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Xenopus Meetings and Resources

* Meetings listed in chronological order... (unless part of a group)

 

 

March 2023 

11th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference

March 23-26, 2023

Mont Sainte-Anne Beaupré, Quebec

https://event.fourwaves.com/fe8a7977-623f-49e2-9612-03cbce2759e9/pages

Organizers: Marie Kmita, McGill University; Sevan Hopyan, The Hospital for Sick Children

 

 

April 2023

Xenopus Bioinformatics (MBL Course)

April 6-11th, 2023

Woods Hole, MA, USA

Registration page coming soon to: https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings

Organizers: Marko Horb, NXR; Taejoon Kwon, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea; Leon Peshkin, Harvard; Xenbase.

 

Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease (CSH Course)

April 12 - 25, 2023

Cold Spring Harbor Labs, New York

https://meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx?course=C-XENO&year=23

Key Dates

Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

Arrival: April 11th by 6pm EST

Departure: April 25th around 12pm EST

Due to the tailored nature of this course, it is suitable for those new to the Xenopus field, as well as for more advanced students who are interested in emerging technologies. 

During the course, the students will analyze any phenotypes generated from CRISPR/Cas9 based gene depletion while learning the diverse array of techniques available in Xenopus. Approaches covered will include microinjection and molecular manipulations such as CRISPR/Cas9 knockouts, antisense morpholino-based depletions, transgenics, and mRNA overexpression. In addition, students can combine these techniques with explant and transplant methods to simplify or test tissue level interactions, mRNA in situ hybridization and protein immunohistochemistry, basic bioinformatic techniques for gene comparison and functional analysis. Biochemical approaches such as proteomics and mass spectrometry and biomechanical concepts will also be discussed and we will introduce a variety of sample preparation and imaging methods including time-lapse, fluorescent imaging, optical coherence tomography and confocal microscopy. 

 

Organizers: Chenbei Chang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Lance Davidson, University of Pittsburgh

 

Cell Plasticity in Morphogenesis, British Society Developmental Biology (BSDB Meeting)

April 17th-19th 2023

Sheffield, UK

Registration now open:

https://registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend/reg/tOtherPage.csp?pageID=91997&eventID=242&traceRedir=2

Organizers: Kyra Campbell, Ben Steventon, and Anestis Tsakiridis

 

 

16th Annual International Biocuration Conference (Biocuration 2023)

April 24-26 2023

Padua, Italy

https://biocuration2023.github.io/

 

SDB Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting

April 20-23, 2023 

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 

https://www.sdbonline.org/meeting?ResourceID=4117

Organizers: Danelle Devenport, Princeton University; Rebecca Burdine, Princeton University

 

SDB Northeast Regional Meeting

April 28-30, 2023 

Woods Hole, MA, Marine Biological Laboratory

https://www.sdbonline.org/meeting?ResourceID=4118

Organizers: Karen Echeverri, Marine Biological Laboratory; Jennifer Fish, University of Massachusetts Lowell

 

 

 

May 2023

From Model Organisms to Translational Science: Exploring How Tissues Repair and Regenerate (Gordon Research Conference)

May 28 - June 2, 2023

Colby-Sawyer College,  New London, NH, United States

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 30, 2023. 

https://www.grc.org/tissue-repair-and-regeneration-conference/2023/

Organizers: Kimberly A. Mace and Tanya J. Shaw

 

 

 

June 2023

Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology, (MBL/NXR Course)

June 04, 2023 - July 17, 2023

An intensive six-week laboratory and lecture course for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and more senior researchers who seek a broad and balanced view of modern issues in developmental biology.  Limited to 24 students.

Application due date:Feb 01, 2023

https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/embryology-concepts-and-techniques-modern-developmental-biology

Organizers: Carole LaBonne, Northwestern University and Athula Wikramanayake, University of Miami

 

UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN THE GENOMIC AGE

June 06 - 08, 2023

Tarrytown, NY at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (in person)

Abstract submission deadline: April 11, 2023

https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting?eventid=6899

Organizers: Lee Niswander and Wendy Chung

 

Developmental Biology (Gordon Research Conference) 

June 25 – 30, 2023

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by May 28, 2023.

Registration and abstract submission is open:

https://www.grc.org/developmental-biology-conference/2023/

Organizers: James Briscoe, Anne Grapin-Botton and Swathi Arur

 

 

Cell-Cell Junctions: Integrating Cell Signals and Mechanical Force in Development and Disease (Gordon Research Conference)

June 25 - 30, 2023

Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, United States

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by May 28, 2023.

