Program
20th International Congress of Developmental Biology Program
Wednesday, June 18 - Sunday, June 22
The 20th International Congress will begin with the Presidential Symposium on Wednesday, June 18 at 4:30 PM (AT) and end with the Closing Reception on Sunday, June 22 beginning at 6:00 PM (AT).
Invited Speakers

Yasuko Akiyama-Oda
Biohistory Research Hall

Alexander Aulehla
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Shelby Blythe
Northwestern University
Déborah Bourc'his
Institut Curie

Heather
Bruce
The University of British Columbia

Benoit Bruneau
Gladstone Institutes
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco

Jorge Casal
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Fundación Instituto Leloir

Cheng-Ming Chuong
University of Southern California

Justin
Crocker
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Alfredo Cruz-Ramirez
LANGEBIO-CINVESTAV

Stefan de Folter
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute

Andrés Dekanty
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

Stefano Di Talia
Duke University

Cassandra Extavour
Harvard University

D’Juan Farmer
University of California, Los Angeles

Jessica Feldman
Stanford University

José García-Arrarás
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

Bob Goldstein
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan
University of Switzerland

Jérôme Gros
Institut Pasteur

Anja Groth
University of Copenhagen

Tsuyoshi Hirashima
National University of Singapore

Sally Horne-Badovinac
University of Chicago

Aissam Ikmi
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Robb Krumlauf
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Megan Martik
University of California, Berkeley

Roberto Mayor
University College London

Margaret McFall-Ngai
California Institute of Technology

Eskeatnaf Mulugeta
Erasmus University Medical Center

Rosa Estela Navarro González
National Autonomous University of Mexico

Ángela Nieto
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante

Christian Petersen
Northwestern University

Michael Piacentino
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee
Michigan State University

Daniel Ríos Barrera
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Tatjana
Sauka-Spengler
Stowers Institute for Medical Research

David Sherwood
Duke University

Ahna Skop
University of Wisconsin—Madison

Mansi Srivastava
Harvard University

Yi-Hsien Su
Academia Sinica

Margherita Turco
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research

Gert Jan C. Veenstra
Radboud University

Pablo Wappner
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

Aryeh
Warmflash
Rice University

Jessica Whited
Harvard University

Andrea Wills
University of Washington

Magdalena Zernika-Goetz
University of Cambridge, California Institute of Technology
Award Lectures

Denis Duboule
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Ross G. Harrison Medal

Blanche Capel
Duke University
Edwin G. Conklin Medal

Billie Swalla
University of Washington
Developmental Biology-Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award

Erica Crespi
Washington State University
Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize

Mubarak Hussain Syed
The University of New Mexico
Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award

Joaquin Navajas Acedo
Biozentrum at University of Basel
Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award