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The Summer 2011 issue of the BSDB Newsletter (PDF, 19 pages) is now available to download. 
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Joint meeting with the French Society for Developmental Biology (SFBD). Nice, France, 3–6 September, 2011. Deadline for abstract submission is 30 June 2011. 
The French Society for Developmental Biology (SFBD) together with the British Society for Developmental Biology organize their 2nd joint meeting. The meeting will take place September 3-6, 2011 in Nice, at the Saint-Jean d’Angély campus located close to the city centre. Leading researchers from Great Britain, France and the rest of the world will present their recent findings covering a wide range of topics in developmental biology. Participants are invited to submit abstracts for posters, from which short communications will be selected.
Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2011
Registration deadline: 20 August 2011
For more details go to the meeting website.
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The BSDB autumn meeting is a smaller meeting with 80-100 attendees, and is devoted to the in depth discussion of a particular area of developmental biology.
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Congratulations to Chris Wylie (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center), who received the 2011 Waddington Medal at the Spring Meeting in Kent. 
Chris’s research focusses on: the migration of embryonic cells, the control of actin assembly in morphogenetic movements, the formation of the primary germ layers in vertebrate embryos, the scientific basis of spinal disorders, tendon differentiation.
The BSDB 2011 spring meeting was held at the University of Kent, Canterbury, from 27-30 April 2011. 
This was a joint Annual Spring Meeting with the British Society for Cell Biology. Plenary speakers were Mark Krasnow and Graham Warren, and sessions included:
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The annual spring symposium is a major meeting in the international calendar. It covers a broad range of topics in developmental biology and is often held jointly with the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) or the Genetics Society. Attendance is usually 400-500 delegates. The format usually includes:
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