Xenopus Meetings and Resources
International Seminar Series for Developmental Biologists
Here are links to interesting seminar series that take place over Zoom. You may need to subscribe to them to attend or view. Most Seminar Series also have an archive of past seminars.
Alliance of Genome Resource: Office Hour Webinars
SDB Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series
Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series
International Developmental Mechanics Seminar Series
Mechanics of Life, Force Talk Series (Kings College London)
Amphibian Genomics Consortium (sign up to get on seminar notification list)
Cell Migration Seminars (archive of seminars from 2020)
February 2026
Stem Cell Models in Embryology - A Keystone Symposium
Feb 17–20, 2026
Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
Scientific Organizers: Jun Wu, Jianping Fu, and Miki Ebisuya
Webslite: https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/program-highlights/b22026
Early Registration Deadline: December 18, 2025
Scholarship Deadline: November 18, 2025
Short Talk Abstract Deadline: November 18, 2025
Poster Abstract Deadline: January 27, 2026
Stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) are 2D or 3D structures derived from pluripotent stem cells, guided by mechanical and chemical cues to mimic early embryonic development. They are powerful tools for studying development, disease modeling, drug screening, and regenerative and reproductive medicine. The field is rapidly advancing, with increasingly complex models incorporating embryonic, extraembryonic, and maternal components, aided by innovations in bioengineering, synthetic biology, and cell-instructive biomaterials.
This meeting will highlight the latest SCBEM advancements, showcase cutting-edge tools for modulating dynamic niche signals, and explore applications from understanding early human development to disease processes. By bringing together an interdisciplinary community in this nascent field, the symposium will foster collaboration, consolidate the emerging research, and emphasize the translational potential of SCBEMs for both basic research and clinical applications.
March 2026
Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities
A Keystone Symposium
Mar 02–05, 2026 | Crowne Plaza Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Scientific Organizers: Karim-Jean Armache and Cigall Kadoch
Website: https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/C12026
CSHL meeting: Gene Expression & Signaling in the Immune System
March 4 - 8, 2026
Abstract Deadline: January 6, 2026
Organizers:
Jon Kagan, Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Richard Locksley, HHMI / University of California San Francisco
Daniel Mucida, The Rockefeller University
Ellen Rothenberg, California Institute of Technology
Website: https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=IMMUNE
Registration is open: https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetingsregistrationgeneral.aspx?meet=IMMUNE&year=26
2026 SDB Northwest Regional Meeting
MARCH 11, 2026 - MARCH 14, 2026
Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA
Organizers:
Laura Dyer (University of Portland)
Jim Cooper (Western Washington University)
Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration
Gordon Research Conference
Integrating Genetics, Models and Mechanisms for Improved Health
March 22 - 27, 2026
Ventura, California, United States
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by February 22, 2026.
Website: https://www.grc.org/craniofacial-morphogenesis-and-tissue-regeneration-conference/2026/
April 2026
CSHL Course: Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
April 7 - 21, 2026
Key Dates
Application Deadline: January 16, 2026 CLOSED
Arrival: April 7, 2026 by 6 pm EST
Departure: April 21, 2026 around 12 pm ES
CSHL Courses are intensive, running all day and often including evenings and weekends; students are expected to attend all sessions and reside on campus for the duration of the course.
The 2026 Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease Course is no longer taking applications.
Instructors:
Rachel Miller, UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School
Peter Walentek Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany
See the roll of honor - who's taken the course in the past.
Follow us on Twitter: @cshlxeno
NXR Bioinformatics Workshop: Xenopus meets single-cell analysis
April 18 - April 25, 2026
If you are curious about single-cell analysis (and other bioinformatics skills), come to Woods Hole this Spring.
The 2026 workshop format will be a wet-dry-hybrid exercise, specifically emphasizing single-cell analysis. Many Xenopus researchers are working on single-cell data these days. By working together for two days on tissue dissociation and cell quality checks, participants get an idea of how to apply this approach in their own Xenopus experiments.
Basic topics in bioinformatics, such as environment setup, RNA-seq/ChIP-seq and Proteomics analysis, will also be covered.
Instructors:Taejoon Kwon (UNIST, Korea), John Young (Simmons), ChangHee Lee (HMS), Wil Ratzan (HMS), Malcolm Fisher (Xenbase/CCHMC), Konrad Thorner (Xenbase/CCHMC) & staffs from the NXR and Xenbase.
