This two day meeting brings together scientists working at the interface of genetics, imaging, cell biology, biophysics and computational biology to unravel the mechanisms underlying shape generation from the subcellular to the tissue scale.

Topics include cytoskeleton dynamics, cell polarity, growth and deformation of cell sheets and formation of primordia and appendages.

The meeting will highlight unifying principles by ranging over microbial, plant and animal systems.

7—8 November 2013
The Royal Society, London

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Organizers:
Enrico Coen (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom)
Buzz     Baum (Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, United Kingdom)
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Thursday 7 November 2013

Speakers:
Andreas Bausch (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Anja Geitmann (University of Montreal, Canada)
Benedicte Sanson (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Francois Nedelec (EMBL Heidelberg, Germany)
Frank Julicher (Max-Planck-Institute, Germany)
James Sharpe (Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain)
Jan Traas (UMR INRA-CNRS-ENSL-UCB, France)
Jeremy Green (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
Max Heiman (Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics, U.S.A.)
Raymond Goldstein (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Sophie Martin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Stanislas Leibler (Institute for Advanced Study, U.S.A.)
Veronica Grieneisen (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom)

The deadline for the Abstract submission and travel grants is 14th June and Early Bird registration deadline is 12th July.

We have an exciting line up of 14 speakers from around the world, including plenary lectures from Carol Mason (Columbia University, New York, USA) and Christine Holt (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK). To download a draft programme and view further information on the conference and venue, visit the conference website:

www.abdn.ac.uk/bsdb2013.

Developmental Biology course open to Latin American and International applicants.
The faculty, who include Olivier Pourquie, Nipam Patel, Claudio Stern, John Wallingford, Mary Mullins, Alejandro Sanchez-Alvarado, Andrea Streit, among others, will teach hands-on the paradigms, problems and technologies of modern Developmental Biology. The course will start with a plenary lecture by Scott Gilbert about the history and concepts in Developmental Biology.
The course will take place in the southern hemisphere summer (5 – 17 January 2014), in the beautiful fishing village of Quintay-Chile, at the Centre for Marine Biological Research (CIMARQ).  The course is intended for Latin American and non-Latin American applicants. Fellowships will be available.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 31st July 2013
More information about the course is available at:

Aims

The 17th International Congress of Developmental Biology, co-organised by ISDB, LASDB, SMDB and SDB will be held at the Cancun Convention Cener, Cancun, Mexico June 16-20 2013

The deadline for abstract submission and hotel reservation is March 15, 2013. Deadline for early, discounted registration is April 1, 2013

http://www.inb.unam.mx/isdb/index.html

Nominations are invited for the 2013 Beddington Medal for the best graduating PhD student in the field of developmental biology.
The eligibility period covers PhD dissertations submitted anytime during 2012.
The closing date for nominations this year is Monday 7th January, 2013.
Further details can be found following the “Awards” drop-down tab from the BSDB homepage at www.bsdb.org.
Please read these instructions before submitting any nomination.