Events

This page lists events that are of interest to the global community of developmental biologists: conferences, meetings, training courses, workshops. If you know of an event that is not listed, you can add it yourself if you have a registered account. Once you have been given posting authorization, you will receive instructions on how to add an event.

Upcoming events:

GRC: Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development & Disease
(conference)
13 May 2012 - 18 May 2012
Les Diablerets, Switzerland

Conference on Systems Biology of Drosophila Development
(conference) senior and emerging researchers are invited to apply to this conference organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
21 May 2012 - 26 May 2012

EMBO conference: Plant development and environmental interactions
(conference) Seema Grewal (Development's Reviews Editor) will be attending this meeting.
27 May 2012 - 30 May 2012
Matera, Italy

Joint meeting of the Japanese Societies for Developmental Biology and Cell Biology
(conference)
28 May 2012 - 31 May 2012
Kobe, Japan

CSHL: The Biology of Plants
(conference)
30 May 2012 - 04 June 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

12th International Conference on Limb Development and Regeneration
(conference)
03 June 2012 - 07 June 2012
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada

Frontiers in Myogenesis Meeting
(conference)
04 June 2012 - 08 June 2012
New York, New York

MBL Embryology Course
(course)
04 June 2012 - 17 July 2012
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

CSHL course: Mouse development, stem cells and cancer
(course)
06 June 2012 - 26 June 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Managing Mouse Colonies: Genetics, Breeding & Welfare
(course) This popular course is a collaboration between MRC Harwell, the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, the RSPCA Transgenic Training Working Group (TTWG) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. It aims to introduce experienced technicians and scientific staff involved with the management of GM mouse colonies to best practice with respect to the 3Rs and animal welfare. The programme covers historical and current best practice in the maintenance of GM mouse colonies for scientific research and the differing disciplines involved in production, phenotyping and archiving.

Please Note: To optimise discussion and interaction between participants and trainers, places on this course are limited and selection will be based upon information provided. An application form must be included as part of the registration process. Please see below for full details.

Programme
Topics covered will include:
- Nomenclature
- Basic colony management
- Maintaining transgenic and gene-targeted lines
- Breeding for experimental purposes
- Maintenance of high health status colonies

All of these will be presented with particular attention to the 3Rs and animal welfare.

The course will start at 10:30 on Wednesday 6 June and finish at 16:30 on Friday 8 June 2012.
Scientific organisers
James Bussell Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Neil Dear Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK
Nikki Osborne RSPCA, UK
Sara Wells Medical Research Council, Harwell, UK

Keynote speakers
Karen Steel Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Ian Jackson Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, UK

Confirmed tutors
James Bussell Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Neil Dear Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK
Adrian Deeny University College London, UK
Martin Fray Medical Research Council, Harwell, UK
Richard Houghton Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Nikki Osborne RSPCA, UK
Ian Rosewell, Cancer Research UK
Sara Wells Medical Research Council, Harwell, UK
Jacqui White Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Ben Woodman Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK




06 June 2012 - 08 June 2012
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge,

ISSCR annual meeting
(conference) Eva Amsen (The Node's Community Manager) will be attending this meeting.
13 June 2012 - 16 June 2012
Yokohama, Japan

Apoptosis and Cancer
(conference) Organizer:
Gerald Cohen (University of Leicester, UK)

Description:
A failure of cells to undergo apoptosis is a common feature of many cancers. During the last 20 years, work in many laboratories has led to the identification and understanding of many of the key players involved in apoptosis. This conference will highlight recent developments in our current understanding of the cellular role of some of these proteins as well as how our knowledge of the basic cellular apoptotic pathways is being used to develop targeted cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Particular attention will be paid to novel agents that are currently in development or early clinical trials to exploit our understanding of the Bcl-2 family, the p53 family, death receptors and inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs). Discussion sessions will involve members from academia as well as industry.

