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This page lists events that are of interest to the global community of developmental biologists: conferences, meetings, training courses, workshops.
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We invite you to participate to the first European Amphibian Club
Recent innovations in genomics, imaging and in the Crispr/Cas9 technology renewed the value of amphibians as key organisms for both conceptual and medical advances in genetic and developmental diseases.
Join us in Shakespeare country for the 3rd Warwick-Wellcome Quantitative Biomedicine Programme symposium on “The Epigenome: Mechanisms of Maintenance” at the University of Warwick. Travel awards from CoB are available for students/postdoctoral fellows who wish to attend the meeting.
Vice Chairs: David M. Gilbert & Yijun Ruan
Application deadline: June 4, 2017
Situated on the banks of the Danube, with its beautiful art nouveau architecture, Budapest offers the perfect conference venue and tourist destination. We will also commemorate George Streisinger, the founder of zebrafish genetics, who was born here 90 years ago.
Chairs: Prof Ian Hickson (University of Copenhagen) & Dr Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo (CNIO)
Key Sessions include:
The University of Exeter’s new £52 million Living Systems Institute (LSI) is hosting its first international symposium on 5/6 July 2017.
The symposium will feature distinguished speakers, including two Nobel Laureates (Paul Nurse and Christiane Nusslein-Volhard).
We hope you can join us!
The Emergent Utility Human Genomics in Clinics, in Populations, and in Homes
Chair: Carlos Bustamante
Vice Chair: Nicholas Katsanis
Application deadline: 11 June, 2017
The symposium aims to unite the field of mechanobiology, by bringing together world-leading experts in the generation and sensing of forces from the molecular scale to the organismal scale.
Abstract deadline: 19 April 2017
The annual meeting of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology will feature talks from Drs. Philippe Soriano, Clare Baker, Brian Schutte, Craig Albertson, and Licia Silleri. Talks will also be selected from submitted abstracts.
The annual meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology
Program Committee: Blanche Capel (Chair, SDB President), Lance Davidson, Matt Gibson, Zhongchi Liu, Geraldine Seydoux, Ken Zaret
Uniting Eggs and Sperm, from Fundamentals to Applications
Chair: Mariana F. Wolfner
Vice Chair: Steven W. L’Hernault
Application deadline: 18 June, 2017
Topics include: CRISPR Biology, Genome Editing, Gene Drives, Model and Industrial Organisms, Stem Cells/Cancer, Genome-Wide Screens
Organizers: Jennifer Doudna, Maria Jasin, Stanley Lei Qi, Jonathan Weissman,
Abstract deadline: 05 May, 2017
REGISTRATION EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 20th.
PLENARY Speaker Marian Ros
EMBO Speaker Denis Duboule
Limb development including Evo-Devo, Initiation, Patterning, Regeneration and Morphogenesis. The meeting includes an inaugural Clinical-pathological Workshop, to bring clinicians and scientists working in this field together.
This EMBO Conference will be the latest in a series that has taken place biennially for over twenty years bringing together leading scientists studying RNA transport, translation, stability and decay.
Organisers: E. Conti, A. Ephrussi, W. Theurkauf
Epigenetics in Action: From Mechanisms to Biological Impacts
Chairs: Pamela K. Geyer & Frederic Berger
Vice Chairs: Susan Strome & Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla
Application deadline: 02 July, 2017
Wnt Signaling: A Pathway Implicated in Animal Development, Stem Cell Control and Cancer
Chair: Roeland Nusse
Vice Chair: Karl Willert
Application deadline: 09 June, 2017
Registration opens: 1st January, 2017
Early bird registration deadline: 26th May, 2017
Abstract deadline: 26th May, 2017
Lung Health and Disease Across Age, Environment and Species
Chairs: Andreas Guenther & Jason Rock
Vice Chairs: Susan Guttentag & Irina Petrache
Application deadline: 23 July, 2017
Topics include establishment of cohesion, DNA double-strand breaks, formation of cross-overs, movement of chromosomes during meiotic prophase, spindle assembly, kinetochore attachment, error-correction mechanisms, and consequences on fertility and aneuploidy.
Registration deadline: 15 May, 2017
This two-day scientific meeting will highlight exciting new advances in eye development, physiology, disease and therapies.
Topics include: Histone modifications, Modifications of DNA, Noncoding genome, Chromatin remodeling, Function of distal regulatory elements, Nuclear organization, Single cell transcriptome and epigenome, Systems biology, Novel mechanisms, molecular tools and approaches.
Abstract submission deadline = 28th April
Registration deadline = 10 May
The NHM will host a 1 day symposium with invited and contributed talks, posters and catering.
This annual scientific meeting reunites the Portuguese scientific community that uses the Drosophila melanogaster model system
This conference seeks to bring together leading researchers in key areas of lifecourse research and give them an arena in which to interact and develop crosscutting understanding of one another’s fields of research
Jointly hosted by the Florey Institute and the EPSRC sponsored Sheffield Antimicrobial Resistance Network (SHAMROK), this 2-day symposium will highlight recent advances in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, with a focus on antimicrobial resistant pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The EDRC covers the whole breadth of Drosophila research, from evolution and development through to neurobiology, immunology, metabolism and cancer research.
