Key Dates

  • Direction to meeting venue updated: Sept. 24
  • Scientific Program updated: Sept. 19
  • Direction to the conference hotel updated: Sept. 12
  • Tour program updated: Sep. 10
  • Conference: Oct. 5 - Oct. 8

Welcome to Asia-Pacific Developmental Biology Conference (APDBC 2012)

Dear Colleagues:

It is my great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2012 Asia Pacific Developmental Biology Conference to be held in Taipei, Taiwan on October 5-8, 2012. This will be the first time that such meetings will take place outside of Japan, and we are excited to provide the best environment for scientific discussion and social networking. Although this Conference was initially conceived by the Asia Pacific Developmental Biology Network, it is not limited to scientists in the Asia Pacific region, in the past American and European scientists also participated in this Conference. This Conference is no exception; we expect scientists from all over the world to register in this meeting.

We have provided excellent scientific programs for this Conference. Four outstanding keynote speakers have agreed to come; in addition, a number of excellent scientists will present their latest advancement in developmental biology. Furthermore, opportunities will be given to young people to present short talks. Travel fellowships will be provided for trainees so that they can have the chance to present their work in the Conference. 

In addition to the scientific programs, we have also provided social programs. A half-day tour of the Taipei city will be provided so that everyone gets to see the capital city of Taiwan firsthand. Please come to enjoy the delicious Chinese food, the friendship, and the scientific exchange in Taipei.

We sincerely hope you can join us in this event and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere in Taipei.

Sincerely,

Bon-chu Chung, Ph.D.
Chair of the local Organizing Committee, 2012 APDBC
Distinguished Research Fellow/ Professor,
Institute of Molecular Biology

Keynote speakers

  • Allan Bradley, Sanger Institute, UK
  • Marianne Bronner, Caltech, USA
  • Philip Ingham (IMCB, A*Star, Singapore)

Confirmed Speakers

  • Atsushi Suzuki, Associate Professor, Kyushu University
  • Dahua Chen, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Hitoshi Sawa, NIG Japan, Cell organization
  • Jian-Dong Huang, HKU
  • Jinsong Li, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xinhua Lin, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Kazu Kikuchi, Doctor, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia Jian Zhang, Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Koichi Kawakami ,NIG
  • Mitsuru Morimoto, Assistant Prof., NIG Japan
  • Noriyuki Satoh, Okinawa Institute of Science and technology
  • Pentao Liu, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
  • Peter Currie, Monash University, Australia
  • Sudipto Roy ,IMCB, A*Star, Singapore
  • Tatsushi Igaki, Associate Professor, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Thomas F. Schilling, UC Irvine, USA
  • Toshie Kai, Senior Principal Investigator, Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory
  • Tzu-Hao Cheng, Associate Professor, National Yang-Ming University
  • Uwe Straehle ,KIT ,Germany
  • Vatsala Thirumalai ,NCBS
  • Won Do Heo, Professor, KAIST, Korea
  • Ya-Hui Chi, Assistant Investigator, NHRI
  • Yi-Ping Hsueh, Academia Sinica
  • Ying Xu, Nanjing University, China
  • Zhongjun Zhou, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong