BSDB Annual Spring Symposium

This major meeting in the international calendar 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:

- Four or five sessions of research talks
- Sessions on other topics of interest to UK developmental biologists (e.g. funding, careers)
- Waddington Medal Lecture
- Beddington Medal Lecture
- Poster sessions with prizes for the best poster
- The BSDB AGM, including elections of new committee members

BSDB Spring Meeting 2010
12-15 April 2010
University of Warwick

For 2010 we will be back on our normal schedule of meetings with the Annual Spring Meeting to be held jointly with the British Society for Cell Biology. Plenary speakers are Elaine Fuchs (Rockefeller University) and Mike Levine (Berkeley). Sessions include:

Interactions of Signalling Pathways
Stem Cell Biology
Limb Development: Classical Development in a post-genomic era
Genome and Disease
Genomic Approaches to Developmental Biology: Achievements and Challenges
Cellular Mechanisms of Disease
Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
Macromolecular Complexes and Transport
Evolution and Development: Genomes and Beyond
Stem Cell Biology, including iPS cells and regenerative medicine

Full information can be found here.

Deadline for travel grants is 22 January 2010.