Advancing the Field of Developmental Biology
The Society for Developmental Biology fosters an inclusive, global community of scientists and educators dedicated to furthering the field of developmental biology.

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Society for Developmental Biology 82nd Annual Meeting
July 20-23, 2023 • Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL
The Society for Developmental Biology 82nd Annual Meeting returns to Chicago in 2023! SDB President, Victoria Prince is planning a dynamic program. Join or renew your SDB membership for reduced registration rates.


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2022 Society for Developmental Biology Midwest Regional Meeting Report
A cold wind whipped off Lake Mendota, and the sting of the season’s first snow flurries greeted a crowd of developmental biologists descending upon the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus on a Friday afternoon in mid-November. The inclement weather might have been cause for panic or delay in other regions of the country, but not here. This was the 2022 Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology.
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2023 Society for Developmental Biology Award Winners
The Society for Developmental Biology Board of Directors selected the following recipients for the 2023 SDB Awards. They will present their award lectures at the Society for Developmental Biology 82nd Annual Meeting, July 20-23, 2023 in Chicago, IL.


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The magic of developmental biology research courses
Over the past six months, I have been involved in not one, but two, intensive developmental biology research courses. Each was a wonderful experience and watching how the courses impacted the students made me reflect on how transformative a rather similar course, one that I took nearly 30 years ago, was to my own scientific career. Here, I share my thoughts on what it is about such courses that make them such beneficial and rewarding experiences for students (whether young or not so young) of developmental biology.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEBINAR
Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar - Elisa Zhang and Stanley Michi Kanai
May 12, 2023 • Virtual
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time
Elisa Zhang (Stanford University)
Uterine injury during diestrus leads to placental and embryonic defects in future pregnancies in mice
Stanley Michi Kanai (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
The role of heterotrimeric G proteins in zebrafish craniofacial patterning
Regional
2023 SDB Northeast Regional Meeting
April 28–30, 2023 | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

REGIONAL
2023 SDB West Coast Regional Meeting
August 24–27, 2023 | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

REGIONAL
2023 SDB Southeast Regional Meeting
September 29–October 1, 2023 | Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza, Mobile, AL

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Education Resources
SDB has curated resources for teaching and learning developmental biology.


Journal
Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology, the official journal of the Society for Developmental Biology, publishes original research on mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals and plants at the molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary levels.