About SPBD
The SPBD is a nonprofit organization that aims to represent and strengthen the interactions among developmental biologists working in Portugal.
It was created in 2006 and launched with pomp and circumstance in a successful meeting at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Read here what the first SPBD president, Isabel Palmeirim, has to say about the first steps of the SPBD and read the enthusiastic meeting report published in the International Journal of Developmental Biology.
SPBD organised its 1st National Meeting at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência in October 2006. Then in November 2010, SPBD joined the SEBD and held a joint meeting in Badajoz. In November 2012, we joined the SEBD again, this time in Granada. SPBD held its 2nd Meeting in Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, jointly with SEBD and in association with the SPCE-TC (Sociedade Portuguesa de Células Estaminais e Terapia Celular), on 24-26 October 2013. In 2014, SPBD associated itself with SEBD in the Xth SEBD Meeting in Madrid, on 13-15 October. The 3rd SPBD Meeting was held with the SEBD and the BSDB in Algarve on 7-10 October 2015. In 2016, SPBD joined SEBD and SEBC for the 11th SEBD Meeting in Girona, on 19-21 October 2016. The 4th SPBD Meeting will be held with the SEBD and SFBD in Porto on 7-10 November 2018.
The history of Research and Teaching in Developmental Biology has been put together and was published in the Iberia issue of the International Journal of Developmental Biology. Read here about the birth of research and teaching of Developmental Biology in Portugal.
The Development in Action (DiA) meetings of the SPBD are informal meetings designed to consolidate the Developmental Biology community. For more information click here.
Current SPBD Board
President
Diogo Castro
Vice-President
Rui Martinho
Treasurer
Ana Ribeiro
Voting Members
Ana Teresa Tavares
José Bessa
Rita Fior
Tatiana Resende
Tomás Pais de Azevedo
The President and Vice-President can be reached at: board.spbd [at] gmail.com
The Treasurer can be reached at: spbd.tesouraria [at] gmail.com
General Assembly of SPBD
President
Domingos Henrique
Vice-President
Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir
Secretary
Gabriela Rodrigues
Fiscal Council of SPBD
President
Leonor Saúde
Vice-President
Raquel P. Andrade
Secretary
Raquel Lourenço
Communication Committee
Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir
Tatiana Resende
Tomás Pais de Azevedo
The Communication Committee can be reached at: comunicacao.spbd [at] gmail.com