About

18th Spanish Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

The Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (SEBD) is proud to announce the 18th meeting of the Society to be held from October 16-18, 2024 at the Hotel Eden Roc in Sant Feliu de Guíxols.

This meeting will be an excellent opportunity to discover the latest experimental approaches and future directions in Developmental and Cell Biology as well as to discuss new data and ideas.
Sessions will be organized around the most up-to-date scientific topics in Developmental Biology.
Each session will be headed by a world leader in these fields and a prominent place will be reserved for oral contributions from PIs and postdocs that will be selected from the abstracts for all sessions. There will be short sessions devoted to posters’ flash-talks. The meeting will also be home to the José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta prize in Developmental Biology and the Ph.D. theses prizes from the SEBD.

We are confident that this meeting will be an excellent occasion to foster fruitful scientific interactions and discussions.

We look forward to seeing you all at the 18th SEBD Meeting!

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Committees

Organizing
Committee

Sofia J. Araújo
Elisa Martí
Cristina Pujades
MELIS-UPF

Scientific
Committee

Murielle Saade
Maria Almuedo
Sandra Acosta
Esteban Hoijman
Luis Maria Escudero
Vikas Trivedi
EMBL
José Pastor-Pareja
Cristian Cañestro

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Invited Speakers

James Sharpe
Victor Borrell
Fernando Casares
Champi (Juan Pascual-Anaya)
Miguel Torres
Ozren Bogdanovic
Miguel Manzanares

Programme

Programme

13.00 – 15.00 LUNCH
15.00 – 15.45 Opening Session

Developmental Dynamics session
Keynote 1 — Paul Trainor, Stowers Institute, USA

15.45 – 17.15 Session 1 – Organogenesis

  • 15.45 h   Short Talk: Dorso-ventral Limb Polarity, deciphering Lmx1b Regulation.
    Marian Ros, IBBTEC, CSIC-SODERCAN-University of Cantabria), Spain
  • 16.00 h   James Sharpe, EMBL, Spain
  • 16.30 h   Marta Llimargas, IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
  • 17.00 h   Short Talk: Tissue-tissue interactions and epithelial remodelling drive the expansion of the zebrafish nostril.
    Clara Gordillo, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
17.15 – 17.45 COFFEE BREAK
17.45 – 19.15 Session 2 – Stem and progenitor cells

  • 17.45 h   Meritxell Rovira, IdiBell, Barcelona, Spain
  • 18.15 h   Short Talk: A stem cell activation state coupling spermatogenesis with social interactions in male animals
    Salvador Herrera, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), CSIC-UPO-JdA, Sevilla, Spain
  • 18.30 h  Short Talk: How do meiotic cells survive recombination double strand breaks? A role for Bruno.
    Juan Garrido, Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD), CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain
  • 18.45 h   Miguel Manzanares, CBM, Madrid, Spain
19.15 – 20.00 Developmental Dynamics Poster flash talks

  • Joan Casamitjana, UB / Idibell — “Mimicking the embryonic pancreatic stromal niche for beta cell (re)generation”
  • Jorge Corbacho Sánchez, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo — “Single-cell multiome analysis of germ layer precursors reveals differential response to mechanical stimulation during gastrulation in medaka embryos.”
  • Núria Corbella Rius, University of Barcelona — “Effects of rRNA processing proteins Kkz and Clw in drosophila tracheal morphogenesis”
  • Roberto de la Fuente Pita, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences — “The expression dynamics of the RUNT-related transcription factor RUNX1 in extraembryonic lineages suggests a potential role in ensuring lineage specification in the mouse blastocyst”
  • Teresa De Los Reyes Corrales, Instituto de Salud Carlos III ISCIII — “The impact of parental environmental experiences on offspring brain susceptibility to glioblastoma progression”
  • Sofía Zaballa, University of Barcelona — “Increased neurogenesis and behavior performance by in vivo reprogramming”
  • Luis Hernández Huertas, Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-UPO-CSIC) — “CRISPR-RfxCas13d screening uncovers Bckdk as a post-translational regulator of the maternal-to-zygotic transition in teleosts”
  • Ines Kelleher Lopez, Centro de Biologia Molecular — “Cross-talk between macrophages and tumour cells during tissue homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster”
  • Maria Jose Lopez Fernandez, Universidad de Barcelona / Centro Andaluz De Biologia Del Desarrollo (Csic-Upo) — “First-time cis-regulatory interactions between mammal- and plant-specific TFs and the zebrafish genome”
  • Sergio Menchero Fernandez, The Francis Crick Institute — “Understanding temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programmes using marsupial single-cell transcriptomics”
  • Gonzalo Ortiz Álvarez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra — “4D-Study of Neuronal Cell Lineages and the Generation of Neuronal Diversity in the Zebrafish Hindbrain”
  • Diego Sainz de la Maza Redondo, University College London — “Somatic cells support germ cell survival by providing glycolytic metabolites”
  • Miquel Sendra, CNIC — “Epigenetic priming of cardiac endothelium in the mammalian epiblast”
  • Cristina Vila Torondel, Universitat de Barcelona — “Indirect pathway linage-specific alterations during early development in Huntington’s Disease”
20.00 – 21.30 DINNER
21.30 – 23.00 Poster session with beers
9.00 – 9.45 Development Session
Keynote 2 — Isabel Fariñas, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
9.45 – 11.00 Session 3 – Morphogenesis I