Invited speakers:
A list of all the invited speakers (and their talk titles) is available on the conference website
14 June 2012 - 15 June 2012
Cambridge, UK

International Conference on Zebrafish Genetics and Development
(conference)
20 June 2012 - 24 June 2012
Madison, Wisconsin

Gurdon Institute 21st Anniversary Symposium
(conference) Seema Grewal (Development's Reviews Editor) will be attending this meeting.
21 June 2012 - 22 June 2012
Cambridge, UK

EMBO conference: The molecular and developmental biology of Drosophila
(conference)
24 June 2012 - 29 June 2012
Kolymbari , Greece

The Company of Biologists Workshop: Epigenetic Memory
(workshop) FREE graduate student/postdoc places available for this Workshop. For more information please contact workshops@biologists.com.
24 June 2012 - 27 June 2012
Steyning, UK

The Stem Cell Niche - development and disease
(conference) Application deadline: March 1
25 June 2012 - 27 June 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark

EMBO: 30 years of Wnt signalling
(conference)
27 June 2012 - 01 July 2012
Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands

Abcam: Origin of Tissue Stem Cells
(conference)
28 June 2012 - 29 June 2012
Edinburgh, Scotland

CSHL course: Frontiers and techniques in plant science
(course)
29 June 2012 - 19 July 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

RIKEN Brain Summer School 2012
(course) The RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI), located just outside Tokyo, Japan, offers a summer program to train advanced students interested in brain function. Applicants may choose either a two-month laboratory internship (Plan A) within a RIKEN BSI laboratory, or an intensive 7-day lecture course (Plan B) featuring a distinguished international faculty. Those participating in the internship may also enroll in the lecture course.

Typically, around 45 international students are accepted to the Summer Program each year. Attendees have wide-ranging academic backgrounds and are usually enrolled in graduate courses, or have recently embarked on postdoctoral research. However, candidates holding other positions are encouraged to apply.

Attendees usually reside on/near the RIKEN campus, where they have ample opportunity to interact with invited lecturers, other attendees and RIKEN BSI researchers. Students unable to provide their own financial support will be considered for travel and accommodation bursaries provided by RIKEN BSI.
03 July 2012 - 11 July 2012
Tokyo Japan

Stem Cells in Cancer - 2nd Annual Cambridge Stem Cell International Symposium
(conference) �

The symposium aims to critical evaluate novel findings and models of how stem cells contribute to cancer and will cover the following themes: (1) Cells at the origin of cancer, (2) Stem cells and metastasis, (3) Cancer stem cell niches, and (4) Approaches to identify cancer stem cells.

The programme includes world-class experts in the field of stem cells and cancer from Europe and the United States. To give new junior investigators as well as postdocs and PhD students the opportunity to discuss their work with established scientists, every session will have at least one selected speaker from the submitted posters.

To maximize cross-disciplinary interactions and networking and to critically evaluate recent developments in this very competitive and rapidly growing field of research, the program includes an extended poster session.

Organisers
Dr Michaela Frye & Dr Juan Jose Ventura

09 July 2012 13:00 - 11 July 2012
Homerton College, Cambridge, UK

Fourth meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED)
(conference)
10 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
Lisbon, Portugal

Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis: from Epigenetics to Behavior
(conference) An offical FENS Forum 2012 satellite meeting.

* Organizers *
Gerd Kempermann and Angelique Bordey

* Topics *
•  Integration of new neurons in the adult olfactory bulb
•  Regulation and function in adult neurogenesis
•  Epigenetics of adult neurogenesis
•  Comparative adult neurogenesis

* Keynote speaker *
Fred H Gage (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, US)

* Invited speakers *
Nora Abrous, Irmgard Amrein, Angelique Bordey, Michael Brand, Juan Manuel Encinas, André Fischer, Magdalena Götz, Sebastian Jessberger, Gerd Kempermann, Chichung Lie, Armen Saghatelyan, Verdon Taylor

* Meeting Program *
Full meeting program is now available on the meeting website (www.abcam.com/adultneurogenesis)

* Registration *
Online registration is available.
12 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
Barcelona, Spain

FASEB: Transcriptional Regulation during Cell Growth, Differentiation, and Development
(conference)
15 July 2012 - 20 July 2012
Snowmass, Colorado

Developmental Neurobiology Course 2012
(course) he assembly of the functional nervous system is one of the most complex developmental processes in nature. Discovering the mechanisms involved is vital both for advancing basic scientific understanding and as a foundation for future strategies to treat neurological disease, congenital cognitive impairment and neural injury. This course aims to efficiently and rapidly introduce students to the intellectual background, model systems, experimental methods and expert investigators in this topic area and will be of tremendous value in establishing the next generation of young neurobiologists
16 July 2012 -

