Events Calendar
This page lists events that are of interest to the global community of developmental and stem cell biologists: conferences, meetings, training courses, workshops. If you’re looking for webinars, check out our dedicated page.
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March 2026
Molecular Machines in Development
Symposium
26 March 2026
Hubrecht Institute & Accelerator, Utrecht
Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease
Conference
30 March 2026 — 2 April 2026
Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland
April 2026
EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop: Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
Conference
6 April 2026 — 10 April 2026
Haining, China
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
Course
7 April 2026 — 21 April 2026
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4th Asia Pacific Drosophila Neurobiology Conference
Conference
20 April 2026 — 24 April 2026
Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues: Coordination and Robustness
Conference
20 April 2026 — 22 April 2026
Seattle, USA
Stowers Research Conferences: Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI
Conference
22 April 2026 — 24 April 2026
Kansas City, USA
Symposium: Latest Advances in Stem Cell-Based Disease Modelling and Drug Screening
Symposium
23 April 2026 — 24 April 2026
Lundsgaard Auditorium, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Company of Biologists Workshop: Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals
Workshop
26 April 2026 — 29 April 2026
Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
CSHL: Genome Organization & Nuclear Function
Conference
28 April 2026 — 2 May 2026
CSHL, NY, USA
May 2026
EMBO Workshop – Awakening the Genome During Developmental Reprogramming: From Embryos to Organoids
Workshop
4 May 2026 — 7 May 2026
Seville, Spain
WEINSTEIN Cardiovascular Development & Regeneration Conference
Conference
6 May 2026 — 8 May 2026
Hyatt Regency Jersey City, USA
International Dutch Embryo Model Meeting 2026
Conference
7 May 2026 — 8 May 2026
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Fibroblast Growth Factor Signalling in Development, Health & Disease
Conference
7 May 2026 — 10 May 2026
Hilton Malta, St Julians, Malta
Mitochondria & Cell Fate Transitions: From Stemness to Senescence Conference
Conference
10 May 2026 — 13 May 2026
St. Julians, Malta
VAI Epigenetics Symposium
Conference Symposium
11 May 2026 — 13 May 2026
Van Andel Institute, 333 Bostwick Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches
Conference
18 May 2026 — 22 May 2026
Roscoff, France
CRC 1348 Meeting “Mechanochemical Signals at Cellular Interfaces
Conference
27 May 2026 — 29 May 2026
Münster, Germany
June 2026
Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer Course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Course
1 June 2026 — 21 June 2026
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Developmental origins of paediatric cancer symposium
Symposium
8 June 2026
The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
10th European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Meeting 2026
Conference
9 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
Glasgow
Evolutionary Development of Marine Invertebrates 2026
other
14 June 2026 — 16 July 2026
Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA
2026 Young Embryologist Network YEN conference
Conference
15 June 2026
Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
EMBO Workshop – Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila
Workshop
21 June 2026 — 27 June 2026
Kolymbari, Greece
13th Advances in Stem Cell Biology Course (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
Course
22 June 2026 — 3 July 2026
institut Pasteur, Paris, France
July 2026
4th Ubiquitin Function in Health & Disease Conference
Conference
7 July 2026 — 10 July 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
International Society for Stem Cell Research 2026 Annual Meeting
Conference
8 July 2026 — 11 July 2026
Montreal, Canada
Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium 2026
Symposium
8 July 2026 — 9 July 2026
Earlham Institute (Norwich UK)
Prokaryotic Cell Biology
Conference
13 July 2026 — 16 July 2026
Dolce CampoReal Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2026 British Biophysical Society Biennial Meeting
Conference
13 July 2026 — 15 July 2026
Glasgow
Loke CTR Annual Meeting 2026 – Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation
Conference
16 July 2026 — 17 July 2026
Old Divinity School, St John's College, All Saints Passage, Cambridge CB2 1TP
Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
Conference Other Workshop
20 July 2026 — 20 August 2026
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara
KITP QBio Summer Research Course: Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals
Course
20 July 2026 — 21 August 2026
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Zebrafish Development and Genetics
Course
23 July 2026 — 6 August 2026
The University of Chicago Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
August 2026
GRC: Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering
Conference
2 August 2026 — 7 August 2026
New Hampshire, USA
GRC: Neural Development
Conference
2 August 2026 — 7 August 2026
Rhode Island, USA
GRC: Mammalian Reproduction
Conference
9 August 2026 — 14 August 2026
Maine, United States
Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting
Conference
24 August 2026 — 28 August 2026
University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Imaging Mouse Development
other
30 August 2026 — 2 September 2026
Janelia Research Campus, Virginia, USA
September 2026
Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos | Development – HDBI meeting
Conference
7 September 2026 — 9 September 2026
University of Warwick, UK
EMBO Workshop – Physics of Cells: PhysCell2026
Workshop
7 September 2026 — 11 September 2026
Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands and online
European Summer School on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine 2026
other
11 September 2026 — 18 September 2026
Spetses, Greece
EMBO Workshop – The molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and tissue repair
Workshop
21 September 2026 — 25 September 2026
Krems, Austria
Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Early Career Symposium (ISSCR, SDB and Allen Institute)
other
23 September 2026 — 25 September 2026
Seattle, USA
October 2026
5th Epigenetics: From Mechanisms to Therapies Conference
Conference
1 October 2026 — 4 October 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
4th Metabolism in Health & Disease Conference: Understanding the Role of Metabolism in Aging, Physiology & Disease
Conference
10 October 2026 — 13 October 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
Tracing Evolution through Cell Lineages – Symposium 12–14 Oct 2026
Symposium
12 October 2026 — 14 October 2026
Plön, Germany
EMBO Workshop – Dosage compensation and evolution of the X chromosome
Workshop
19 October 2026 — 22 October 2026
Sapporo, Japan and online
20 Years of iPSC Discovery: A Celebration and Vision for the Future
Symposium
20 October 2026 — 22 October 2026
Kyoto, Japan
19th Spanish Society for Developmental Biology meeting
Conference
28 October 2026 — 30 October 2026
Huelva, Spain
November 2026
5th Synthetic Biology of Natural Products Conference
Conference
1 November 2026 — 4 November 2026
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
2nd Membrane Contact Sites Conference
Conference
4 November 2026 — 7 November 2026
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Integrating Multi-Modal, Multi-Scale Models of Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms
Workshop
8 November 2026 — 11 November 2026
Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
5th Immuno-Metabolic Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis Conference
Conference
10 November 2026 — 13 November 2026
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
December 2026
Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective
Workshop
6 December 2026 — 9 December 2026
Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
Stem Cells in Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
Symposium
14 December 2026 — 15 December 2026
San Diego, USA