Envisioning Developmental Biology for the Future

March 19-22, 2023

Embassy Suites by Hilton Napa Valley Center

Napa, California

Co-organizers: Siobhan M. Brady and Crystal D. Rogers

Developmental Biology is a unique discipline with a huge impact on very diverse research fields such as stem cell research, medicine, nutrition, climate change, biophysics and environmental interactions. It has further been transformed by the integration of novel single cell and imaging technologies.  
Our workshop brings together 50 of the world’s leading experts from different research fields together to build a think tank that leads to a deeper interlinking of research fields and finding a common ground for future projects. We will discuss priorities in development biology in an expanding world of questions and urgent problems as well as streamline pedagogy to the current and future skillsets of the workforce in the public and private sectors.

Agenda

Extended Agenda

Sunday, March 19

4:00 pm Registration Opens Chardonnay AB
4:30 – 5:00 pm Welcome and meeting orientation Chardonnay AB
5:00 – 7:30 pm Plenary Session I: Cutting edge meets traditional #DevBio

Carole LaBonne, Northwestern University

Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University

 

 Chardonnay AB
7:30 – 8:00 pm Town Hall Meeting: Outlining workshop goals and expectations Chardonnay AB
8:00 – 10:00 pm Welcome reception

Introductions and ice breakers

 

 Fountain Court

Reception refreshments sponsored by ThermoFisher Scientific and Element Biosciences

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Monday, March 20

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast Breakfast Room
8:00 – 9:30 am Plenary Session II: Traditional approaches in #DevBio

Michael Barresi, Smith College

Blair Benham-Pyle, Baylor College of Medicine

 

 Chardonnay AB
9:30 – 10:00 am Coffee Break, Breakout Session Overview and Instructions Chardonnay AB
10:00 – 11:00 am Breakout Session I

Group I: Missing pieces- what did foundational discoveries miss?

Facilitator Siobhan Brady

 

Group II: Organism-specific limitations? Developmental biologists use a multitude of multicellular plant and animal models to understand how organisms change across scale and over time.

Facilitator Crystal Rogers

 

Group III: Expanding and updating educational impacts in developmental biology.

Facilitator Ida Chow

 

Group IV: What holds up and is still useful and impactful?

Facilitator Carole LaBonne

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 Chardonnay C, Sauvignon, Cabernet
11:00 – 12:00 pm Report Out/Group Discussion Chardonnay AB
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Wine Barrel Terrace
1:00 – 2:30 pm Plenary Session III: New technology and approaches in #DevBio

Loic Royer, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

Steffano Di Talia, Duke University

 

 Chardonnay AB
2:30 – 3:00 pm Coffee Break Chardonnay AB
3:00 – 4:00 pm Breakout Session II

Group I: Using, scaling and making new technology accessible to answer fundamental developmental biology.

Facilitator Athula Wikramanayake

 

Group II:  Identifying funding mechanisms that support new technology and its integration with developmental biology.

Facilitator Dominique Bergmann

 

Group III: Integration of developmental biology in an interdisciplinary manner – gaps and niches.

Facilitator Margaret Frank

 

Group IV: How do we incorporate teaching of innovative methodologies in developmental biology courses?

Facilitator Siobhan Brady

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 Chardonnay C, Sauvignon, Cabernet
4:00 – 5:30 pm Report Out/Group Discussion Chardonnay AB
6:00 pm Dinner on your own Downtown Napa

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Tuesday, March 21

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast Breakfast Room
8:00 – 9:30 am Plenary Session IV: Interdisciplinary concepts and collaboration in #DevBio 

Titus Brown, UC Davis

Ondine Cleaver, UT

 

 Chardonnay AB
9:30 – 10:00 am Coffee Break, Breakout Session Overview and Instructions Chardonnay AB
10:00 – 11:00 am Breakout Session III

Group I: What disciplines are inherently merged with developmental biology?

Facilitator Crystal Rogers

 

Group II: Integration of developmental biology in an interdisciplinary manner – gaps and niches?

Facilitator Carole LaBonne

 

Group III: How do we incorporate teaching of distinct disciplines in developmental biology (e.g. microbiome/immunology?)

