# The 2020 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2020 · $6,000

## Abstract

Project Summary / Abstract
This grant application seeks funding for the 2020 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting, which will be
held on the campus of University of California at Santa Cruz from August 8-12, 2020. This biennial, grass-roots
meeting has run continuously since 1992, being organized by and for the scientific community working at the
cutting edge of stem, regenerative, and developmental biology. The Santa Cruz meeting occupies a unique
niche by combining its international reputation with a relatively small size (~150 attendees) and a wholly new
line-up of invited speakers at each gathering. As detailed in our application, we have planned for considerable
participation by graduate students and postdocs by including short talks, posters, two workshops aimed at
career issues, and a career-perspective talk from a prominent scientist with historical ties to the meeting. The
meeting format is based around single-platform sessions, with two non-overlapping poster sessions so that all
participants are engaged with the same topic and activity for the entirety of the meeting. The theme for 2020,
“Looking to the future: Open questions in Developmental Biology”, seeks to highlight the top challenges facing
the field, both conceptual and technical, as we seek fresh insights into the complex mechanisms underlying
organismal development, tissue renewal, and the evolution of new forms. One chief goal of this meeting will be
to bring together diverse researchers in an informal setting to highlight work across a broad spectrum of
relevant systems, fostering cross-interaction between research fields and synthesis of new ideas. A second
major goal will be to provide a forum for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to
present their work to leaders in the field through talks, poster sessions, and informal discussions fostered by an
isolated and informal campus setting. Along with a distinguished panel of four senior keynote speakers, the six
platform sessions will feature scientists working with a wide range of model organisms to address six questions
that form the basis for modern developmental research: (1) How do cells make patterns? (2) How do cells work
together to shape tissues? (3) How do tissues renew and regenerate? (4) How is the nervous system
patterned and wired? (5) How do new patterns and shapes evolve? and (6) What can new approaches teach
us about development? The discussion that will ensue among the conferees will stimulate new ideas and
accelerate basic developmental research and progress toward clinically relevant applications.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10068546
- **Project number:** 1R13HD103289-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Sally Horne-Badovinac
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $6,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-07-29 → 2022-10-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10068546

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10068546, The 2020 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting (1R13HD103289-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10068546. Licensed CC0.

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