Workshop Costs:
Single - $2500
Double - $2000
Meals Only - $1300
No Housing or Meals - $750
For additional information, please contact:
Marko Horb,
Email: mhorb@mbl.edu
Office: (508) 289-7627
Lab: (508) 289-7370
19TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BIOCURATION CONFERENCE
April 20 to 24, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa
In partnership with the African Genomics Data Hub (AfriGen-D) and the Sickle Africa Data Coordinating Center (SADaCC), the ABI is proud to be involved in the 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference for the International Society of Biocuration (ISB). This is the first time the conference will be hosted on the African continent, scheduled for the 20th to 24th April 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference provides a forum for curators, developers, and users of clinical and life sciences data, knowledge, and models to discuss their work, promote collaboration, and foster the community around this active and growing area of research. This conference is organized in part with the International Society of Biocuration (ISB).
The 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference provides a forum for curators, developers, and users of clinical and life sciences data, knowledge, and models to discuss their work, promote collaboration, and foster the community around this active and growing area of research. Participants from academia, government, and industry interested in the tools, methodology, and philosophy of curation in the clinical and life sciences are encouraged to attend and submit an abstract for consideration for an oral or poster presentation. This conference is organised in part with the International Society of Biocuration (ISB). The conference accommodates both in-person and online participation, and will provide a number of workshops and plenary sessions as part of the scientific programme.
Registration is open: https://www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/events/tab/6/20/
Early Bird Registration Closes: January 30, 2026
Registration Closes: March 27, 2026 (or when attendee cap is met)
Oral Abstract Submission Deadline: November 28, 2025
Notification of Decision: December 15, 2025
Conference Venue
The 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference will be hosted at the Lagoon Beach Hotel & Spa. The Lagoon Beach Hotel is a 4-star, beachfront hotel in Milnerton, Cape Town, offering direct beach access and stunning views of Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean
CSHL Meeting:Genome Organization & Nuclear Function
April 28 - May 2, 2026
Abstract Deadline: February 6, 2026
Organizers:
Andrew Belmont, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ana Pombo, Johns Hopkins University & Max-Delbruck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
Jane Skok, New York University Langone Health
Sara Wickström, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Germany
You are cordially invited to participate in the fourteenth meeting on Nuclear Organization and Function, which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meeting will begin on the evening of Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and will conclude with lunch on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
The specific goal of this meeting is to bring together cellular and molecular biologists to discuss recent advances in the spatial and temporal aspects of nuclear structure/function.
Website and registration: https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=NUCLEUS
May 2026
CSHL Course:Tutorials in Genomics & Bioinformatics: RNA-Seq Analysis
May 10 - 13, 2026
Instructors:
Delphine Fagegaltier, Independent Consultant
Emily Hodges, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Benjamin King, University of Maine
Vilas Menon, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Steven Munger, The Jackson Laboratory
2026 Invited Speakers: to be announced
Tutorials in Genomics & Bioinformatics: RNA Seq is an intensive two-day introductory course to genomics and bioinformatics. Participants are expected to arrive by 6 p.m. on the first day (Sunday May 10) with the course running two full days until 5 p.m. on the third day (Tuesday May 13th).
Website & Registration: https://meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx?course=tgac1
2026 SDB Northeast Regional Meeting
MAY 1, 2026 - MAY 3, 2026
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Fibroblast Growth Factor Signalling in Development, Health & Disease Conference
A Perspective on Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Biology
07 May - 10 May 2026
St. Julian's, Malta
Talk Submission - 26 Jan 2026 • Poster Submission - 26 Feb 2026 • Registration & Payment Deadline - 26 Feb 2026
Website: https://fusion-conferences.com/conference/195
Journal of Cell Science – Imaging Cell Dynamics
Date: 11 – 14 May 2026
Venue: Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain
Montanyà Hotel is in central Catalonia less than an hour away from Barcelona and is 25 km away from the Montseny Natural Park, a biosphere reserve.
Organisers: Francesca Bottanelli, Guillaume Jacquemet, Michael Way and Giulia Zanetti
Following on from our successful meeting in 2023, we are delighted to announce a second iteration of our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting to be held in 2026. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts working at the interface between cell biology and imaging, with a focus on researchers who use advanced light and electron microscopy approaches, and novel image analysis tools.
Topics that will be covered include:
Super resolution imaging
Correlative light and electron microscopy
Cryo-electron tomography
Expansion microscopy
Organelle dynamics
Membrane trafficking
Cytoskeletal dynamics
Cell and tissue dynamics
Image analysis
The meeting will feature talks from an outstanding set of invited speakers with opportunities for short talks and poster presentations.
