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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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The meeting will discuss the basic biological principles that govern cell death, cell stress and metabolism, focusing on how cellular stress and alterations in metabolism influence the cellular death programs such as apoptosis, necroptosis and ferroptosis.
This conference addresses fundamental questions of the biology of the malaria parasite, its vector, the (immune) response of the host and the disease that it causes, and showcases the latest technological approaches. “Big data” and computational approaches to be assessed.
Cell Junctions as Integrators of Molecular and Mechanical Signals in Development and Disease
The conference will bring together scientific leaders, industrial players, as well as policy makers to discuss how synthetic biology and metabolic engineering can contribute to sustainable CO2 capture and conversion.
Evolution, Structure and Function of Chromosomes High Order Structure
Institut Pasteur, Paris
June 4 (2pm) –June 7 (6pm) 2019 http://www.hic2019.conferences-pasteur.org/
Heterogeneity in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer
Building, Maintaining and Regenerating Skeletal Muscle
Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms that Underpin Wound Repair and Regeneration
The 4th Eurogenesis conference will bring together leaders from the field of adult neurogenesis and will cover different topics from stem cells to function of adult-born neurons. An entire session will be dedicated to adult neurogenesis in humans.
International Conference on Polyploidy will present cutting-edge research into the importance of polyploidy and whole genome duplication for genetics, evolution, and ecology. A unique opportunity to meet and discuss with colleagues, get updated on the newest developments!
Early Bird Registration/Travel Award Application/Abstract Submission: March 14, 2019
Talk abstracts deadline: May 6
Poster abstract & Registration deadline: June 3
Spinal Cord Injury and Repair: From Molecules to Function
Identity and Diversity: Developmental Biology from Molecules to Cells to Organisms
Abstract submission deadline: March 28
We invite you to the Second European Amphibian Club in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany.
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research
This conference is dedicated to understanding the spatial organization and regulation of RNA biology within cells, which has taken center stage in many fields including cell polarity, developmental biology, synaptic plasticity, and neurodegenerative disease.
Dr George Littlejohn and I are organising this conference session and abstract submission is currently open!
Feel free to contact me at oliver.tills@plymouth.ac.uk to discuss.
It would be great to see you there!
The symposium aims at bringing together world-leading experts in the fields of mechanobiology, cell biology and developmental biology studying the mechanical basis of cell and tissue morphogenesis.
Normal and Abnormal Cell Cycle Variations
This meeting attracts the international community of researchers using tunicates as model organisms for a broad range of studies, including cell and developmental biology, neurobiology and immunity, post-embryonic development, genetics and genomics, ecology and evolution.
This symposium bridges traditional microbiology and novel technologies by exposing microbiologists to new ways of addressing their hypotheses. Also, it provides a platform for systems or technology experts to get a better understanding of the important questions in the field.
The meeting will bring together researchers interested in niche-epithelial stem /progenitor interaction during lung development, homeostasis and disease.
Epigenetic Mechanisms Across Scales: From Molecules to Environment and Evolution
Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology
There will be a one-day satellite symposium on Developmental Bioelectricity, immediately before the 78th Annual SDB Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts this summer. Individuals registered for the Annual SDB Meeting can attend this symposium without paying an additional registration fee.
This conference will be co-organized by Ken Birnbaum (US) and Jill Harrison (UK) to bring together the international plant development community, foster collaboration and identify emerging research themes.
The full speaker list and conference poster are online here:
https://harrisonlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/faseb-mechanisms-in-plant-development.html
Gametes, Fertilization and the Tissues in Which They Develop in Humans, Animals and Plants
Website in preparation
Growing Organotypically Differentiated Vasculatures from Vascular Sprouts
Harnessing Lung Complexity Towards Improved Health Across the Lifespan
Wnt Signaling Networks in Development, Disease and Regeneration
Abstract submission deadline May 3, 2019
Abstract submission deadlines:
– for talks 15 June
– for posters 30 June
Translational control focus of attention extends to many fields, including developmental biology, neurobiology, cell physiology, disease, synthetic and systems biology, among others. Besides messenger RNA translation, the conference features advances in epitranscriptomics and non-coding RNAs that influence the translation process.
International Symposium on quantitative plant morphodynamics
Organised by DFG FOR2581
This conference will bring together leading researchers from computational biology, various omics fields and technology development to present their latest work and discuss applications, future ideas and the challenges for integrating large-scale biological data across different biological technologies and disciplines.
Abstract submission deadline: April 30th, 2019
Early Registration Deadline
25th July 2019
Engineering Life explores cells from origins to engineering, and application. Join us September 11-13th, 2019.
