SDB Scientific Symposium at SACNAS - Cellular Crossroads: How Cells Choose to Regenerate or Reinvent

October 30, 2025

Columbus, OH

The Society for Developmental Biology will be hosting a scientific symposium at the 2025 SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference on Thursday, Ocbtober 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM on "Cellular Crossroads: How Cells Choose to Regenerate or Reinvent." The session will be chaired by SDB Past President, Carole LaBonne (Northwestern University) and feature talks by Aaron Goldman (Ohio State University College of Medicine), Jennifer Watts (Nationwide Children's Hospital), and Yoshinori Tomoyasu (Miami University). We invite you to join us at this scientific symposium and during exhibit hours at Booth #735 on Thursday and Friday.

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Carole LaBonne
Northwestern University  
Erastus Otis Haven Professor of Life Sciences

Control of Stem Cell Attributes in Early Vertebrate Development

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Aaron Goldman
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Assistant Professor

A Cardiac Transcriptional Enhancer is Repurposed During Regeneration to Activate an Anti-proliferative Program in Zebrafish

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Jennifer Watts
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Postdoctoral Scientist

Piga in the Brain: Defining Genetic Requirements and Offering Gene Therapy Opportunities 

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Yoshinori Tomoyasu
Miami University
Associate Professor

Changes in Gene Regulatory Networks Driving Morphological Innovation in Insects

Last Updated 10/15/2025