SDB annual meeting
(conference) Katherine Brown (Development's Executive Editor) will be attending this meeting.
19 July 2012 - 23 July 2012
Montreal, Canada

Glia in Health & Disease
(conference) We are pleased to announce the fourth summer conference on Glia in Health & Disease, which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, and will conclude with lunch on Monday, July 23, 2012. The proposed meeting will assemble the leaders in the field, together with junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, to discuss new, cutting-edge developments in the study of all aspects of glial biology in health and disease
19 July 2012 - 23 July 2012
CSHL

Genetics, Genomics and Imaging in Medaka & Zebrafish
(workshop) The registration deadline is May 25th, 2012
22 July 2012 - 31 July 2012
Singapore

FASEB: The Lung Epithelium in Health and Disease
(conference)
22 July 2012 - 27 July 2012
Saxtons River, Vermont

FASEB: Tyrosine Kinase Signaling in Cancer, Disease & Development
(conference)
22 July 2012 - 27 July 2012
Snowmass, Colorado

10th International Congress on Cell Biology
(conference) For more information, contact: iccb2012@interevent.com.br
25 July 2012 - 28 July 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CSHL course: Stem cells
(course)
27 July 2012 - 05 August 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

FASEB: Biology and Pathobiology of Krüppel-like Factors (KLFs)
(conference)
05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
Snowmass, Colorado

FASEB: Mitosis: Spindle Assembly and Function
(conference)
05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting
(conference) Katherine Brown (Development's Executive Editor) will be attending this meeting.
08 August 2012 - 11 August 2012
Santa Cruz, California

GRC: Neural Development
(conference) Seema Grewal (Development's Reviews Editor) will be attending this meeting.
12 August 2012 - 17 August 2012
Newport, Rhode Island

GRC: Notch Signaling in Development, Regeneration & Disease
(conference)
12 August 2012 - 17 August 2012
Lewiston, Maine

FASEB: Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells
(conference)
12 August 2012 - 17 August 2012
Lucca, Italy

FASEB: Biological Methylation: From DNA and Histones to Disease
(conference)
12 August 2012 - 17 August 2012
Snowmass Village, Colorado

GRC: Visual System Development
(conference)
19 August 2012 - 24 August 2012
New London, New Hampshire

EMBO: the molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and tissue repair
(conference)
02 September 2012 - 06 September 2012
Oxford, UK

Neuro fly 2012
(conference) we would like to welcome you to the 2012 European Fly Neurobiology Meeting which will be held in Padua, Italy on September 3-7, 2012.

Since it’s inception, the European Fly Neurobiology Meeting, or Neurofly, has provided the unique opportunity of bringing together experts from different scientific fields sharing a common interest in the Drosophila nervous system. This model organism has proven to be of outstanding relevance for the elucidation of the basic mechanisms governing the functioning of the nervous system, in normal and pathological conditions, at the behavioural, physiological, genetic and molecular levels.
03 September 2012 - 07 September 2012
Padua, Italy

EMBO: Morphogenesis and Dynamics of Multicellular Systems
(conference) Katherine Brown (Development's Executive Editor) will be attending this meeting.
07 September 2012 - 09 September 2012
Heidelberg, Germany

EMBO Practical Course: Anatomy and Embryology of the Mouse
(course)
08 September 2012 - 16 September 2012
Split, Croatia

EMBO workshop: Cell biology of early mouse development
(workshop)  Seema Grewal (Development's Reviews Editor) will be attending this meeting.
09 September 2012 - 12 September 2012
Cambridge, UK

Mathematical Modelling for Biologists 10-13 Sept
(course) 5th CPIB Summer School: Mathematical Modelling for Biologists

10-13 September 2012, University of Nottingham, UK

The aims of our summer school are:

* To introduce modelling and quantitative approaches to biologists

* To explain where models come from, and how to investigate the behaviour of those models

* To introduce differential equation models, parameter estimation and sensitivity, randomness and spatial models

* To show how to create, simulate and analyse models using appropriate software

Examples will include applications to gene regulation, biochemical reactions, population dynamics, and epidemiology.

Target audience: Open to all - PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with a biological background are particularly encouraged to attend, and no prior experience is assumed. We welcome applications from biologists from all sub-disciplines - you don't have to be a plant scientist to attend!

