Following a generous donation, the BSDB has instituted the Dennis Summerbell Lecture, to be delivered at its annual Autumn Meeting by a junior researcher at either PhD or Post-doctoral level. The 2018 lecture awardee was Mariya Dobreva (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Belgium) with her […] The BSDB Archive covers 70 years of our society’s history, providing deep insights into its early years, its long trail of scientific conferences, workshops and committee meetings; it includes an almost complete collection of the many newsletters that have been published since issue 1 came out in 1979. A year ago, many of the archive’s […] Hello there! This is Nora Braak and Nestor Saiz, we are based in Oxford and New York respectively and we study butterfly and mouse development. Last week we went to the BSDB Autumn meeting, which also happened to be the third workshop on Embryonic Extraembryonic Interactions. We enjoyed it so much that we wanted to […] This year, is the BSDB’s 70th anniversary, and this was clearly reflected at our Spring Meeting, 15-18 April 2018 in Warwick! Apart from an outstanding speaker list, and the award of most BSDB medals & prizes of 2018, we saw a very special event with many extras, as is well described here by Dillan Saunders. […] At the last AGM, held at the 2018 Spring Meeting in Warwick, five new BSDB committee members were elected to take term in autumn. They will replace the five leaving members: our Graduate Representative Alexandra Ashcroft, Postdoc Representative Michelle Ware, Secretary Kim Dale, Meetings Officer Josh Brickman, and Communications Officer Andreas Prokop (see a complete […]
Mariya Dobreva – Dennis Summerbell Awardee 2018
The BSDB Archive now available at the John Innes Centre
Autumn meeting report: Nora and Nestor catch you up with the 2018 meeting on Embryonic Extraembryonic interactions
BSDB Meeting Report: 70th Anniversary Spring Meeting
Get to know the new BSDB committee members
BSDB/BSCB Spring Meeting 2019
- date: 7-10 April 2019
- location: Warwick
- organisers: Rita Sousa-Nunes (BSDB), Tristan Rodriguez (BSDB), Victoria Sanz-Moreno (BSCB), Susana Godinho (BSCB)
- Note that BSDB members INCLUDING PIs can apply for BSDB Conference Grants to attend this meeting
European Congress for Developmental Biology
- date: 23-26 Oct 2019
- location: Alicante, Spain
- organisers: Angela Nieto, Victor Borrell, Sergio Casas-Tintó, Pilar Cubas, Joan Galcerán, Leonor Saúde, Miguel Torres Sanchez
- Note that BSDB members INCLUDING PIs can apply for BSDB Conference Grants to attend this meeting
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