The Company of Biologists Workshop: From Stem Cells to Human Development

As you may know, the Company of Biologists runs a fantastic series of small Workshops on diverse topics across the life sciences (more details on our website).

I’m excited to announce that the latest in this series, “From Stem Cells to Human Development”, is now open for registration. The Workshop is being organised by our Editor in Chief, Olivier Pourquié, and two of our Academic Editors, Benoit Bruneau and Austin Smith. It runs from September 21st-24th 2014, and will be held at the beautiful venue of Wotton House, Surrey. This meeting brings together a great line-up of speakers with a common interest in understanding human development using stem cell systems – including  the establishment of pluripotency, development of the major lineages and tissue morphogenesis, as well as translational and ethical aspects of human stem cell research.
The current invited speaker list includes:

Clare Blackburn (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Elaine Dzierzak (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Susan Fisher (University of California San Francisco, USA)
Göran Hermerén (University of Lund, Sweden)
Danwei Huangfu (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA)
Insoo Hyun (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA)
Gordon Keller (University Health Network, Toronto, Canada)
Jürgen Knoblich (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria)
Arnold Kriegstein (University of California San Francisco, USA)
Rick Livesey (University of Cambridge, UK)
Alexander Medvinsky (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Hiromitsu Nakauchi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Jenny Nichols (University of Cambridge, UK)
Janet Rossant (Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada)
Yoshiki Sasai (RIKEN Centre for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan)
Henrik Semb (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Hans Snoeck (Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA)
James Wells (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA)
Joanna Wysocka (Stanford University, USA)

Unlike our previous workshops, this meeting will be open to a larger number of participants, with space for around 80 applicants. Application is open until May 13th, but given the limited number of places available, I would encourage anyone who is interested in attending to register early to secure their place. More details on this exciting event can be found here, as can the registration pages.

We hope to see some of you there in September!
 

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