Registration and abstract submission is open:

https://www.grc.org/cell-contact-and-adhesion-conference/2023/

Organizers: Kris DeMali and Mark Peifer

 

 

July 2023

Single Cell Analysis (CSH Course)

June 30 - July 15, 2023

Cold Spring Harbor Labs, New York

https://meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx?course=C-SINGLE&year=23

Key Dates

Application Deadline: March 15, 2023

Arrival: June 29th by 6pm EST

Departure: July 15th around 12pm EST

Instructors: David Chenoweth, University of Pennsylvania, Michael McConnell, Lieber Institute for Brain Development; Sydney Shaffer, University of Pennsylvania; Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego

 

Animal Models of Cancer Conference:From Cancer Genetics to Precision Oncology (Fusion conference)

July 8-21 2023 

Lisbon, Portugal

https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference/147

Organizers: Kevin Haigis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Julien Sage, Stanford University

 

 

SDB 82nd Annual Meeting

July 20-23

Hyatt Regency - Chicago, IL

https://www.sdbonline.org/2023mtg

Organizers: Victoria Prince (Chair, SDB President), Alissa Richmond Armstrong, Richard Behringer, Samantha Butler, Cagney E. Coomer, Lauren Cote, Verónica Di Stilio, Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Elizabeth N. Schock, Mansi Srivastava Local Committee: Jorge Cantú, Carole LaBonne, Ankur Saxena

 

 

 

August 2023

19th International Xenopus Conference

August 20-24, 2023

Hyatt Regency - Chesapeake Bay

Cambridge MA, USA

https://www.19thxenopusconference.org

Organizers: Amy Sater, University of Houston, Aaron Zorn, Cincinnati Children’s; Ann Miller, University of Michigan; Matt Good, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

Modernized Approaches to Mechanistic Toxicology Investigations (Gordon Research Conference)

August 13-18, 2023

Proctor Academy, Andover, NH, United States

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by July 16, 2023. 

https://www.grc.org/cellular-and-molecular-mechanisms-of-toxicity-conference/2023/

Organizers:Rhiannon N. Hardwick and Heather M. Wallace

 

 

 

September 2023

European Developmental Biology Congress 2023 

September 25th-28th  2023

Keble College, Oxford, UK

See BSDB website for details: http://bsdb.org

Organizers: Sally Lowell, Paul Martin and Shankar Srinivas

 

 

 

October 2023

Frontiers in Stem Cells & Regeneration (MBL Course)

1st - 8th October, 2023

Woods Hole, MA, USA

SCARE is a laboratory and lecture based course that includes a complete array of biological and medical perspectives from fundamental basic biology of “stemness” and mechanisms of regeneration through evaluation of pluripotent stem cells for therapeutic benefit. The laboratories explore a variety of timely topics including stem cell derivation, pluripotency, directed differentiation, and spinal cord and limb regeneration, using an array of experimental models ranging from planarians to human stem cells.

Application due date: Jul 06, 2023

https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/frontiers-stem-cells-regeneration

Organizers: Ina Dobrinski, University of Calgary; and Charles Easley, University of Georgia 

 

 

Gene Regulatory Networks for Development (MBL Course)

8th - 20th October  2023

Woods Hole, MA, USA

This course introduces the concepts of Gene regulatory networks (GRNs), and teaches experimental and computational methods used to study them, through highly interactive lectures, discussions, group projects, and practical tutorials. We will cover a broad range of topics, including transcriptional control systems, the structural organization of hierarchical networks, developmental functions of GRN circuit modules, GRN evolution, and computational modeling using BioTapestry as well as Boolean and quantitative mathematical approaches.

Application due date: Jul 11, 2023

https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/gene-regulatory-networks-development

Organizers: Titus Brown, University of California, Davis,  and Veronica Hinman, Carnegie Mellon University.

 

 

2024

The Allied Genetics Conference

Save the Date for #TAGC24!

March 5–10, 2024

National Harbor, Washington DC Metro Area 

https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc/

 

 

 

Funding Opportunities

 

SDB Career Awards

SDB Career Awards recognize excellence in research, mentoring, education, and science communication in the developmental biology community. 

Nominations open in October 2023. 