Abstract deadline: Tuesday 9th May, 2017
The meeting will cover a wide variety of topics centered on eukaryotic gene expression, with a strong focus on global approaches for the study of gene regulation and function.
In this conference, world experts will describe how advances in developmental neurobiology, stem cell biology and genetics are offering new insights into the mechanisms controlling the development and evolution of the cerebral cortex across vertebrates.
The meeting will focus on the basic biology of stem cells and the dynamic interactions between stem cells and their microenvironment or niche.
Organizers: Fiona Watt, Marius Wernig, Ken Zaret.
Abstract Deadline: 07 July, 2017
Topics include: Brain, Behavior and Evolution,
Neural Development, Mechanisms of Neurological Disease, Glial Biology and
Neural Circuits.
Organizers: Heather Broihier, J. Troy Littleton
Abstract deadline: 14 July, 2017
Registration will open shortly
Abstract Deadline: July 11, 2017 (for Short Talk consideration)
Discounted Registration Deadline: August 10, 2017
The meeting goal brings together researchers from diverse disciplines who investigate maternal-fetal factors shaping pregnancy outcomes by exploring how these systems work together or are at odds.
Travel Award Deadline: June 13, 2017
Scholarship Deadline: June 15, 2017
Discounted Abstract Deadline: June 15, 2017 (for Short Talk consideration)
Abstract Deadline: July 13, 2017
Discounted Registration Deadline: August 15, 2017
The symposium will focus on recent advances and state-of-the-art techniques directed at understanding functionalities found in biological systems that stem from the morphology and the form of the constituents.
A limited number of travel fellowships will be made available to younger scientists fro abroad.
Registration Deadline: Thursday, August 31, 2017
Organisers: Megan Davey (BSDB), Ruth Palmer, Sara Wilson, Shristos Samakovlis & Andras Simon (SWEDBO), Satu Kuure (FSDB), Elke Ober & Palle Serup (Denmark)
Registration will open shortly
Deadlines:
Scholarship/Discounted Abstract: July 11, 2017
Abstract: August 10, 2017
Discounted Registration: September 12, 2017
Serotonin plays extra-cerebral roles in adults and development. This symposium aims to reveal insights into serotonin’s role in peripheral tissues in disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Hosted by Ospedale San Raffaele and Nature, the meeting brings together key experts in the regeneration field working on different tissues and organs
A Barcelona BioMed Conference
Abstract Deadline: September 22, 2017
Organizers: Paola Arlotta &
Sergiu Pasca
Scholarship Deadline: September 25, 2017
Discounted Abstract Deadline: September 25, 2017
Abstract Deadline: October 23, 2017
Discounted Registration Deadline: November 21, 2017
Scholarship Deadline: September 25, 2017
Discounted Abstract Deadline: September 25, 2017
Abstract Deadline: October 23, 2017
Discounted Registration Deadline: November 21, 2017
Deadlines:
Scholarship/Discounted Abstract: October 5, 2017
Abstract: November 7, 2017
Discounted Registration: December 7, 2017
This symposium features workshops in specimen preparation and evaluation of suitability for cryo-EM, modeling of structures using cryo-EM data, and setting up a cryo-EM lab.
Chairs: Dr. Giacomo Cavalli (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) & Dr. Luciano Di Croce (Centre for Genomic Regulation)
This conference integrates the burgeoning field of epigenetics with the underlying processes of chromatin organization, transcription regulation and aspects of stem cell biology.
Chairs: Prof. Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe (McGill University), Dr. Piero Bianco (University at Buffalo), Prof. X. Sunney Xie (Harvard University)
Key Sessions:
Chair: Dr. Li-Huei Tsai (MIT)
Key Sessions include:
Scholarship Deadline: October 25, 2017
Discounted Abstract Deadline: October 25, 2017 (for Short Talk consideration)
Abstract Deadline: November 28, 2017
Discounted Registration Deadline: December 20, 2017
Scholarship & Discounted Abstract Deadline: Oct 26, 2017
Abstract Deadline: Nov 29, 2017
Discounted Registration Deadline: Dec 21, 2017
Joint with the conference on “Immunological Memory: Innate, Adaptive and Beyond”
Join scientific chairs Charlotte Bevan (Imperial College London), Karen Knudsen (Thomas Jefferson University) Simak Ali (Imperial College London) in Cancun for the Fusion Nuclear Receptors (New Roles for Nuclear Receptors in Development, Health and Disease) conference.
Join scientific chairs Mimoun Azzouz (The University of Sheffield) and Sherif El-Khamisy (University of Sheffield) at Cancun for Fusion’s Genomic Instability and Gene Therapeutics in Neurological Diseases (Neurodegeneration: From Causes to Therapy) conference.
Scholarship Deadline: November 28, 2017
Discounted Abstract Deadline: November 28, 2017
Abstract Deadline: December 20, 2017
Discounted Registration Deadline: January 17, 2018
This conference is being held jointly with “Chromatin Architecture and Chromosome Organization.”
Scholarship Deadline: December 12, 2017
Discounted Abstract Deadline: December 12, 2017
Abstract Deadline: January 10, 2018
Discounted Registration Deadline: February 13, 2018