  • 9.45 h   Fernando Casares, CABD, Sevilla, Spain
  • 10.15 h  Short Talk: Elastic Contractile Stress in the Basement Membrane Generates Basal Tension in Epithelia.
    Karla Yanin Guerra, Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • 10.30 h  Short Talk: Early signaling events governing epithelial regeneration.
    José Esteban, University of Barcelona/ Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
  • 10.45 h   Short Talk: Membrane potential controls periodicity of somite formation and its growth.
    Manohara Mahadeva, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
11.00 – 12.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.30 – 12.00 30 year Anniversary Session
12.00 – 13.30 Session 3 – Morphogenesis II

  • 12.00 h   Miguel Torres, CNIC, Madrid, Spain
  • 12.30 h   Short Talk: Dynamics and molecular regulation of three-dimensional packing of epithelia
    María Jesús Gomez-Lamarca, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Biología Celular, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  • 12.45 h   Short Talk: Reshaping morphogenesis: Modular control of kinematic Attractors and Repellers in avian gastrulation
    Guillermo Serrano, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 13.00 h   Jerome Solon, CSIC – Ikerbasque, Leoia, Spain
13.30 – 15.00 LUNCH + Group photo
15.00 – 15.45 ISDB Session
Keynote 3 — Nadia Mercader, University of Bern, Switzerland
15.45 – 18.45 Session 4 – eLife session : Neurodevelopment I

  • 15.45 h   Víctor Borrell, IN, Alicante, Spain
  • 16.15 h   Short Talk: Neuronal subtype specification of spinal projection and motor neurons by a common temporal sequence
    Laia Caudet, Institut für Biochemie, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
  • 16.30 h   Short Talk: Mechanisms regulating interneuron identity in the postnatal brain
    Diego Garcia González, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Spain
  • 16.45 h   Short Talk: Early cortical GABAergic interneurons determine the interhemispheric connectivity of L2/3 and L4 excitatory neurons
    Alfonso Aguilera, National Centre for Biotecnology, Madrid, Spain
  • 17.00 h   elife editor
17.15 – 17.45 COFFEE BREAK
17.45 – 19.00 Session 4 – eLife session : Neurodevelopment II

  • 17.45 h   Berta Alsina, UPF, Barcelona, Spain
  • 18.15 h   Short Talk: A ribo-tag based screen identifies novel translational regulation-dependent mechanisms involved in axon guidance
    Verónica Murcia, Instituto de Neurociencias, San Juan de Alicante, Spain
  • 18.30 h   Short Talk: Rebuilding the Mechanisms of Apical Constriction: Exploring the Role of Rootletin in Neuronal Delamination
    Axelle Wilmerding, IBMB, Barcelona, Spain
  • 18.45 h   Short Talk: A 3D multimodal take on neurodevelopmental dynamics
    Matthias Blanc, UPF, Spain
19.00 – 19.45 Developmental Dynamics Poster Flash talks

  • Alberto Cañibano Hernández, Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD)  –  “Maternal CRISPR-Cas13d Screening Sheds Light on Ubiquitination Regulation during Maternal to Zygotic Transition in zebrafish”
  • Katarina Coolens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel  –  “ΔNp63 defines bipotent precursors in murine pancreas development”
  • Jesús Crespo Cuadrado,  Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD)  –  “The role of Wapl during the maternal-to-zygotic transition”
  • Carlos Garcia Padilla, University of Jaen  –  “miRNAs during embryonic myogenesis: implications in satellite stem cell development”
  • Adrián Holguín Horcajo, UB, IDIBELL   –  “Are Peribiliary Glands (PBG) and Pancreatic Ductal Glands (PDG) the same entity?”
  • Palmira Llorens Giralt, Universitat de Barcelona  –  “Synergy of regeneration-specific and developmental enhancers in liver regeneration”
  • Javier Macho Rendón, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo  –  “A single-cell multi-omics approach identifies active key nodes and cis-regulatory elements within the regulatory networks specifying tissue domains in the developing zebrafish optic cup”
  • Daniel  Moreno Blas, University of Barcelona  –  “Activation of cellular senescence during planarian regeneration”
  • Oscar H. Ocaña Terraza, Universidad de Jaén  –  “Cellular state transitions during second heart field morphogenesis”
  • María Olmedo López, University of Sevilla  –  “Transient arrest allows resynchronization between developmental timers in C. elegans”
  • Claudia Peregrina Cabredo, Universidad de Barcelona  –  “LRRTMs controls cortical migration by repulsive mechanisms”
  • Lourdes Rincón Ortega, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CSIC-JA-UPO)  –  “The role of integrins in the maintenance of epithelial architecture”
  • Joan Roncero Carol, IBMB-CSIC/IDIBELL  –  “Autonomous defense of the early embryo”
  • Alonso Sánchez Cruz, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia  –  “Study of the role of visual activity and interneurons in the formation of cortical visual-auditory crossmodal connections”
  • José María Santos Pereira, Universidad de Sevilla  –  “A compendium of transcription factor binding sites during zebrafish development”
20.00 – 21.30 DINNER
21.30 – 24.00 Poster session with beers and Party
9.00 – 9.45 C&D Session
Keynote 4 – Roberto Mayor, University College, London, UK
9.45 – 11.15 Session 5 – EVO DEVO and Genomics

