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2008-10-23 - 2008-11-01

Argentina

Frontiers in Developmental Biology: Concepts, Techniques and Model Organisms

This satellite short course to the Fourth International Meeting of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology will be offered to 15 US-based students and 15 students from Latin American institutions, at the Instituto Leloir in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct 23-Nov 1, 2008. Students are expected to attend and present their work at the LASDB meeting immediately following the short course (Nov 1-3). Details and application form can be found on the meeting website. Deadline for receipt of applications is April 28, 2008. For more information please contact Ida Chow at: ichow[at]sdbonline.org or Pablo Wappner at: pwappner[at]lelooir.org.ar

URL:http://www.sdbonline.org/2008ShortCourse/course.htm

2008-06-28 - 2008-07-03

Global

33rd FEBS Congress / 11th IUBMB Conference

The World Fair of Biochemical Sciences will be held in Athens, Greece in 2008 (June 28 to July 3). The FEBS will hold its 33rd Congress in conjunction with the 11th IUBMB Conference at this event.

URL:http://www.febs-iubmb-2008.org

2008-09-08 - 2008-09-12

Germany

12th International Xenopus Conference

The 12th International Xenopus Conference will be held in Germany from September 8-12, 2008 in Leiwen/Trier (Eurostrand Hotel; www.eurostrandhotels.de) and will be organized by Walter Knochel, Christof Niehrs, Tomas Pieler and Doris Wedlich.

Deadline for registration is May 10th, 2008.

URL:http://www.uni-ulm.de/12thxenopus

2009-09-10 - 2009-09-10

UK

ISDB 2009 Congress

The next International Society of Developmental Biology Congress will be held in 2009 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The meeting will showcase the best scientists in the world, and the proposed location in Edinburgh, Scotland's famous and beautiful capital city, will make this a memorable Congress.

URL:http://www.isdb2009.com/

2008-07-26 - 2008-07-30

USA

Society for Developmental Biology 67th annual meeting

The SDB will hold its 2008 annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA from July 26 to 30.

URL: http://www.sdbonline.org/2008Mtg/webpage.htm

2008-06-25 - 2008-08-20

Japan

RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI) Summer program

The RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI), located just outside Tokyo, Japan, offers a summer program to train advanced students interested in brain function. Applicants may choose either a two-month laboratory internship (Plan A) within a RIKEN BSI laboratory, or participate in an intensive 11-day lecture course (Plan B) featuring a distinguished international faculty. Those participating in the internship may also enroll in the lecture course.
The Internship will take place from June 25- August 20, 2008 and the Lecture Course will be held from July 28 - August 8, 2008.

URL:http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/en/summer/index.html

2008-05-28 - 2008-05-30

Japan

41st Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists (jointly sponsored by the ISDB)

The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists (JSDB) under the co-sponsorship of the International Society of Developmental Biologists (ISDB) will be held from May 28-30, 2008 in Tokushima City. The meeting will focus on the extending developmental biology in new directions.

URL:http://www.jsdb.jp/kaisai/jsdb2008/welcomemessages-e.php

2008-05-28 - 2008-06-02

USA

73rd Cold Spring Harbor Symposium

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will be holding its 73rd Cold Spring Harbor Symposium addressing Control & Regulation of Stem Cells from May 28-June 2, 2008.

URL:http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/symp08.shtml

2008-06-11 - 2008-06-15

USA

2008 C. Elegans Topic Meetings: Development and Evolution Meeting

The C. Elegans Development and Evolution Meeting will be held in Madison, WI from June 11-15, 2008.
Topics Include:
Cell Biology/Morphogenesis/Muscle
Cell death
Cell cycle regulation, cytokinesis, mitosis, meiosis
Cell fate specification- embryo
Cell fate specification- post-embryonic
Sex determination
Germline

URL:http://www.wormbase.org/forums/index.php?topic=275.0

2008-10-29 - 2008-11-02

USA

Mouse Genetics & Genomics: Development and Disease

The twenty-first annual meeting on Mouse Genetics & Genomics: Development & Disease, will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, NY from October 29-November 2, 2008. The specific goal of this conference is to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular and genetic aspects of mammalian development. This meeting is intended to provide a format for the exchange of ideas and information, to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances towards the study of mammalian development and disease.

URL:http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/mouse08.shtml

2008-06-11 - 2008-06-14

USA

6th ISSCR Annual Meeting

The ISSCR will be holding their annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA from June 11-14. It will be directly preceded by an Industry Symposia on stem cell research hosted by leading industry representatives. All ISSCR meeting attendees are invited to attend. The symposia will offer a range of industry-directed programs and highlight important issues and directions in the stem cell field from an industry perspective.

URL:http://www.isscr.org/meetings/index.htm

2008-09-13 - 2008-09-17

France

Joint Meeting of Societe Francaise de Biologie du Developpement and the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists

"Joint Frontiers in Developmental Biology" is the theme of this meeting, which will be held in Hyeres, France. The meeting will explore how recent technological and conceptual advances in the fields of genomics, systems biology, bioinformatics, imaging and modeling can complement traditional developmental biology studies.

URL:http://www.reaumur.org/IMG/ppt/SFBD_presentation.ppt#256,1,Frontiers in Developmental Biology September 13-17 2008, VVF Giens, Hy???res, France

2008-09-29 - 2008-10-03

Singapore

The 15th International Conference of the International Society of Differentiation

The ISD will be holding its 15th International Conference in conjunction with Keystone Symposia from September 29 to October 3, 2008 in Singapore. The theme of the conference is "Stem Cells, Cancer and Aging".

URL:http://www.isdifferentiation.org/conference.html

2008-10-07 - 2008-10-10

Asia and Oceania

9th International Congress on Cell Biology

The IFCB will be holding its 9th International Congress on Cell Biology in conjunction with the 20th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology. The congress will be held from October 7-10, 2008 in Seoul, Korea. The main theme will be "Challenges in Life Sciences: Molecules and Cells".

URL:http://www.iccb2008.org/

2008-07-29 - 2008-08-01

Belgium

Second Meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED)

Following the highly successful inaugural meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED) in Prague last year, the EED is pleased to announce the next meeting will be held in Ghent (aka Gent, Gand), Belgium, from 29 July to 1 August, 2008. As in Prague, a Tribolium satellite meeting is associated with the conference.

URL:http://evodevo.eu/conferences/2008/