Facilitator Ida Chow

 

Group IV: Vertical and horizontal integration: translation across organisms.

Facilitator Athula Wikramanayake

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 Chardonnay C, Sauvignon, Cabernet
11:00 – 12:00 pm Report Out/Group Discussion Chardonnay AB
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Wine Barrel Terrace
1:00 – 2:00 pm Plenary Session V: Current funding opportunities in #DevBio

JD Swanson, NSF

Jonah Cool, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

 

 Chardonnay AB
2:00 – 3:00 pm Breakout Session IV

Group I: Current and future funding opportunities

Facilitator Dominique Bergmann

 

Group II: Marketing developmental biology to funders

Facilitator Margaret Frank

 

Group III: How can we improve the chances of successful applications for NSF TIP or NIH DP2 style grants in #DevBio?

Facilitator Siobhan Brady

 

Group IV: How can we improve the chances of successful applications for private funding in #DevBio?

Facilitator Crystal Rogers

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 Chardonnay C, Sauvignon, Cabernet
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coffee Break Chardonnay AB
3:30 – 4:30 pm Report Out/Group Discussion Chardonnay AB
4:30 – 6:30 pm White Paper Think Tank

Work together with your tables to synthesize common concepts emerging from small and large group discussions. Create an outline of a white paper with the goal of creating a roadmap towards long-term impactful and sustainable #DevBio research and education.

 Chardonnay AB
6:30 – 7:00 pm Break
7:00 – 10:00 pm Dinner

Reception refreshments sponsored by Lexogen and The International Society of Differentiation

 

 Wine Barrel Terrace

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Wednesday, March 22

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast Breakfast Room
7:30 – 11:00 am

 

12:00 pm

 Assessment Survey (Available online)   

 

Hotel check out and travel home

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List of Participants

Last name First name Institution
Allen Anna K. NSF-IOS/Howard
Amemiya Chris UC Merced
Arur Swathi MD Anderson
Babonis Leslie Cornell University
Barresi Michael Smith College
Bartlett Madelaine U Mass Amherst
Behringer Richard MD Anderson Cancer Center
Benham-Pyle Blair Baylor College of Medicine
Bergmann Dominique Stanford University
Blackman Ben UC Berkeley
Brady Siobhan UC Davis
Brown Titus UC Davis
Browne Bill University of Miami
Camacho Jasmin Stowers Institute
Chabu Chiswili Yves University of Missouri
Onyenedum Joyce Cornell University
Chow Ida SDB
Cleaver Ondine UT Southwestern
Cool Jonah Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Dennis Megan UC Davis
Di Talia Stefano Duke University
Dickinson Jazz UC San Diego
Frank Margaret Cornell University
Gillmor Stewart Cinvestav Research Institute
Haag Eric University of Maryland
Hansen-McKown Katelyn Stanford University
Hariharan Iswar UC Berkeley
 

Harland

 Richard UC Berkeley
Husbands Aman University of Pennsylvania
Jerome-Majewska Loydie McGill University
Koenig Kristen Harvard University
Labonne Carole Northwestern University
Layden Michael Lehigh University
Lowe Chris Stanford University
Martik Megan UC Berkeley
Moens Cecilia Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Mosimann Christian University of Colorado Anschutz Medican Campus
Reed Robert Cornell University
Rivera Ajna University of the Pacific
Rogers Crystal UC Davis
Rokhsar Dan UC Berkeley
Royer Loic Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Rutaganira Flora Stanford University
Shahan Rachel Duke University
Sinha Neelima UC Davis
Swalla Billie University of Washington
Swanson J.D NSF EPSCOR
Van Norman Jaimie UC Riverside
Wagner Dan UC San Francisco
Wikramanayake Athula University of Miami
Zayas Ricardo San Diego State
Zebell Sophia Cold Spring Harbor

Recommended Reading

Stern C. 2022. Reflections on the past, present and future of developmental biology. Developmental Biology 488: 30-34. Link.

Wallingford J. 2019. We are all developmental biologists. Developmental Cell 50: 132-137. Link.

 

Sponsors:

 

 

Workshop funded by NSF Grant #2310253