  • 9.45 h   Ozren Bogdanovic, CABD, Sevilla, Spain
  • 10.15 h   Short Talk: Species-specific rhythmic yolk contractions and their role in teleost gastrulation
    Cielo Centola, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Spain
  • 10.30 h  Champi (Juan Pascual- Anaya), Universidad de Málaga, Spain
  • 11.00 h   Short Talk: Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation
    Marta Iglesias, CRG, Spain
11.15 – 12.15 COFFEE BREAK
Asamblea SEBD
12.15 – 13.15 SEBD award lectures
José Luis Gómez Skarmeta award for Scientific Excellence in Developmental Biology 2024
Best thesis prize (2021, 2022, 2023 editions) 3 talks

SciComm award talk
13.30 SEBD2024 awards
Developmental Dynamics prizes to the best poster and to the best talk
13.40 Closing remarks
14.00 DEPARTURE
Call for abstracts

To present an abstract please fill in the abstract form before  June 15th. The text of the abstract should not exceed 250 words and should include background, experimental approach, key findings and significance to the field.

  • Organogenesis
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Stem Cells
  • Genomics
  • Evo-Devo
  • Pattern Formation

Please fill in all authors in the order you want them to appear in the book of abstracts.

On July 31st authors will be communicated if they have been accepted as oral or poster presentation.

Selection criteria

Applicants will be selected based on their relevance to the field, with strong consideration for PhD students and early-stage postdocs, and paying attention to a proper balance of gender, demographic background, and basic and applied researchers.

Poster specifications

Poster can be prepared in free design and fonts.

Follow the sizes below:
Width: 90 cm
Height: 120 cm
This corresponds to a A0 vertical format.

Registration

To register please fill in the registration form and make the payment online or by bank transfer. The registration includes 2 nights accommodation (16 and 17th), 2 lunches, 2 dinners and 2 breakfast and coffee-breaks.

Deadline for payment of  late registration 13th September.

Cancellations: Registration can be cancelled without charge until July 15th. From July 15th to September 15th only 50% will be reimbursed. After September 15th 2024 there will be no reimbursement.

RENFE offers all participants a 5% discount in all trips to Girona (only from 14 to 20 October).

Registration fees
Any doubts?
Please contact us
Secretariat

Manners Congressos
SEBD2024@manners.es
Tel.: + 34 933 196 323

Any doubts?
Please contact us
Secretariat

Manners Congressos
SEBD2024@manners.es
Tel.: + 34 933 196 323

Location

Venue
Venue

Punta de Port Salvi, s/n
17220 Sant Feliu de Guíxols,
Costa Brava, Girona (Spain)

Tel.: +34 972 320 100

Accommodation
Accommodation

Hotel Eden Roc has a long tradition in hosting international meetings. It offers integrated conference facilities and seating areas for discussions and networking, both inside and outside. The air-conditioned lecture room can accommodate up to 200 participants and also posters.

Participants are all housed on-site with full board (diverse buffet). Coffee breaks will be held directly outside the lecture room on a sea-view terrace.

Accommodation options:
  • A shared twin room rate is included in the registration (same gender sharing).
  • Single rooms are available on request.
  • Family rooms are available upon request.
Transport
Transport
Travel by plane

Barcelona (El Prat) airport, BCN: The hotel is located 120km from Barcelona airport, which is served by most major airlines.

In addition, Moventis offers a bus service between BCN airport and Sant Feliu Guíxols.

A taxi from the Barcelona Airport to Sant Feliu de Guíxols costs around 200€.

Girona airport is about 35km away from Eden Roc Hotel.
A taxi from Girona to Sant Feliu de Guíxols costs about 70€.

Travel by train

Girona is the nearest train station (30 km). A taxi from the train station to Sant Feliu costs around 70€.

RENFE offers all participants a 5% discount in all trips. To get the discount you have to ask the secretariat (sebd2024@manners.es) the discount authorisation and then you will be able apply it:

  1. Choose the train
  2. Look at fees for the fee “Congresses and events”
  3. Write the discount number
Travel by car

Motorway A-7, exit 9 (when traveling from Barcelona), or exit 7 (when traveling from France).

GPS coordinates for Hotel Eden Roc are: 41.772841, 3.030318.

About the area
About the area

Sponsors

ISBD - International Society of Developmental Biology
Developmental Dynamics publication
Development
DSHB
eLife
Cells and Development
Company of Biologists