Edwin G. Conklin Medal in Developmental Biology is awarded annually by the Society for Developmental Biology to recognize a developmental biologist who has made and is continuing to make extraordinary research contributions to the field and is an excellent mentor who has helped train the next generation of outstanding scientists.

Developmental Biology - Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a developmental biologist who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of developmental biology, through their own body of work, service to the scientific community, exceptional mentorship, and public advocacy. 

Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and innovative contributions to the teaching and learning of developmental biology and related fields.

Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award recognizes a new investigator performing outstanding research in developmental biology during the early stages of their independent career.

Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award recognizes great science communication and outreach efforts by student and postdoctoral members of the Society for Developmental Biology.

 

See SDB website for more details:https://www.sdbonline.org/awards_grants

 

National Science Foundation (NSF) USA government funding opportunities:

The NSF Biology Directorate/Division of Integrative Organismal Systems  is now accepting research proposals at any time (i.e., no preliminary proposals or deadlines).  There are no proposal deadlines or caps on submission. (21-506)

Full details: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/division-integrative-organismal-systems-core

Supports research and training on the structure and function of organisms. Core areas supported include development, behavior, neuroscience, physiology, biomechanics and morphology, microbiology, immunology, virology, and plant and animal genomics.

Synopsis of Program: The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) Core Programs support research aimed at understanding why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. Proposals are welcomed in all of the core scientific program areas supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to, developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes, nervous system development, structure, modification, function, and evolution; biomechanics and functional morphology, physiological processes, symbioses and microbial interactions, interactions of organisms with biotic and abiotic environments, plant and animal genomics, and animal behavior. Proposals should focus on organisms as a fundamental unit of biological organization. Principal Investigators are encouraged to apply systems approaches that will lead to conceptual and theoretical insights and predictions about emergent organismal properties. 

NSF IOS Program contacts

Developmental Systems Program; IOSDSC@nsf.gov phone: (703) 292-8417

Behavioral Systems Program; IOSBSC@nsf.gov phone: (703) 292-8423

Neural Systems Program; IOSNSC@nsf.gov phone:(703) 292-8421

 

Instructions for submitting to the Developmental Systems Cluster are at: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/developmental-systems-0

You can find other programs solicitations at the BIO home page: https://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=BIO

 

 

National Institute of Health (NIH) USA government funding opportunities  

For general information see also : https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm#Resource

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/information-for-research.htm

 

NOT-DA-23-004 High Priority Areas in Genetics, Epigenetics, and Developmental Neuroscience Branch in the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-23-004.html

Key Dates  Release Date: April 14, 2022; First Available Due Date: June 05, 2022 ; Expiration Date:  September 08, 2025

Issued by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Purpose The mission of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior (DNB) is to discover, facilitate and promote outstanding basic animal and human research aimed at identifying the causes and consequences of drug addiction across the lifespan and to guide treatment strategies. The Genetics, Epigenetics, and Development (GED) Branch within DNB supports research on the genetics, epigenetics, and developmental mechanisms that underlie addiction and substance use disorders (SUD).

Research areas of general interest include but are not limited to:

  • human and animal genetic studies of vulnerability to addiction,

  • molecular genetics and genomic studies related to the response to addictive drugs,

  • epigenetic mechanisms of substance use disorders and addiction,

  • cell biology studies of addiction,

  • development of neural pathways and brain structures that mediate SUDs and addiction and

  • bioinformatic approaches to better model the genetics of SUDs, including data integration, methods development, epistasis analysis, and machine learning.

 

  1. NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy Overview

NIH has issued the Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy (effective January 25, 2023) to promote the sharing of scientific data. Sharing scientific data accelerates biomedical research discovery, in part, by enabling validation of research results, providing accessibility to high-value datasets, and promoting data reuse for future research studies.

Full details: https://sharing.nih.gov/data-management-and-sharing-policy/about-data-management-and-sharing-policies/data-management-and-sharing-policy-overview

 

Under the DMS policy, NIH expects that investigators and institutions:

- Plan and budget for the managing and sharing of data

- Submit a DMS plan for review when applying for funding

- Comply with the approved DMS plan

 

See this blog post for discussion: https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2022/01/26/gearing-up-for-2023-implementing-the-nih-data-management-and-sharing-policy-policy/ 

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Xenopus Genome Editing Workshop
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA

Next Workshop: October 18-27, 2018.
http://www.mbl.edu/xenopus/workshops/genomeediting-workshop

Last Updated: 2023-03-30