Xenopus Meetings and Resources
2024
October 2024
Xenopus Resources and Emerging Technologies meeting.
October 11-14th, 2024
Woods Hole, MA, USA
Registration and Housing website : https://www.mbl.edu/research/resources-research-facilities/national-xenopus-resource/workshops-and-meetings
Look forward to an impressive lineup of speakers discussing emerging technologies, and the hottest new Xenopus research, and a community workshop to develop the next Xenopus White paper.
Xenbase is running the Community GO curation workshop: Monday 14th 8.30-10am
Organizers: Helen Willsey, Jennifer Landino and Coral Yishen.
If you are a speaker/trainee to nominate or other ideas please share with Helen (helen.willsey@ucsf.edu).
Developmental Cell Biology ( Stowers Research Conference)
October 23-25, 2024
Kansas City MO
Registration deadline: September 13, 20024
Register here: https://www.stowers.org/events/devbio2024
Event Highlights
-
Mentors and Mentees tandem talks
-
Poster Sessions
-
14 talks selected from Abstracts.
Keynote Speakers:
-
Carol LaBonne, Northwestern University
-
Marianne Bronner, CalTech
Invited Speakers: Vanessa Barone, Pawel Burkhardt, Lillian Fritz-Laylin, Marcus Kronforst, Megam Martik, Christina Mosimann, B. Duygu Özpolat and Berna Sozen.
Organizers: Matt Gibson, Ribb Krumlauf & Tatjana Sauka-Spengler
Germ Cells (CSHL meeting)
6 October 2024 — 10 October 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island, New York.
Organizers:
Swathi Arur, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mitinori Saitou, Kyoto University, Japan
Mark Van Doren, Johns Hopkins University
Conference website: https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=GERM&year=24
The specific goals of this conference are to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, cellular and genetic aspects of germ line and gamete development. This meeting is intended to provide a format for the exchange of ideas and information, to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances, and to facilitate the intellectual unification of research on germ cells and related disease states in diverse systems.
Topics:
-
Germline Evolution
-
Sex Determination
-
Germline Stem Cells & Their Niche
-
Meiosis, Chromosome Mechanics & Cell Biology
-
Gametes & Fertilization
-
Epigenetics & Egg-to-Embryo Transition
-
Environmental & Hormonal Control
-
Post-transcriptional Control
Keynote Speaker:
Azim Surani, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. The status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.
Financial Aid: Please apply in writing via email to Kelley McGrath if you require financial support; preference will be given to those submitting abstracts.
This conference is supported in part by funds provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health
Comparative Developmental Biology (a MBL Course )
A lab-intensive short course for graduate students and post-docs
6 October 2024 — 20 October 2024
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, U.S.A.
Comparative Developmental Biology is an intensive two-week laboratory course for graduate students in year two of their studies or beyond and post-docs, who seek a broad training in experimental approaches to developmental questions across diverse study organisms.
Course Date: October 5 - 20, 2024
Application due date: July 26, 2024
Website:https://www.mbl.edu/education/comparative-developmental-biology
Course description:
This intensive comparative developmental biology course is designed for graduate students in their second or later year of Ph.D studies and post-docs. The two weeklong course will provide exposure to a combination of well-established and emerging developmental systems. Students will develop advanced experimental embryology skills—many of which are transferable across organisms—in the handling and cellular/genetic manipulation of embryos, including microinjection, lineage tracing, microdissection, cell transplantation, in situ hybridization, CRISPR/Cas mutagenesis, and 3D in vivo imaging. Students will develop an enhanced appreciation of the advantages each species offers, will be trained to think more comparatively (in a phylogenetic context), and will gain an appreciation of how best to select the appropriate species to address a specific question. They will be exposed to classic, recent, and developing methodologies and techniques and will learn about exciting ongoing research using these approaches. Developing and completing a short independent or team-based research project will enhance skills in hypothesis generation and experimental design.The following models are expected to be available in 2024: Zebrafish, Drosophila, Parhyale hawaiensis, Butterfly, Nematostella, Squid, and Skate.
