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 a history session (which looked back at the past, to project into Developmental Biology’s future), there were other special extras, such as the weaving of pedigree networks […] This year was a special BSDB Spring Meeting! We celebrated the 70th anniversary of our society. If you weren’t there and would like to get a taste of the meeting, or you would like to relive the experience, please download the abstract book or listen to the especially composed history rap. As every year, the […] In preparation of the 70th anniversary celebrations at the special Spring Meeting in Warwick (15-18 April 2018), the student and postdoc representatives of the BSDB, Alexandra Ashcroft and Michelle Ware, initiated a writing competition for graduate student and postdoc members who were asked to write a max 500 word piece on one of the following […] The Waddington Medal is the only national award in Developmental Biology. It honours outstanding research performance as well as services to the subject community. The medal is awarded annually at the BSDB Spring Meeting, where the recipient presents the Waddington Medal Lecture. Here we introduce the 2018 winner Richard Gardner who won the 2018 Waddington medal […] The Beddington Medal is the BSDB’s major commendation to promising young biologists, awarded for the best PhD thesis in Developmental Biology defended in the year previous to the award. Rosa Beddington was one of the greatest talents and inspirational leaders in the field of developmental biology. Rosa made an enormous contribution to the field in […]
First impressions of the BSDB Spring Meeting
BSDB Medal & Award winners of 2018
Daniyal Jafree winner of the BSDB advocacy writing competition
Richard Gardner is the 2018 BSDB Waddington Medal winner
Emilia Favuzzi: winner of the 2018 Beddington medal
BSDB Autumn Meeting 2018
Embryonic-Extraembryonic Interactions – from genetics to environment
- date: 10-13 September 2018
- place: Oxford, UK (Corpus Christi College)
- organisers: Kat Hadjantonakis, Kristen Panfilio, Tristan Rodriguez, Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Shankar Srinivas
- Poster: download here
- Note that BSDB members INCLUDING PIs can apply for BSDB Conference Grants to attend this meeting
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
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Topics for future Society meetings
One of the major tasks of the BSDB committee is to select topics to be covered in future meetings and ensure that the meetings are well organised and successful. If you are interested in organising a meeting or have a suggestion for future meeting topics or formats, please contact the BSDB Meetings Secretary (secretary@bsdb.org).
Would you like to exhibit a trade stand at a BSDB meeting?
Trade stands at spring and autumn meetings are welcome, and are usually well attended. Exhibitions are arranged by local conference organisers, but initial enquiries can be made to the BSDB Meetings Secretary (secretary@bsdb.org).
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