We are delighted to showcase the rapid and exciting progress in this field, and to nurture this growing community.
The final deadline for applications is 27 March 2026 or earlier if the meeting reaches capacity before then.
Registration is open: https://www.biologists.com/meetings/jcsimaging/
Applications will be reviewed and approved as they are submitted. Spaces will fill on a first come first served basis.
Please email jcs26meeting@biologists.com if you have any questions.
Key dates
Applications open – September 2025
Early-bird deadline – 16 January 2026
Abstract deadline – 13 February 2026
Final registration deadline – 27 March 2026
2026 SDB Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
MAY 15, 2026 - MAY 16, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Organizers:
Jeff Farrell (NIH/NICHD)
Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert (University of Delaware)
Johanna Kowalko (Lehigh University)
Miler Lee (University of Pittsburgh)
Mark Rebeiz (University of Pittsburgh)
2026 SDB Southeast Regional Meeting
MAY 18, 2026 - MAY 20, 2026
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA,
Organizers:
Brandon Carpenter, Kennesaw State University
Tania Rozario, University of Georgia
David Katz, Emory University
Joanna Wardwell-Ozgo, Kennesaw State University
Veronica Hinman, University of Florida, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Science
Ed Gigante - Kennesaw State University
Robby Van Schiver, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Karen Schmeichel, Oglethorpe University
Jamy Peng, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
June 2026
PEQG 2026
June 9–12, 2026 • Asilomar CA
Submit an abstract and register for PEQG 2026
Join researchers from around the world June 9–12, 2026, at the stunning Asilomar Conference Grounds for PEQG 2026—a meeting designed to foster cross-disciplinary exchange between theoretical and experimental scientists in population, evolutionary, and quantitative genetics. Connect with scientists working across diverse model and non-model systems, spark new collaborations, and expand your professional network—whether you’re looking to meet future collaborators, mentors, labmates, or employers.
Abstract submission closes February 5, 2026.
Register by April 1, 2026, to save hundreds on registration fees.
GSA is offering virtual attendance options for PEQG 2026!
Your abstract will be evaluated solely based on its scientific content and relevance to this meeting and associated topics, not your registration type. Online presentation options may be available for virtual attendees who are selected to give an oral presentation. Browse the website for details and don’t hesitate to contact gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org if you have further questions or require any assistance submitting an abstract or registering.
Pan-genomes Doorstep Meeting at PEQG 2026!
Evolutionary Applications of Pan-genomes PEQG Doorstep Meeting is a 3 hour workshop that will probe the challenges and benefits of pangenomics, through the lens of evolutionary, population, and quantitative genetics. Invited presentations, discussions, and hands-on tutorials will cover topics including: pan-genome construction and analysis across very diverse taxa; phylogenetic inference in the context of multiple reference genomes; annotation of genes, structural variants, and functional effects; and pan-genome graph construction and quality control. Attendance is limited to allow for plenty of interaction and in-depth discussion.
Register today for this exciting meeting leading up to PEQG26!
Separate registration for $99 is required.
July 2026
European Amphibian Conference (EAC) 2026
July 3–5, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic
The 5th European Amphibian Conference’ will take place at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, from the 3rd to the 5th of July 2026. More than 100 outstanding scientists from all over the world will present their latest research and discoveries based on amphibian models, mainly Xenopus and salamanders (including axolotl).
The expertise and scientific interests of these researchers are wide-ranging from developmental biology to molecular and cellular biology including stem cells, cancer, regeneration, organogenesis, genetics/epigenetics, neurobiology, ecotoxicology, ecology, and integrative biology.
The meeting allows our community to share insights into state-of-the-art technologies in biochemistry, microscopy, high-throughput analyses, multi-omics approaches, and genome engineering. This process is essential to confirm and foster the strength of amphibians as valuable model organisms for high quality research in translational medicine.
Organizers:
The conference will bring together the European and international amphibian community, with a strong focus on development, regeneration, cell biology, and disease.
Registration website: coming soon.
Endothelial Cell Phenotypes in Health and Disease (GRS)
Gordon Research Seminar
Deciphering Endothelial Behaviour Through Multiscale Approaches Across Development, Health, and Disease
July 4 - 5, 2026
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 29, 2026.
