Activities
Hyytiälä Meeting will take place in October 30-31st, 2025.
The special issue of the International Journal of Developmental Biology – Developmental Biology in Nordic Countries (Editors Seppo Vainio and Satu Kuure) has been published online.
Nordic Developmental Societies seminars
The Nordic Developmental Societies’ seminars launched on 2024 and aims to highlight the excellent research in Development, Stem Cell and Regeneration biology that is happening across the Nordics. The seminars are international and held by zoom.
Next Nordic Developmental Biology Seminar takes place on May 19th, at 13:00 (Finland)/12:00 (Sweden)
Host: Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Speakers: TBA
Wednesday, April 23rd
Host: Claudio Cantù, Linköping University
Speakers:
- Pierfrancesco Pagella, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University. Title: “Imitate to Understand, Understand to Imitate: Biomimetic Approaches for Bioengineering Oral Tissues & Disease Models”
- Neil Lagali, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping Unversity. Title: “PAX6 and eye development: mechanisms, models and potential therapies”
2025
Thursday March 27th 2025
Host: Sanna Vuoristo, University of Helsinki
Speakers:
Elisa Närvä, University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine: Quantitative Analysis of Stemness in Pluripotent and Clinical Cancer Samples
Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen, University of Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine: 3DMOUSEneST: a volumetric label-free imaging method evaluating embryo–uterine interaction and decidualization efficacy
2024 Fall
September, 17th, 12.00
Host: Ruth Palmer, Gothenburg University
Speakers:
Marc Pilon, Gothenburg University http://www.molbio.gu.se/staff/molmpi/Marc_Pages/research.html
Prelim title: “Roles of PAQR-2 (C. elegans) and ADIPOR2 (mammals) in membrane homeostasis and development”
Elif Eroglu, Karolinska Institutet
https://ki.se/en/people/elif-eroglu
Prelim title: “Mechanisms of heart regeneration: from cell-cell junctions to tissue mechanics”
October 18th, 12.00
Host: Nicholas Leigh, Lund University
Speakers:
Malin Parmar, Lund University
Sofie Mohlin, Lund University
November, 14th, 12.00
Host: Satu Kuure, Helsinki University
Speakers:
Emmi Helle, University of Helsinki
Laura Kerosuo, NIH, Bethesda, USA
December 5th, 12.00
Host: Kaska Koltowska, Uppsala University
Speakers:
Olov Andersson, Uppsala University
Tatjana Haitina, Uppsala University
Zoom link:
The Michael Sars Symposium 2025 will take place on June 6, 2025 in Bergen.
20th International Congress of Developmental Biology
June 18-22, 2025. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Upcoming Deadlines:
Abstract Deadline: March 12, 2025
Registration Deadline: April 16, 2025
5th Growth Factors in Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Chairs: Sabine Werner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and David Ornitz (Washington U School of Medicine, US)
25 - 28 June 2024
PALS SUMMER SCHOOL IN TRANSCRIPTOMICS DURING DEVELOPMENT AND CANCER
Sandvik Gård (Sweden)
Possibility to learn the most advanced technologies to study transcriptional regulation in beautiful Swedish inland scenario: a beautiful conference centre and spa, majestically situated on a lake in the forest of Östergötland – less than 2 hours from Stockholm.
The 4th Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem cells, and Regeneration 2024
Nordic Developmental Biology Societies & Michael Sars Symposium Joint Meeting
Bergen, Norway May 28-31, 2024
The meeting will be held at Media City Bergen in Norway and is open to everybody. It is jointly organised by the Michael Sars Centre at the University of Bergen, the Swedish Developmental Biology Organisation (SWEDBO), the Finnish Society for Developmental Biology (FSDB), and researchers from Norway and Denmark.
Euro Evo-Devo Meeting
Helsinki, Finland June 25-28, 2024
Euro Evo Devo 2024 will have a diverse and exciting program with Scott Gilbert, Steph Hoehn, Paula Elomaa, and Yann Guiguen as keynote speakers.
