2019 EDBC
European Developmental Biology Congress, Alicante, Spain, 23-26 October 2019
This congress has the support of the main European Societies (including SPBD!) and aims to stimulate excellence and exchange in Developmental Biology and to promote this area of research in the European context.
NEW deadline for abstract submission: 30 June 2019 | Deadline for early registration: 31 July 2019 | More information here
IMPORTANT: Financial support for SPBD members
The European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC) will take place in Alicante in October (23-26), and will be the highest point in our calendar this year. Given the importance of this meeting and to encourage everyone´s participation, the SPBD board decided to provide financial support to SPBD members presenting an abstract at EDBC as follows:
- The SPBD will provide a 200 Eur subsidy to each postdoc and PhD student (with membership fees up to date), up to a maximum of 15 participants.
- To apply, please send your abstract and CV in one single PDF file to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (with “EDBC” as subject) no later than July 20th.
- The SPBD will confirm the decision about funding in the following days, on time for the early registration deadline (July 31st).
- The financial support awarded by SPBD will be made available by bank transfer directly to the SPBD member, after the congress
Please note that abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED until 30 June!
SPBD prize for best PhD thesis in developmental biology
Fourth edition: 2022 / 2023
With the aim of stimulating and rewarding the work performed by our community of PhD students, the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology (SPBD) has created a prize to be awarded to the best PhD thesis in the field of Developmental Biology, for its outstanding quality and achievement. The prize will distinguish, every two years, a PhD thesis describing work performed mainly at a Portuguese research institution. Nominations for the second edition of the prize are now open, and the SPBD board urges all eligible candidates to apply, following the rules made available at the SPBD website.
1 – In the current edition only theses reporting to 2022 and 2023 may apply. This means the thesis defense must have taken place from January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2023. Candidates must be SPBD members at the time of nomination.
2 – It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that all documents (in PDF format) are sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Nominations require the following parts:
2.1. A digital version of the thesis.
2.2. By the candidate, a description (up to 6,000 characters with spaces) of main findings and their impact to the research field.
2.3. A letter of support (up to 3,000 characters with spaces) sent independently by the PhD thesis supervisor, stating why the student deserves such award. This letter must also describe the status of publications arising/expected from the thesis work.
3 – The decision will be the sole responsibility of a committee of three experts nominated by the SPBD board. It is responsibility of the committee to decide on the eligibility of nominated theses, considering the specific research subject.
4 – Communication of results and prize award will take place at a date to be announced, after nominations period is closed.
WINNER IN 2020/2021:
Catarina Nunes
"Co-option of immune response mechanisms by the metamorphosis hormonal signalling system"
Supervisor: Élio Sucena, IGC/FCUL
We thank the Evaluation Committee of the 3rd edition: Domingos Henrique (IMM), Claudio Franco (IMM), Solveig Thorsteinsdottir (FCUL)
WINNER IN 2018/2019:
Sofia Raquel Moreira
"Phosphoregulation of the Drosophila tumour suppressor Lgl during the cell-cycle"
Supervisor: Eurico Moreira de Sá, i3S
Honorable Mentions in 2018/2019:
Ana Brandão
Mechanisms of osteoblast reprogramming and differentiation during zebrafish cauda fin regeneration
Supervisor: António Jacinto, CEDOC – NOVA
Ana Rita Pinto Costa
Profilin I delivery tunes cytoskeleton dynamics towards CNS axon regeneration
Supervisor: Mónica Sousa, i3S
We thank the Evaluation Committee of the 2nd edition: José Bessa (SPBD/i3S), Florence Janody (i3S), Moises Mallo (IGC)
WINNER IN 2016/2017:
Rita Aires
"Oct4 is a key regulator of vertebrate trunk diversity".
Supervisor: Moises Mallo, IGC.
2018 Joint Meeting SPBD|SEBD|SFBD
JOINT MEETING OF THE PORTUGUESE, SPANISH AND FRENCH SOCIETIES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
which was also the
4TH MEETING OF THE PORTUGUESE SOCIETY FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
7-10 NOVEMBER 2018 PORTO | PORTUGAL
Thank you all for a GREAT MEETING!!
Download the poster here!
