Abstract
The British Society for Developmental Biology Autumn Meeting, held in Oxford in September 2018, was the third in a series of international workshops which have been focussed on development at the extraembryonic-embryonic interface. This workshop, entitled “Embryonic-Extraembryonic Interactions: from Genetics to Environment” built on the two previous workshops held in 2011 (Leuven, Belgium) and 2015 (Göttingen, Germany). This workshop brought together researchers utilising a diverse range of organisms (including both vertebrate and invertebrate species) and a range of experimental approaches to answer core questions in developmental biology. This meeting report highlights some of the major themes emerging from the workshop including an evolutionary perspective as well as recent advances that have been made through the adoption of emerging techniques and technologies.
Highlights
The British Society for Developmental Biology Autumn Meeting, held in Oxford in September 2018, was the third in a series of international workshops which have been focussed on development at the extraembryonic-embryonic interface
It was a warm late summer day in Oxford, when 92 developmental biologists descended for the British Society for Developmental Biology Autumn meeting (September 10th– 13th) held at Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford
The initial decisions are made in preimplantation embryos, where blastomeres first Bdecide^ whether to form an inner cell mass (ICM) that gives rise to the future embryo body and extraembryonic membranes, or a trophectoderm (TE) that will create the embryonic part of placenta
Summary
The British Society for Developmental Biology Autumn Meeting, held in Oxford in September 2018, was the third in a series of international workshops which have been focussed on development at the extraembryonic-embryonic interface. Dev Genes Evol (2019) 229:83–87 and extraembryonic tissues in early post-implantation development of mouse embryos, including her exciting recent studies demonstrating that Smad2/3 are required to maintain distinct embryonic and extra-embryonic cell identity in the EPI, during lineage priming (Senft et al 2018).
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