Press Kit

Download the full press kit here (ZIP), which includes:

• Article from Nature Genetics
• News Release and Related Images
• Fact Sheets on FOP and the International FOP Association
• Biosketches of Drs. Frederick S. Kaplan and Eileen M. Shore, IFOPA President and Founder Jeannie Peeper, and IFOPA member Stephanie Snow
• Headshots of Drs. Frederick S. Kaplan and Eileen M. Shore
• Facts about PENN Medicine

All documents are in PDF format; all images have a resolution of 300 DPI.

Media Briefing: April 21, 2006

• Agenda for the media briefing
• Video of the media briefing (see Technical Requirements below)
• Presentation by Dr. Frederick S. Kaplan on FOP
• Presentation by Dr. Eileen M. Shore on the gene discovery
• Photos from the media briefing

Technical Requirements:
To view this streaming video, your computer must have RealPlayer
(version 8 or higher).

RealPlayer is available for free from www.real.com. Download and install the player software by following the link to "RealPlayer - Free."

The videos have been encoded to support a range of network connection speeds; those viewers with Internet connections of up to 256k will enjoy the optimal viewing experience.

Photos from the Media Briefing

All Images © Daniel Burke Photography

Frederick S. Kaplan, MD (JPG, 512 KB)	Eileen M. Shore, PhD (JPG, 543 KB)
Jeannie Peeper IFOPA President and Founder (JPG, 547 KB)	Stephanie Snow IFOPA member (JPG,459 KB)
Frederick S. Kaplan, MD (JPG, 421 KB)	Eileen M. Shore, PhD, Stephanie Snow , and Frederick S. Kaplan, MD (JPG,483 KB)

Characteristic Clinical Features of FOP (JPG, 128 KB)

Image Credit: Eileen Shore, PhD and Frederick Kaplan, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Nature Genetics, 23 April 2006, DOI: 10.1038/ng1783

Linkage Mapping of 5 Multigenerational Families with FOP
(GIF, 47.2 KB)

Image Credit: Eileen Shore, PhD and Frederick Kaplan, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Nature Genetics, 23 April 2006, DOI: 10.1038/ng1783

Skeleton of Man with FOP (JPG, 3.52 MB)

Plates and Ribbons of Ectopic Bone on Skeleton (JPG, 991 KB)

Headshots

All Images © Daniel Burke Photography

Frederick S. Kaplan, MD (JPG, 463 KB)

Eileen M. Shore, PhD (JPG, 427 KB)

Eileen M. Shore, PhD, and Frederick S. Kaplan, MD
(JPG, 412 KB)

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