June 2010

Updated program for the ISD Meeting November 15 - 18, 2010 in Nara, Japan. Download Flyer

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June 2010

Dr Peter French has been appointed CEO of Benitec. Hhe has been Chief Scientific Officer since August 2009, managing and leading Benitec's three key R&D programs – the HIV/AIDS clinical program at the City of Hope Medical Center in the USA; the Hepatitis B program with Biomics Biotechnologies in China; and the lung cancer programme at the University of New South Wales. He also manages Benitec's extensive intellectual property portfolio. more...

May 2010

The ISD is delighted to report that at its 147th annual meeting, on Tuesday, April 27, the National Academy of Sciences elected Mina J. Bissell, to its membership. Professor Bissell is a Past President of the International Society for Differentiation. The ISD congratulates her on receiving this honor. more...

March, 2010

Important ISD Conference reminders

Deadlines:

Travel Awards - will be announced soon. Please return!

Conference website

February 2010

Download Flyer for the ISD Meeting November 15 - 18, 2010 in Nara, Japan.

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Januray, 2010

ISD-R Award
International Society of Differentiation - Researcher Travel Award

Attendance as a presenter of research work in scientific forum related to cell and developmental biology more...

December, 2009

ISDSO Award
ISDSO ~ International Society of Differentiation –
Sessions/ Symposia Organization Award.

Activities to be supported inlcude organization of a symposium in an international scientific meeting related to cell and developmental biology (not organized by ISD), and organization of a session in international practical courses / workshops more...

October, 2009

Naoto Ueno Becomes President of the Society

At the ISD Board Meeting in Singapore in October, Professor Naoto Ueno was elected the next ISD President.

Dr Ueno is Professor and Chairperson of the Division for Morphogenesis at the National Institute of Basic Biology in Okazaki, Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and contributed to the discovery of inhibin, activin, follistatin, and fibroblast growth factors (FGFs).

In 1988, he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba. Since that appointment, Dr. Ueno’s research interest has turned to developmental biology, with a focus on the function of growth factors in embryogenesis, particularly in pattern formation and morphogenesis, which led to the identification of activin as a potent mesoderm-inducing factor in Xenopus.

In 1993, Dr. Ueno became a full professor at Hokkaido University. His identification in 1994 of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) as the endogenous signal responsible for the dorsoventral patterning of the Xenopus embryo is recognized as a major contribution to the field of developmental biology.

Since then, his lab's efforts have focused on clarifying extra- and intra-cellular regulation of growth factor signaling. In addition to frog, his group uses several other model animals such as mouse, Drosophila, and Ciona to address molecular mechanisms of animal morphogenesis. His group is currently interested in the cell movements during gastrulation that lead to dynamic changes in embryo shape.

Dr. Ueno currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Differentiation and as an editorial board member or editor for several journals, including Development and Differentiation (the ISD’s own journal, on which he is a Senior Editor). Dr. Ueno also has served as the Secretary General of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists since 2006. He was awarded the gold medal from Tokyo Techno-Forum21 in 1988 for the discovery of the role of BMPs in embryonic development.

President's Message