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A Nice development: The first joint meeting of the British and French Societies for Developmental Biology, 13–16th September, 2003, Nice, France
Author(s) -
Brown Jennifer,
Chazaud Claire,
Irving Carol
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
developmental dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.634
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1097-0177
pISSN - 1058-8388
DOI - 10.1002/dvdy.20062
Subject(s) - biology , drosophila melanogaster , ciona intestinalis , zebrafish , developmental biology , model organism , dictyostelium , caenorhabditis elegans , evolutionary biology , morphogenesis , drosophila (subgenus) , genetics , gene
Held this autumn on the beautiful Cote d'Azur, the first joint meeting of the BSDB and SFBD provided delegates with the perfect informal setting for discussion spanning a broad cross‐section of Developmental Biology. Participants' interests were diverse, ranging from the implementation of genome‐wide approaches aimed at identifying all the molecular components of cell proliferation, signalling, patterning, and morphogenesis, to those engaged in capturing mesmerising glimpses of the minute and intricate workings of the cell. The meeting considered a wide spectrum of model organisms, including the simple plant Arabidopsis , the invertebrates Dictyostelium , Caenorhabditis elegans , and Drosophila melanogaster , the ascidian Ciona intestinalis , and the vertebrates Xenopus , zebrafish, chick, and mouse. Such a diverse approach served to highlight both similarities and differences in the molecular mechanisms that govern embryonic development among different species. Here, we highlight a few aspects of the meeting that illustrate this point. Developmental Dynamics 230:385‐388, © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.