The abstract submission deadline is February 15, 2024, with early bird registration open until February 29.
Society of Developmental Biology 83rd Annual Meeting
Altanta, GA, USA, June 14-17, 2024
The abstract submission deadline is April 10, 2024, with early bird registration open until February 29.
Self-Organization in Biology: Freiburg Spemann-Mangold Centennial Symposium
Freiburg, Germany, September 16-19, 2024
The meeting will be organized by the Society for Developmental Biology and Elsevier.
Hyytiälä annual meeting is back: Oct 27.-28.10.2023
Mark your calendars, the next annual meeting of Finnish Developmental Biology Society is taking place in Hyytiälä forestry station on Oct 27.-28. 2023
We enjoyed exciting program including presentations from two excellent invited speakers, plenty of short talks, a poster session and the legendary evening party!
Special issue from Nordic Countries at Int J Biol of Developmental Biology
Invitation to join assembling a special issue of Int. J. Dev Biol.
Developmental Biology in Scandinavia
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to the special issue of Int. J. Dev. Biol. The aim of the issue is to introduce the cutting-edge research in the Nordic Countries (http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/about-us) and to serve as an advertisement of the world class research in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Significant progress has been made in the experimental biology and medicine fields due to stem cell and developmental biology and their related disciplines. Yet the complexity of developmental processes and morphogenesis represent one of the most challenging scientific questions. Knowledge of how evolution has changed the developmental programs over time and at the same time shaped the anatomical structure assembly understanding of which is in its infancy.
In this International Journal of Developmental Biology special issue, we aim to obtain publications that will represent the top-notch research lines in the Nordic countries. We are confident that the publications of this special issue will serve to shape the future of biology, promote our visibility and excitement of the field, and provide links to developmental biology with relevance to environment and planetary as well as reproductive health.
We invite submission whose length and number of references is not restricted. Original articles, commentaries and mini/reviews are accepted. For the submission guidelines, please visit http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/instructions. If you got interested in participating, please contact use for further details.
The deadline for MS submission is 30.09.2023.
Looking forward to your contributions,
Satu Kuure, PhD Seppo Vainio, PhD
The society spring meeting 2023
The spring meeting of the society will be organized online on May 4, 2023 at
10am Finnish time. Please contact the society to become a member and to receive the link to participate.
The 3rd Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem cells, and Regeneration 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark October 5-7,
The 2nd Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem cells, and Regeneration 2020
Helsinki, Finland October 14 th – 16 th
The Joint BSDB and Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem cells, and Regeneration 2017
Stockholm, Sweden, October 25 th – 27 th
The best thesis and
the best paper awards
The FSDB has a tradition of selecting the best PhD thesis and scientific publication
published within the field of stem cell and developmental biology. The best PhD
thesis within the field of stem cell and developmental biology is selected every fouryears. The best paper is selected every two years.
Suggestions for the candidates are invited by email and the recipient is nominated by an established senior scientist.
Previous recipients of the best thesis
2013-2015 Maria Jussila
2009-2012 Enni Harjunmaa
2006-2008 Lijun Chi
2003-2005 Ari Pekka Mähönen
2000-2002 Ulla Pirvola
1997-1999 David Rice
Previous recipients of the best publication
2015 Vassilis Stratoulias
2014 Laura Ahtiainen
2013 Katja Kerkelä-Närhi
2012 Enni Harjunmaa
2011 Pekka Nieminen
2010 Adolfo Rivero-Muller
2008-2009 Mari Palgi
2007 Kathryn Kavanagh
2006 Elina Järvinen
2004 Lijun Chi
2003 Nina Trokovic
2001 Yanfeng Lin
2000 Jukka Jernvall
Travel grants
The FSDB participates actively in organizing joint Nordic Stem Cell, Developmental Biology and Regeneration meetings. To encourage participation of all our members in the joint activities, the FSDB provides travel grants for its members. The call will be announced by emailing to the members.