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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:
Programmed cell death (PCD) in model organisms
(workshop) 19 - 23 February 2012 | Ein-Gedi | Israel
19 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
Ein-Gedi Israel
GRC: Reprogramming Cell Fate
(conference)
26 February 2012 - 02 March 2012
Galveston, Texas
Maintenance of Genome Stability 2012
(conference)
05 March 2012 - 08 March 2012
Nassau, Bahamas
Keystone Symposia: Nuclear Events in Plant Gene Expression and Signaling
(conference)
06 March 2012 - 11 March 2012
Taos, New Mexico
Drosophila Research Conference
(conference)
07 March 2012 - 11 March 2012
Chicago, Illinois
6th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference
(conference)
08 March 2012 - 12 March 2012
Banff, Canada
Keystone Symposia: The Life of a Stem Cell: From Birth to Death
(conference)
11 March 2012 - 16 March 2012
Olympic Valley, California
GRC: Craniofacial Morphogenesis & Tissue Regeneration
(conference)
18 March 2012 - 23 March 2012
Ventura, California
CSHL: Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression
(conference)
20 March 2012 - 24 March 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
3rd Symposium on Development of the Enteric Nervous System
(conference)
25 March 2012 - 28 March 2012
Hong Kong
Keystone Symposia: Non-Coding RNAs
(conference)
31 March 2012 - 05 April 2012
Snowbird, Utah
Keystone Symposia: Eukaryotic Transcription
(conference)
31 March 2012 - 05 April 2012
Snowbird, Utah
Keystone Symposia: Regenerative Tissue Engineering and Transplantation
(conference)
01 April 2012 - 06 April 2012
Breckenridge, Colorado
Keystone Symposia: Mechanisms of Whole Organ Regeneration
(conference)
01 April 2012 - 06 April 2012
Breckenridge, Colorado
Epigenetic Control of Skin Development and Regeneration
(conference)
02 April 2012 - 03 April 2012
Bradford, UK
CSHL course: Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus
(course)
13 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Joint meeting of the BSDB, JSDB, and BSCB
(conference)
15 April 2012 - 18 April 2012
Warwick, UK
CSHL: Molecular Pathways in Organ Development & Disease
(conference)
17 April 2012 - 21 April 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York USA
6th International Symposium on Vertebrate Sex Determination
(conference)
23 April 2012 - 27 April 2012
Kona, Hawaii
Jacques Monod conference: EMERGENCE and EVOLUTION of DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS
(conference) The conference will to bring together developmental biologists, physicists and computational scientists to discuss the mechanisms underlying tissue patterning/growth and the evolution of morphological diversity. Emphasis will be given to approaches that take advantage of modeling and the latest imaging technologies.
There will be 5 thematic sessions:
1) Tissue architecture, patterning and growth. Recent quantitative analysis and modeling of morphogen activity; Developmental and environmental control of body size, including the process of cell competition.
2) Developmental time. Temporal gene cascades, oscillators and biological clocks, collective and individual migratory behaviors.
3) Stem cells within tissues. Stem cells in various animal models; Phenotypic plasticity of stem cell niches.
4) Gene regulatory networks. Precision and robustness of developmental gene expression; Enhancer structure; Non coding RNAs and small peptides; Regulatory feedback.
5) Plasticity and Evolvability of biological patterns. Plasticity, precision and robustness; Evolvability of developmental programs.
Deadline for application: 25 January 2012.
25 April 2012 - 29 April 2012
Roscoff (Brittany), France
Emergence and evolution of developmental patterns
(conference) APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30 JANUARY.
PLEASE WRITE TO JVINCEN@NIMR.MRC.AC.UK FOR INFO
25 April 2012 -
International Meeting of the LASDB
(conference)
26 April 2012 - 29 April 2012
Montevideo, Uruguay
VI International Meeting of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology
(conference) ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WE ANNOUNCE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 20th 2012.
The main reason to postpone the Abstract Submission Deadline is that we have been contacted by several interested colleagues and students arguing that they were not able to reach to the first deadline due to different reasons. Thus, taken into account we are approaching the end of the year, we considered an extension of about one month.
In addition, we are proud to announce you that Students and Post-Docs will be able to apply for partial FELLOWSHIPS. For more information please visit our website:
The SDB-LASDB 2012 Short Course deadline for submission has also been extended to January 6, 6 PM Eastern time. Please forward this information to your colleagues and potential candidates.
Satellite short course to the Sixth International Meeting of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology, April 16-25, 2012, Montevideo, Uruguay. This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute will be held at the Universidad de la Republica and Institut Pasteur de Montevideo and is funded by a PASI program grant from NSF and DoE. It is aimed for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty interested in enhancing their understanding for evolutionary processes by integrating genomics, systems biology, gene regulatory network with traditional experimental approaches. Latin American citizens, US nationals and permanent residents are invited to apply.
For details:
26 April 2012 -
GRC: Chromatin Structure and Function
(conference)
06 May 2012 - 11 May 2012
Lucca, Italy
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)
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
ISSCR annual meeting
(conference)
13 June 2012 - 16 June 2012
Yokohama, Japan
International Conference on Zebrafish Genetics and Development
(conference)
20 June 2012 - 24 June 2012
Madison, Wisconsin
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
(conference) 
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
Fourth meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED)
(conference)
10 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
Lisbon, Portugal
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)
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
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
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10th International Congress on Cell Biology
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Mark your calendar!
*10th International Congress on Cell Biology
16th Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Cell Biology*
*July 25-28, 2012*
For more information, contact: iccb2012@interevent.com.br
25 July 2012 -
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)
08 August 2012 - 11 August 2012
Santa Cruz, California
GRC: Neural Development
(conference)
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) Dear Colleagues,
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.
Padua with its 800 year-old University, represents an excellent venue for the 2012 Neurofly meeting. In our University the scientific revolution found highly fertile ground with renowned scientists such as Galileo Galilei, Andrea Vesalio, Gabriele Falloppio and William Harvey, who, through their discoveries, writings and thoughts opened the road to great advancements in the fields of Physics, Astronomy and Medicine.
The vibrant and favorable environment enabled by the Republic of Venetia, also embodied in the motto of our University (Universa universis patavina libertas, which translates as Paduan Freedom is Universal), attracted famous painters such as Giotto, who was the author of the famous frescoes represented in the Scrovegni Chapel, as well as illustrious students from all around Europe (Copernicus was among these).
The centuries-old history of Padua and its University still continues today: Institutes, Departments and libraries are ubiquitously dispersed within both the old and the new parts of the city. Students and Professors are a fundamental part of the city. The life of our University is the life of the City, as embodied by the close proximity of Palazzo del Bo' (the main medieval University building) with the buildings that simbolise the city’s local government: Palazzo Moroni and Palazzo della Ragione.
03 September 2012 - 07 September 2012
Italy
EMBO: Morphogenesis and Dynamics of Multicellular Systems
(conference)
07 September 2012 - 09 September 2012
Heidelberg, Germany
EMBO workshop: Cell biology of early mouse development
(workshop)
09 September 2012 - 12 September 2012
Cambridge, UK
CSHL: Epigenetics & Chromatin
(conference)
11 September 2012 - 15 September 2012
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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
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
Avian Model Systems 7: 7th International Chick Meeting
(conference) Meeting of avian biologists to discuss the latest techniques in avian biology.
14 November 2012 -
