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 The Society for Developmental Biology
77th Annual
Meeting will be held
July 20 - 24, 2018 at the
Marriott Downtown
Waterfront in Portland,
Oregon.
Check out the
meeting program for the latest
speakers and sessions. The
7th Boot Camp for
New Faculty will be held
July 19-20 at
Reed College.
Renew your membership today
for reduced registration
rates and eligibility for
short talk consideration, travel
awards, and the Boot Camp! The
abstract
submission deadline is
April 16.
Applications for the Student/postdoc
travel awards,
Teaching/Junior faculty travel
grants,
International
Student/Postdoc and Faculty
Scholarships,
and the
Paul D. Henion Graduate
Student Travel Award
are due
April 16. The early-discounted meeting
registration
and the
SDB Boot Camp
application deadlines are May
14.
In December, the Society
for Developmental
Biology membership voted
on amendments to the SDB
bylaws recommended by
the Board of Directors.
These updates included
changes to membership
categories, the
composition of the Board
of Directors, and legal
language to accommodate
current law.
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SDB is now accepting nominations for
President-elect, Secretary, Representatives for Canada, Northwest and Southeast regions, and two new representatives to the Board—PUI Representative and Trainee Representative.
See
nomination details for more information.
Nomination deadline is
April 9, 2018.
The SDB Professional Development and Education
Committee reinvented the
John Doctor
Education Prize (formally a best education
poster award) as a best education video
award. We challenge SDB members to produce
short videos on their approach to teaching
a developmental biology topic of their
choosing
to an undergraduate, graduate, or lay public
audience. Individuals or teams may
participate. See guidelines
here.
Submission deadline is
June 4, 2018.
The SDB Board of Directors elected the following recipients for the
2018 SDB Awards. The presentations and award
lectures will take place at the 77th SDB Annual
Meeting in Portland, OR.
Edwin G. Conklin Medal:
Robb Krumlauf,
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Developmental Biology-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award:
Eric F. Wieschaus, Princeton University
Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award:
Christian P. Petersen,
Northwestern University
Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize:
Drew Noden,
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
 Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 causing widespread devastation. The Category 5 storm knocked out power to the entire island, destroyed roads and bridges, and left many of the island’s 3.4 million residents without safe drinking water and ninety-five percent of the island without cell phone service and thus a means of communication. On October 5, 2017 the Society for Developmental Biology announced the SDB Puerto Rico Research Relief Grant .
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Six SDB regional meetings will be held throughout
the US and Canada this year (five this spring and one in the
fall). Regional
meetings are an excellent opportunity for students
and postdocs to present their research and give
short talks. See
upcoming events below for meeting dates and
locations.
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SDB
77th Annual Meeting, July 20-24,
2018, Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR
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2018 SDB Northwest
Regional Meeting,
March 14-17, 2018, Friday Harbor Laboratories,
WA
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9th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference-7th Canada Regional SDB Conference,
March 19-22, 2018, Grand Lodge, Mont-Tremblant (Quebec)
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2018 SDB Northeast Regional
Meeting,
April 20-22, 2018, Marine Biological Laboratory,
Woods Hole, MA
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2018 SDB Southeast Regional
Meeting, May 23-25, 2018,
University of Georgia,
Athens, GA
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2018 SDB Mid-Atlantic Regional
Meeting,
May 30-June 1, 2018, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA
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2018 SDB Midwest Regional
Meeting, September 14-16, 2018,
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH
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