Places are limited to 40 and applicants are asked to give their background and motivation for attending. Priority will be given to applicants who we think will benefit most from the course. We will review applications in the order that they come in, until all 40 places are full.

Thanks to support from CPIB and the Company of Biologists, the course fee for 2012 is only £100 and this covers tuition, single en-suite accommodation for 3 nights, and all meals and refreshments.

Programme:

Day 1: Data, Networks and Models

Day 2: Multi-variable models

Day 3: Parameter estimation and sensitivity; Stochastic models Day 4: Multicellular modelling

The course comprises integrated lectures and computer-based practicals which will allow you to gain an understanding of modelling approaches in a helpful, friendly environment.

Course Organisers: Nick Monk (University of Sheffield) and Markus Owen (University of Nottingham).

For more information and to apply:

http://www.cpib.ac.uk/events/cpib-summer-school/
10 September 2012 - 13 September 2012
University of Nottingham, UK

CSHL: Epigenetics & Chromatin
(conference)
11 September 2012 - 15 September 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
(conference) Topics
• Genes, lipids and systemic inflammatione
• Early inflammatory and immune-driven atherogenesis
• Atheroprogression, ER-stress and unstable plaques
• Novel therapeutic options involving miRNAs

Speaker list
Full speaker list available on meeting website.

Call for abstracts:
Abstracts for oral and poster presentation are invited

Registration
Early bird discounts and online registration are available
20 September 2012 - 21 September 2012
Munich, Germany

The EMBO Meeting
(conference)
22 September 2012 - 25 September 2012
Nice, France

CSHL: Germ Cells
(conference)
02 October 2012 - 06 October 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

EMBO/EMBL: Germline - Immortality through Totipotency
(conference)
13 October 2012 - 16 October 2012
Heidelberg, Gemany

Epigenetics and Stem Cells 2012
(conference)
16 October 2012 - 17 October 2012
Cambridge, UK

Royal Society Discussion Meeting: Regulation from a distance: long-range control of gene expression in development and disease
(conference) Free to attend with pre-registration. (Limited number of seats.)
22 October 2012 - 23 October 2012
London

EMBO/FEBS course: Novel Biophysical Approaches in the Investigation of the Cytoskeleton
(course)
03 November 2012 - 07 November 2012
Pecs, Hungary

The 17th International Society of Differentiation Conference
(conference)
05 November 2012 - 08 November 2012
Amsterdam

Avian Model Systems 7: 7th International Chick Meeting
(conference) Meeting of avian biologists to discuss the latest techniques in avian biology.
14 November 2012 -

Hong Kong Society for Developmental Biology Symposium - From Embryology to Disease Mechanisms
(conference) Brief Symposium Programme:
This symposium will cover the following specific topics:-
Gastrulation, Organogenesis, Progenitor & Stem Cells & Cell Fate, Development & Diseases.

In addition to plenary lectures and invited talks, 8 abstracts will also be selected for short oral presentations. Other submitted abstracts will be presented at the poster sessions.
See http://www.biochem.hku.hk/hksdb/events/nov_2012.html


Confirmed Key Speakers:


Richard Behringer (The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
Kathryn Cheah (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Sally Dunwoodie (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Hiroshi Hamada (Osaka University, Japan)
Kat Hadjantonakis (Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA)
Richard Harvey (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Hisato Kondoh (Osaka University, Japan)
Peter Koopman (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Heiko Lickert (Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany)
Robin Lovell-Badge (MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK)
Andras Nagy (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada)
Shinichi Nishikawa (Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Japan)
Marilyn Renfree (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Jamie Rivera (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA)
Janet Rossant (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada)
Hiroshi Sasaki (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Phil Soriano (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA)
Claudio Stern (University College London, London, UK)

Andrea Streit (King's College London, UK)

Patrick Tam (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Seong-Seng Tan (Howard Florey Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Australia).
Paul Trainor (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA)
Carol Wicking (The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)

Preliminary registration for the symposium is now invited.

Registration fee: USD350 (non HKSDB member); USD250 (HKSDB member); USD150 (HKSDB student member).

Special reduction of registration fee for Early Bird registration: USD300 (non HKSDB member); USD200 (HKSDB member); USD100 (HKSDB student member).

Deadline for Early Bird registration: 31^st July 2012

The organizing committee is looking forward to seeing you at the symposium.
26 November 2012 - 27 November 2012
Hong Kong