Development Journal Meeting 2026 - Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos

Date: 7 – 9 September 2026

Location: University of Warwick, UK

Development has been organising regular meetings on human development for over a decade. For 2026, the journal has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) to co-organise this event, which will bring together researchers from around the world, united by an interest in understanding human developmental biology. Topics covered will range from lineage specification, patterning and morphogenesis through to bioengineering and disease modelling.

Early-bird deadline – 8 May 2026

Abstract deadline – 12 June 2026

Final registration deadline – 24 July 2026

Website: https://www.biologists.com/meetings/devhdbi26/

Organisers: Paula Alexandre, James Briscoe, Emily Calderbank-May, Claudio Cortes Rodriguez, Muzz Haniffa, Paul Riley, Liz Robertson, Peter Rugg-Gunn, John Russell, Ben Simons, Shankar Srinivas and Pilar Vazquez Arango