20th International Congress of Developmental Biology
18 – 22 June 2025 | San Juan, Puerto Rico
We are excited to announce that the 20th International Congress of Developmental Biology will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 18-22, 2025 at the Sheraton Puerto Rico!
Tentative Program
Presidential Symposium
Frontiers in Developmental Biology
Plenary Sessions
- Juneteenth Celebration
- Transcriptional and epigenetic control of development
- Regenerative systems
- Evolution and development of organ systems
Concurrent Sessions
- Morphogenetic influences on development
- Role of cell memory in fate decisions
- Cell Polarity
- Generation of in vitro embryo models
- Cell signaling in development
- Role of scaling in development and evolution
- Emergence of evolutionary novelty
- Extracellular matrix influences on cell behavior
- Cell shape and variation
- Relationship between development and aging
- Pattern formation
- Emergent properties
- Regeneration of tissues and organs
- Metabolic influences on development
- Oscillations that shape development
Awards
Ross G. Harrison Medal
Edwin G. Conklin Medal
Developmental Biology-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award
Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize
Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award
Latin American Young Investigator Award
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award
Confirmed Speakers
Yasuko Akiyama • Alexander Aulehla • Déborah Bourc'his • Heather Bruce • Benoit Bruneau • Jorge Casal • Cheng-Ming Cheuong • Justin Crocker • Alfredo Cruz-Ramirez • Stefan de Folter • Andrés Dekanty • Stefano Di Talia • Denis Duboule • Cassandra Extavour • D’Juan Farmer • Jessica Feldman • Eileen Furlong • José García-Arrarás • Bob Goldstein • Jérôme Gros • Anja Groth • Zena Hadjivasiliou • Tsuyoshi Hirashima • Sally Horne-Badovinac • Aissam Ikmi • Robb Krumlauf • Megan Martik • Roberto Mayor • Margaret McFall-Ngai • Eskeatnaf Mulugeta • Rosa Navarro • Ángela Nieto • Christian Petersen • Michael Piacentino • Kristy Red-Horse • Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee • Daniel Ríos Barrera • Tatjana Sauka-Spengler • David Sherwood • Mansi Srivastava • Yi-Hsien Su • Margherita Turco • Gert Jan C. Veenstra • Pablo Wappner • Aryeh Warmflash • Jessica Whitehead • Andrea Wills • Magdalena Zernika-Goetz
Please visit https://www.sdbonline.org/2025icdb for more information.