 300 Czech crowns, for foreign subscribers 12 euros (incl.
shipping).
dear Colleagues, do not stand aside (suffering from terrible lack of time) and
join the professional people in the field of connective tissues to whom you undoubtedly
belong. in this beautiful country, the sources of knowledge should be kept alive