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:
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
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
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:
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human and animal genetic studies of vulnerability to addiction,
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molecular genetics and genomic studies related to the response to addictive drugs,
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epigenetic mechanisms of substance use disorders and addiction,
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cell biology studies of addiction,
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development of neural pathways and brain structures that mediate SUDs and addiction and
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bioinformatic approaches to better model the genetics of SUDs, including data integration, methods development, epistasis analysis, and machine learning.
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.
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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Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA
Next Workshop: October 18-27, 2018.