Barcelona, Spain
The Endothelial Cell Phenotypes in Health and Disease GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
Website: https://www.grc.org/endothelial-cell-phenotypes-in-health-and-disease-grs-conference/2026/
Endothelial Cell Phenotypes in Health and Disease
Gordon Research Conference
The Endothelium as an Organizing Principle in Development, Homeostasis, Disease and Therapeutics
July 5 - 10, 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 7, 2026.
Website: https://www.grc.org/endothelial-cell-phenotypes-in-health-and-disease-conference/2026/
ANNUAL MEETING Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting (SDB)
July 23–26, 2026 • Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Program Committee Chair: Richard Behringer, SDB President, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. More info coming.
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms with Implications for Development and Disease
Centromere Biology, Gordon Research Conference
July 26 - 31, 2026
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States
Website: https://www.grc.org/centromere-biology-conference/2026/
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 28, 2026.
Registration open.
August 2026
Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting - Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere
24-28 August 2026 | University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Organizers:
Chris Lowe – Stanford,
Rashmi Priya –Francis Crick Institute,
Shelbi Russell – UCSC,
John Wallingford – UT Austin
Keynote Speakers:
Ondine Cleaver
Irene Miguel-Aliaga
Bo Wang
Aaron Zorn
Abstract submission and registration coming soon!
Website: https://scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu/
September 2026
2026 Midwest SDB
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Organizers:
Aaron Zorn, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (aaron.zorn@cchmc.org)
Samantha Brugmann, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Samantha.brugmann@cchmc.org)
Website: https://midwestsdbincincy.org
October 2026
Disease Models & Mechanisms – Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research
Date: 13 – 15 October 2026
Venue: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Conference Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Organisers: James Amatruda, Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, Ana Banito and Elaine Mardis
Cancer in children represents ∼3% of the global incidence of cancer. Pediatric cancer exerts an outsized impact: beyond the physical and emotional toll on children, their families and the community, the number of years of productive life lost to pediatric cancers is proportionately higher than that of adult cancers. In the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer, multimodal approaches combining surgery, chemotherapy and radiation can cure many patients, but may cause lifelong health problems in survivors. Current therapies only modestly reflect increased knowledge about the molecular mechanisms of these cancers. Advances in next-generation sequencing have enabled unprecedented cataloguing of genetic aberrations in tumors, but understanding how these genetic changes drive cellular transformation, and how they can be effectively targeted, will require multidisciplinary collaboration and preclinical models that are truly representative of the in vivo environment. This meeting aims to focus on models and technologies that have the potential to transform our understanding of these diseases.
Registration for this meeting will open in early 2026.
Website: https://www.biologists.com/meetings/dmm2026/
November 2026
Integrating Multi-Modal, Multi-Scale Models of Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms
A Company of Biologists Workshop
Organisers: Jennifer Davis, Christine Mummery and Beth Pruitt
Date: 8 – 11 November 2026
Venue: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
CoB Workshops provide leading experts and early-career researchers from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds with a stimulating environment for the cross-fertilisation of interdisciplinary ideas. The programmes are carefully developed and are intended to champion the novel techniques and innovations that will underpin important scientific advances.
Website: https://www.biologists.com/workshops/
December 2026
Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective
A Company of Biologists Workshop
Organisers: Elena Casacuberta and James Gahan
Date: 6 – 9 December 2026
Venue: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
CoB Workshops provide leading experts and early-career researchers from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds with a stimulating environment for the cross-fertilisation of interdisciplinary ideas. The programmes are carefully developed and are intended to champion the novel techniques and innovations that will underpin important scientific advances.
Website: https://www.biologists.com/workshops/
2027
January 2027
Joint with: Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke
Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Mechanisms and Therapeutics
A Keystone Symposium
Jan 19–22, 2027 | Beaver Run Conference Center, Breckenridge, CO, United States
Scientific Organizers: Tomasz Nowakowski, Xin Jin, Stephan Sanders, and Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Early Registration Deadline: November 19, 2026
Scholarship Deadline: September 24, 2026
Short Talk Abstract Deadline: September 24, 2026
Poster Abstract Deadline: December 29, 2026
Website: https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/J52027
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including autism, intellectual disability, and epilepsy, arise from disruptions during brain development and pose major challenges to public health. Although advances in genetics have identified hundreds of causal genetic risk factors, identifying convergent mechanisms underlying their pathobiology remains a challenge, which hinders the development of personalized therapies. This meeting addresses the critical gap between emerging insights into causal factors, neurodevelopment, and therapeutic innovation by uniting experts across basic and translational neuroscience.
