Conference Description
The Developmental Biology GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Developmental Biology lies at the crossroads of all the Life Sciences, integrating investigations at molecular, cellular, tissue and organismal levels, as well as theoretical concepts from physics and mathematics, to explain how an organism forms. The 2023 Gordon Conference on Developmental Biology will present the most recent, cutting-edge research in the field. Topics for this year include metabolic fluxes in development, transgenerational inheritance, gene regulation, dynamics of signaling at tissue scale, lineage tracing in the single-cell era, regeneration and tissue mechanics. We have also including a session highlighting the relevance of Developmental Biology to the development of diseases later in life. This year we will also pay tribute to 100 years of “Discovery of Organizer Complex”, by Hilde Mangold recognizing her outstanding contribution from 1921 to the field of developmental biology and reflections on how this influenced modern biology. The sessions will include extended time for discussion. A portion of each session time has been kept uncommitted to choose speakers from abstracts submitted by the participants, particularly junior investigators. Because progress in Developmental Biology depends on cross-fertilization of ideas from complementary organisms, presentations will include studies in standard invertebrates such as Drosophila and C. elegans, classic vertebrate models including zebrafish, Xenopus and the mouse, as well as plants, non-classical models and humans. Afternoons and late evenings will be reserved for presentation of posters and informal interactions. The relaxed atmosphere and the rural setting of the meeting will encourage stimulating discussions between established and junior investigators in all aspects of the field.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 25, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Cell Diversity and Embryonic Patterning
Discussion Leaders
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Swathi Arur (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States)
Speakers
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Claudio Stern (University College London, UK, United Kingdom)
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Anna Kicheva (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
Metabolic Fluxes in Development
Discussion Leaders
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Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Techno, United States)
Speakers
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Aurelio Teleman (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany)
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Jason Tennessen (Indiana University, United States)
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Tina Mukherjee (Associate Investigator, India)
Gene Regulation
Discussion Leaders
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Anna Kicheva (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
Speakers
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Samantha Morris (Washington University in St Louis, United States)
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Martha Bulyk (Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
Dynamic Signaling at Tissue Scale
Discussion Leaders
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Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, Australia)
Speakers
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Daniel Ríos Barrera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
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Ajay Chitnis (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, United States)
Regeneration
Discussion Leaders
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Claudio Stern (University College London, UK, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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Mansi Srivastava (Harvard University, United States)
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Ken Poss (Duke University, United States)
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Dasaradhi Palakodeti (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, India)
Lineage Tracing Revisited in the Age of Single Cell Genomics
Discussion Leaders
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Samantha Morris (Washington University in St Louis, United States)
Speakers
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Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Techno, United States)
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Celina Juliano (UCD, United States)
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Allon Klein (Harvard Medical School, United States)
Tissue Mechanics and Morphogenesis
Discussion Leaders
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Daniel Ríos Barrera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Speakers
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Charlotte Kirchhelle (ENS de Lyon, France)
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Madhav Mani (Northwestern University, United States)
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Miltos Tsiantis (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany)
Developmental Origin of Disease
Discussion Leaders
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Martha Bulyk (Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
Speakers
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Richard Gilbertson (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, Australia)
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Anwesha Dey (Genentech, United States)
Transgenerational Inheritance
Discussion Leaders
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Ajay Chitnis (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, United States)
Speakers
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Eric Miska (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Xiaoqi Feng (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom)
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Shosei Yoshida (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers
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Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Techno, United States)
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Ken Poss (Duke University, United States)