Included: selected & flash talks, academic networking (steamboat on the Elbe!), Register here
Organiser: James Saenz and BCUBE
Abstract Deadline: June 28, 2019
Organizers: Anne Grapin-Botton, Marius Wernig, Ken Zaret
Abstract submission deadline June 7, 2019
Exploring the developmental origins of health and disease
Audience: scientists working on foetal programming, ecologists and evolutionary biologists interested in the effects of the parental environment on offspring.
This first EMBO|EMBL Symposium on systems genetics will focus on the central questions of when and how do changes in genotype result in changes in phenotype.
This meeting is organised by the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms and curated by Monica Justice, Nancy Speck, Paresh Vyas and Leonard Zon. It will bring together diverse front-line researchers, stimulating discussions across basic and clinical research, and fostering collaborative links.
Registration for abstract submission open from: March 8 2019
Abstract submission deadline: May 12 2019
Conference topics:
– Stem cells and fate decisions
– Enteroendocrine lineage specification
– Gut hormone production and secretion
– Interactions between gut epithelium and microbiota
– Engineering stem cell niches
Abstract Deadline: July 12, 2019
Organizers: Kate O’Connor-Giles, Scott Waddell
A Scientific Discussion Meeting from The Royal Society
Connecting leading developers of imaging methods with cutting edge applications that illustrate how imaging can answer biological questions. We emphasise on methods that capture the dynamics of life, spanning the whole range from molecular resolution to imaging of whole organisms.
The Brain Mosaic aims to bring together leaders in this emerging discipline to discuss how it is advancing our knowledge of CNS function and disease. Speakers at this neuroscience meeting on ‘single cell’ will emphasize the multi-disciplinary nature of the field.
Exploring the diverse, dynamic and multifaceted roles of RNA across a spectrum of cellular processes. Interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function.
Discussion topics will include:
Abstract submission deadline: May 13, 2019
In this meeting we will explore the role of narrative in the communication of science. What does narrative in contemporary fiction have to say about the human dimension of science? Are its practitioners villains or heroes, stereotypes or multidimensional characters?
The 10th meeting of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology
This conference covers presentations from cancer genome projects, the areas of cancer functional genomics, systems biology, cancer immunogenomics and epigenomics, cancer mouse models and the translation and clinical impact of scientific results obtained.
Submission deadline: September 29
Registration deadline: October 18
This year’s conference will cover a broad spectrum of epigenomic discoveries, opportunities, and also challenges, in human normal biology and in disease and discuss and discuss epigenomic approaches in common human diseases.
Epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) research bridges development and cancer. TEMTIA9 will be held on Nov.11-14, 2019 (Kumamoto, Japan). We have exciting speakers and many open oral presentation slots, with support from the Company of Biologists. For details please visit http://www.emtmeeting.org.
Abstract Deadline: August 23, 2019
Organizers: Nancy Allbritton, Scott Fraser Junhyong Kim
Celebrating 100 years of genetics in Edinburgh and the Genetics Society in the UK
Annual Fall conference, featuring undergraduate DevBio research: DBNY2019. Along with talks & posters, will have a keynote speaker and a career panel discussing options after college.
The symposium will focus in particular on how metabolites and metabolic networks impact gene regulation, on recently discovered roles of metabolites in disease and how this open novel therapeutic avenues.
This meeting connects researchers based in academia and industry to focus on the opportunities and challenges for genomics in drug discovery. Covering multi-omics, epidemiology, molecular biology and computational approaches, focusing on the contributions of these methods to target validation.
Abstract Deadline: September 27, 2019
Organizers: Guo-li Ming, Sergiu Pasca
This meeting aims to present the most recent advances in the mechanistic understanding of DNA metabolic processes at the single-molecule level, using both in vivo and in vitro approaches.
Bringing together leading figures in nuclear receptor research, to discuss emerging roles and their implications for health and disease in an intimate meeting that will generate meaningful idea exchange to further shape this influential field.
Talks will cover a broad range of topics, including chromosome organisation, long-range interactions, chromatin assembly, stem cell regulation/differentiation, RNA-based mechanisms, transcription regulation, DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation.
This meeting will bring together experts and pioneers in studying neuroepigenetics and epitranscriptomics to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of epigenetic and epitranscriptomic mechanisms in neural development, reprogramming and cell identity, plasticity, neuronal function and dysfunction.
This meeting will appeal to Molecular/Cell Biologists/Geneticists & Biochemists interested in genome stability. Researchers interested in the molecular basis of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and ageing and those with an interest in high throughput genetic and pharmacological screening methods.
