Programme

15:00h - 16:00h
Opening Keynote:
Antonio Giraldez Yale University (USA)
Chromatin regulation during genome activation.
16:00h - 17:30h
Session 1
Early Embryonic Development: Gastrulation and MZT.
16:00h - 16:30h
Invited talk 1:
Manuel Irimia. Universitat Pompeu Fabra/Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) (Barcelona).
The evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic genome activation in animals.
16:30h - 16:45h
Selected talk 1
TBA
16:45h - 17:00h
Selected talk 2
TBA
16:00h - 16:30h
Invited talk 2:
Esteban Hoijman. Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB) (Barcelona)
How the microenvironment shapes early development.
17:30h - 18:00h
Coffee Break
18:00h - 19:30h
Session 2
Early Embryonic Development: Stem Cells
18:00h - 18:30h
Invited talk 3:
Elena Camacho Aguilar. Universidad de Sevilla/ Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD) (Sevilla)
Dynamic signalling and cell fate transitions during early human development: insights from quantitative stem-cell-based models.
18:30h - 18:45h
Selected talk 3
TBA
18:45h - 19:00h
Selected talk 4
TBA
19:00h - 19:30h
Invited talk 4:
Sergio Acebrón. University of the Basque Country (EHU)/Ikerbasque Research Foundation/Heidelberg University (Bilbao and Germany)
How to build a mosaic: a role for embryo patterning signals in genome maintenance.
19:30h - 19:45h
Poster Flash Talk:
TBA
20:00h - 21:30h
Dinner
21:30h - 23:00h
Poster session 1 (odd numbers) with beers

Special session in honour of Antonio García Bellido

09:00h - 10:00h
Opening Keynote (ISDB Sponsored):
Marco Milan. Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Barcelona).
Aneuploidy and development.
10:00h - 11:30h
Session 3
Morphogenesis and organogenesis I
10:00h - 10:30h
Invited talk 5:
Katerini Karkali.Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO) (Madrid).
CNS Structural and Functional Optimization in the Drosophila Embryo.
10:30h - 10:45h
Selected talk 5
TBA
10:45h - 11:00h
Selected talk 6
TBA
11:00h - 11:30h
Invited talk 6:
Miguel Ángel Moreno-Risueño. Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP) (Madrid).
Investigating root morphogenesis and regeneration at cellular resolution.
11:30h - 12:00h
Coffee Break
12:00h - 12:30h
Session 4
Morphogenesis and organogenesis II
12:00h - 12:30h
Invited talk 7:
Hannah Stuart. The Francis Crick Insitute/Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)/European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) (UK, Austria and Germany).
Self-organisation in neural tube organoids.
12:30h - 12:45h
Selected talk 7
TBA
12:45h - 13:00h
Selected talk 8
TBA
13:00h - 13:30h
Invited talk 8:
Noel Blanco Turiñán. Instituto de Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas (IBMCP) (Valencia).
Regulation of Vascular Development in Newly Emerging Organs.
13:30h - 16:00h
Lunch at the beach
Group photo
16:00h - 17:30h
Session 5
Neurodevelopment
16:00h - 16:30h
Invited talk 9:
Fernando García Moreno. Achucarro Basque Center of Neuroscience (Bilbao).
How early embryos shaped vertebrate brain evolution.
10:30h - 10:45h
Selected talk 9
TBA
10:45h - 11:00h
Selected talk 10
TBA
17:00h - 17:30h
Invited talk 10:
Joaquina Delas. University College of London (UCL) (UK).
Cis-regulatory strategies for cell fate choice: spatial, temporal and synthetic patterning in the vertebrate neural tube.
17:30h - 18:00h
Coffee Break
18:00h - 19:30h
Session 6
Evo-Devo
18:00h - 18:30h
Invited talk 11:
Francisca Martínez Real. Andalusian Center of Developmental Biology (CABD) (Sevilla).
Molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of wing development.
18:30h - 18:45h
Selected talk 11
TBA
18:45h - 19:00h
Selected talk 12
TBA
19:00h - 19:30h
Invited talk 12:
Jorge Hernández García. Molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of wing development. 
The rise of auxin as a signal during complexification.
19:30h - 21:00h
Dinner
21:00h - 22:30h
Poster session 2 (even numbers) with beers
09:00h - 10:00h
Opening Keynote (ISDB Sponsored):
Anna Bigas. Hospital del Mar Research Institute/Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute.
The long and winding road to hematopoietic stem cells.
10:00h - 11:30h
Session 7
Developmental Disorders
10:00h - 10:30h
Invited talk 13:
Ethel Queralt.Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV) (Valencia).
Nipbl disruption in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome alters chromatin organisation.
10:30h - 10:45h
Selected talk 13
TBA
10:45h - 11:00h
Selected talk 14
TBA
11:00h - 11:30h
Invited talk 14
Murielle Saade.Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB) (Barcelona).
From building to breaking: Human-specific cellular mechanisms in neurodevelopment.
11:30h - 12:15h
Coffee Break and SEBD Assembly
12:15h - 13:15h
SEBD Awards Talks
12:15h - 12:45h
José Luis Gómez Skarmeta award for Scientific Excellence in Developmental Biology 2025.
TBA
12:45h - 13:00h
Best thesis awards (2024, 2025).
TBA
13:00h - 13:15h
Best posters and talks awards announcements. 
13:15h - 13:30h
Closing remarks