18th Spanish Society for Developmental Biology meeting
16 October 2024 — 18 October 2024
Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Spain
Website:https://sebd2024.com/
Registration is open! Register by Sept 13th, 2024.
This meeting will be an excellent opportunity to discover the latest experimental approaches and future directions in Developmental and Cell Biology as well as to discuss new data and ideas.
Sessions will be organized around the most up-to-date scientific topics in Developmental Biology.
Each session will be headed by a world leader in these fields and a prominent place will be reserved for oral contributions from PIs and postdocs that will be selected from the abstracts for all sessions. There will be short sessions devoted to posters’ flash-talks. The meeting will also be home to the José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta prize in Developmental Biology and the Ph.D. theses prizes from the SEBD.
We are confident that this meeting will be an excellent occasion to foster fruitful scientific interactions and discussions.
Key note Speakers:
Isabel Fariñas Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Roberto Mayor, University College, London, UK
Nadia Mercader, University of Bern, Switzerland
Paul Trainor, Stowers Institute, USA
November 2024
Tutorials in Genomics & Bioinformatics: RNA-Seq Analysis
10th - 12th November, 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 US
Instructors
Delphine Fagegaltier, Merck
Emily Hodges, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Benjamin King, University of Maine
Steven Munger, The Jackson Laboratory
Hands-on Experience
-
Designing RNA-Seq Studies
-
Analysis of High-Throughput Sequence Data Using Galaxy
-
Introduction to R
-
Analysis of RNA-Seq Read Counts using R/DESeq2
-
Genome Browser Resources
-
Gene Set Enrichment and Pathway Analysis
|
Physics of the Early Embryonic Cell Divisions (The Company of Biologists Workshop) 11 November 2024 — 14 November 2024 Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
Website & registration;https://www.biologists.com/workshops/nov-2024/
|
Organisers: Lendert Gelens and Julia Kamenz
2024 IRCEB/ASU/Amphibian Disease Meeting
Vanderbilt University campus, Nashville, TN
16th-17th November, 20024
Register: https://forms.gle/V72fRwytkrdgqCAe7
Note that participants are responsible for their own costs for travel and lodging.
Register by September 30th, 20024
Organizers:
Louise Rollins-Smith, Vanderbilt University
December 2024
2025
January 2025
February 2025
The 3rd Crick Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium
10 February 2025 — 11 February 2025
The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Registration is open: https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the-3rd-crick-beddington-developmental-biology-symposium
The symposium honours the memory of Rosa Beddington FRS (1956-2001), a leading UK embryologist who made outstanding contributions to our understanding of axial patterning and was a mentor to many in the field. The field of Developmental Biology has advanced significantly in the past years through the use of state-of-art tools and the merger of diverse disciplines. We now have a deeper understanding of the complex processes that build an embryo or help regenerate body parts, and their relevance for health and disease. This symposium will showcase these advances and will capture the rich diversity of topics ranging from the physics of biological forms to evolution of phenotypes and regeneration. There will be plenary talks from leading invited speakers and selected short talks from submitted abstracts. We very much look forward to welcoming you in London.
Abstract submission deadline: 25 November, 2024
Early bird registration deadline: 15 November, 2024
Registration deadline: 20 December,2024
Organisers:
Confirmed Speakers include:
John Wallingford, University of Texas, Austin
Elly Tanaka, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology Vienna
March 2025
Biologists @ 100 conference
24-27 March 2025
ACC Liverpool, UK
The Company of Biologists is celebrating 100 years of supporting biologists and inspiring biology.
Registration is open: https://100yearsconference.biologists.com/registration/
Submit Abstract here: https://mcigroup.eventsair.com/PresentationPortal/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FPresentationPortal%2Fbiologists-100-conference%2Fabstract
Abstracts Due: 13 December 2024
Early-bird registration closes: 17 January 2025
Registration Closes: 28 February 2025
2025 marks the 100-year anniversary of The Company of Biologists. We will be celebrating with activities throughout the year, including Biologists @ 100 – a conference that will bring together researchers from cell biology, developmental biology, comparative animal physiology and disease biology. The anniversary conference offers a unique opportunity for our communities to interact and celebrate together, focusing on specific science, as well as topics of interest to the wider biological community.
We are striving to deliver a conference that is inclusive - providing an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones, build bridges and enrich your network, regardless of your background or career stage. We invite all attendees to explore the programme, which offers a unique opportunity to attend a diverse range of talks across the full scope of our journals, including developmental biology, cell biology, comparative animal physiology, and disease biology.
Program overview:https://100yearsconference.biologists.com/programme/
-
Sensory perception in a changing world – impacts on physiology and behaviour
-
Interdisciplinary approaches to combatting antimicrobial resistance
-
Experimental biology and impact: solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss
Abstracts will be accepted on the following topics
-
Biology across scales
-
Cell division and proliferation
-
Cell migration and communication
-
Cellular and developmental basis of disease
-
Conceptual frontiers
-
Experimental biology and impact: solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss
-
Interdisciplinary approaches to combating AMR
-
Mechanobiology
-
Organelle dynamics
-
Patterning and morphogenesis
-
Sensory perception in a changing world – impacts on physiology and behaviour – (posters only)
-
Stem cell-based models of development
-
Other
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course
Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus:
Gene Discovery & Disease
March 25 - April 8, 2025
Key Dates:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Arrival: March 25th by 6pm EST
Departure: April 8th around 12pm EST
April 2025
Wild frontiers of model organisms (EMBO EMBL Symposium)
8 - 11 Apr 2025
EMBL Advanced Training Center, Heidelberg and Virtual
This conference will showcase how exploring the wild frontiers of model systems is increasing our understanding of the biology, ecology, and evolution of organisms, ranging from microbes to plants and animals. We hope to bring together lab- and field-focused researchers from ecology, genomics, quantitative cell and molecular biology. Our aim is to debate the possibilities and limitations inherent to these disciplines and to develop unified approaches to gain comprehensive, mechanistic insights into the natural world.
Session topics
-
Cell biology
-
Genomics
-
Technology development
-
Development
-
Ecology & Evolution
-
Species interaction
-
Establishing model systems
Abstract submission: 14 Jan 2025
Registration (On-site): 25 Feb 2025
Registration (Virtual): 31 Mar 2025
Organisers:
-
Susana Coelho, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY, GERMANY
-
Gautam Dey, Flora Vincent and Michael Dorrity EMBL HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
-
Nicole Dubilier, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY, GERMANY
May 2025
June 2025
Illuminating the Future, the Global Stem Cell Event (ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting)
11th — 14th June 2025
Hong Kong, SAR
Discover the year’s most significant advances in stem cell research and regenerative medicine at the ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting. From Plenary Sessions to Concurrent Tracks, Focus Sessions, and Innovation Showcases, there is something for everyone, with abundant "aha!" moments awaiting
Website:https://www.isscr2025.org/
Abstract submission and Registration Open 2nd October, 2024
The Scientific Content is Organized Around 6 Tracks
-
Clinical Applications
-
Ethics, Policy & Standards
-
Pluripotency and Development
-
Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
-
Organ Generation and Regeneration
-
Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer
July 2025
8th Nucleic Acids Conference ( A Fusion Conference)
4th-7th July
Dolce CampoReal Lisboa Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal
Conference website: https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference/176?utm_source=Fusion&utm_medium=Web+listing&utm_campaign=NucleicAcids25&utm_id=NucleicAcids25
Registration deadlines
Early Bird - 23 Jan 2025
Talk Submission - 23 Jan 2025
Poster Submission - 10 Apr 2025
Registration Deadline - 10 Apr 2025
Organisers:
David Lilley, University of Dundee
Wei Yang, NIH
At the 8th nucleic acid conference, the central theme will be to understand processes involving DNA and RNA at the molecular and chemical level, with a marked structural and mechanistic perspective. We plan to have an up-to-date discussion of the following:
• DNA replication in the context of chromatin and telomere
• DNA repair and recombination
• Transcription and splicing
• RNA structure and function
• Translation and post-translational modification
•. Gene editing by ASO and CRISPR-Cas9
• AI-assisted nucleic acid research
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.
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/
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA
Next Workshop: October 18-27, 2018.