The proposed conference will foster new collaborations between investigators in genetics, functional genomics, developmental neurobiology, and industry. Specific aims include showcasing breakthroughs in single-cell genomics, genome perturbation technologies, gene-environment interactions, and novel therapeutic strategies such as gene replacement therapies and ASOs.
Funding Opportunities
SDB Career Awards
SDB Career Awards recognize excellence in research, mentoring, education, and science communication in the developmental biology community.
Nominations open in October 2023.
Edwin G. Conklin Medal in Developmental Biology is awarded annually by the Society for Developmental Biology to recognize a developmental biologist who has made and is continuing to make extraordinary research contributions to the field and is an excellent mentor who has helped train the next generation of outstanding scientists.
Developmental Biology - Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a developmental biologist who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of developmental biology, through their own body of work, service to the scientific community, exceptional mentorship, and public advocacy.
Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and innovative contributions to the teaching and learning of developmental biology and related fields.
Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award recognizes a new investigator performing outstanding research in developmental biology during the early stages of their independent career.
Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award recognizes great science communication and outreach efforts by student and postdoctoral members of the Society for Developmental Biology.
See SDB website for more details:https://www.sdbonline.org/awards_grants
National Science Foundation (NSF) USA government funding opportunities:
The NSF Biology Directorate/Division of Integrative Organismal Systems is now accepting research proposals at any time (i.e., no preliminary proposals or deadlines). There are no proposal deadlines or caps on submission. (21-506)
Full details: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/division-integrative-organismal-systems-core
Supports research and training on the structure and function of organisms. Core areas supported include development, behavior, neuroscience, physiology, biomechanics and morphology, microbiology, immunology, virology, and plant and animal genomics.
Synopsis of Program: The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) Core Programs support research aimed at understanding why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. Proposals are welcomed in all of the core scientific program areas supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to, developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes, nervous system development, structure, modification, function, and evolution; biomechanics and functional morphology, physiological processes, symbioses and microbial interactions, interactions of organisms with biotic and abiotic environments, plant and animal genomics, and animal behavior. Proposals should focus on organisms as a fundamental unit of biological organization. Principal Investigators are encouraged to apply systems approaches that will lead to conceptual and theoretical insights and predictions about emergent organismal properties.
NSF IOS Program contacts
Developmental Systems Program; IOSDSC@nsf.gov phone: (703) 292-8417
Behavioral Systems Program; IOSBSC@nsf.gov phone: (703) 292-8423
Neural Systems Program; IOSNSC@nsf.gov phone:(703) 292-8421
Instructions for submitting to the Developmental Systems Cluster are at: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/developmental-systems-0
You can find other programs solicitations at the BIO home page: https://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=BIO
National Institute of Health (NIH) USA government funding opportunities
For general information see also : https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm#Resource
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/information-for-research.htm
NOT-DA-23-004 High Priority Areas in Genetics, Epigenetics, and Developmental Neuroscience Branch in the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-23-004.html
Key Dates Release Date: April 14, 2022; First Available Due Date: June 05, 2022 ; Expiration Date: September 08, 2025
Issued by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Purpose The mission of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior (DNB) is to discover, facilitate and promote outstanding basic animal and human research aimed at identifying the causes and consequences of drug addiction across the lifespan and to guide treatment strategies. The Genetics, Epigenetics, and Development (GED) Branch within DNB supports research on the genetics, epigenetics, and developmental mechanisms that underlie addiction and substance use disorders (SUD).
Research areas of general interest include but are not limited to:
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human and animal genetic studies of vulnerability to addiction,
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molecular genetics and genomic studies related to the response to addictive drugs,
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epigenetic mechanisms of substance use disorders and addiction,
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cell biology studies of addiction,
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development of neural pathways and brain structures that mediate SUDs and addiction and
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bioinformatic approaches to better model the genetics of SUDs, including data integration, methods development, epistasis analysis, and machine learning.
NIH has issued the Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy (effective January 25, 2023) to promote the sharing of scientific data. Sharing scientific data accelerates biomedical research discovery, in part, by enabling validation of research results, providing accessibility to high-value datasets, and promoting data reuse for future research studies.
Under the DMS policy, NIH expects that investigators and institutions:
- Plan and budget for the managing and sharing of data
- Submit a DMS plan for review when applying for funding
- Comply with the approved DMS plan
See this blog post for discussion: https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2022/01/26/gearing-up-for-2023-implementing-the-nih-data-management-and-sharing-policy-policy/
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Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA
Next Workshop: October 18-27, 2018.