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Ana Ribeiro
Diogo Castro
Fernando Casares
Leonor Saúde
Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir
Sophie Bel-Vialar
Tatiana Resende
SPBD 10 year Symposium
A SPBD faz 10 anos em 2016!
SPBD turns10 years old in 2016!
SPBD celebrated its 10th anniversary on 23 September 2016!
To mark this anniversary, SPBD held a one-day Symposium in the Museu Nacional de História Nacional e da Ciência.
Nicole Le Douarin and Philip Ingham were special guests and speakers. More photos here.
Group picture SPBD 10th Anniversary Symposium
SPBD 10TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY IN PORTUGAL
23 September 2016 | MUHNAC | Lisboa
11:00 – 11:15 OPENING ADDRESS
11:15 – 12:00 NICOLE LE DOUARIN, FR
12:00 – 12:30 COFFEE BREAK
12:30 – 12:45 CAROLINE SHEEBA
(Isabel Palmeirim Lab @ UALG)
12:45 – 13:00 RITA AIRES
(Moises Mallo Lab @ IGC)
13:00 – 13:15 ANDREIA NUNES
(Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir Lab @ FCUL)
13:15 – 13:30 SANDRA TAVARES
(Florence Janody Lab @ IGC)
13:30 – 15:30 LUNCH
15:30 – 16:15 PHILIP INGHAM, UK
16:15 – 16:30 RAQUEL LOURENÇO
(António Jacinto Lab @ CEDOC)
16:30 – 16:45 JOSÉ MANUEL INÁCIO
(José Belo Lab @ CEDOC)
16:45 – 17:15 COFFEE BREAK
17:15 – 17:30 FRANCISCA VASCONCELOS
(Diogo Castro Lab @ IGC)
17:30 – 17:45 CLÁUDIA GASPAR
(Domingos Henrique Lab @ IMM)
17:45 – 18:15 SPBD AWARD
19:00 – 20:00 ArtDEVO_The hidden beauty of the embryo
Photo Exhibition INAUGURAL COCKTAIL
20:00 – 22:00 CELEBRATION DINNER
Photo Exhibition: ArtDevo
A SPBD fez 10 anos em 2016!
SPBD turned 10 years old in 2016!
The photo exhibition organized to celebrate SPBD 10 year anniversary can now be visited at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Campus de Gambelas, University of Algarve (building 2). The exhibition will then be available to travel. Please let us know if you want to receive it at your institution!
SPBD held a Closing Ceremony of the ArtDevo Photo Exhibition on 4 January 2017 where the winners of the ArtDevo PUBLIC AWARD (sponsored by Grupo Taper / Zeiss) were announced!
The four winners were: Marco Campinho, Lara Carvalho, Tomás Pais de Azevedo and Inês Cristo.
Pictures from the Closing ceremony:
SPBD celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016. As part of this celebration SPBD shared the ART within Developmental Biology with the general public.
To this end, the SPBD organized the PHOTO EXHIBITION:
ArtDevo: the hidden beauty of the embryo | ArtDevo: a beleza escondida do embrião.
A jury composed of artists, designers and researchers chose a total of 30 images from the ones submitted by Developmental Biologists to integrate the Photo Exhibition which was on display at the Sala Azul of the MUSEU NACIONAL DE HISTÓRIA NATURAL E DA CIÊNCIA (MUHNAC).
The opening was on 23 September 2016 (see photos here)....
.... and the exhibition remained on display until 8 January 2017.
The two images with most votes from the jury got the ArtDevo JURY AWARD. Congratulations to Rita Fior who won the 1st prize of the jury and to Tomás Pais de Azevedo who won the 2nd prize!!
Jury members were:
Alexandre Farto aka VHILS, Street Artist
Manuel Costa Cabral, Artist / Former Director of Fine Arts, FCG / Founder of Ar.CO
Marta Vitorino, Marketing / Advertising, Partners
Luís Barra, Photographer, Visão
Sara Sá, Journalist, Visão
Catarina Ramos, Science Communication, Fundação Champalimaud
Gil Costa, Scientist / Designer, Fundação Champalimaud
António Coutinho, Scientist, Former Director of Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Maria Mota, Scientist, Executive Director of Instituto de Medicina Molecular
Mónica Bettencourt Dias, Scientist, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência