News

[May 19] Travel section updated
You can now find detailed directions on how to get to the IGC here

[Apr 30] Program and speakers list updated
The titles of the selected short talks and respective speakers are now online

[Apr 16] Contributed talks and posters
The duration of the short selected talks is 15min + 5min for discussion.
The maximum poster size is 115cm high x 85cm wide.

[Apr 10] Registration of accepted participants is now open
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[Feb 17] Applications are now open!
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[Feb 3] Invited Speakers
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Goals of the Workshop

During embryonic development, crucial biophysical mechanisms have an impact in cell behaviour and ultimately in growth, morphogenesis and patterning. In the last decade, a combination of new high-resolution live imaging techniques, genetics and computational biology have provided an integrated framework to explore bioelectrical and biomechanical phenomena with a resolution so far difficult to obtain. This Workshop will bring together scientists working in different model systems and discuss some of the most recent advances towards the understanding of embryo physics.

 

This event is included in a workshop series organized by the post-doctoral fellows of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC). Throughout the years, the IGC has established as a major priority the promotion of the highest educational level in biological and biomedical sciences. With the aim of reinforcing their contribution to the scientific events held at the Institute, the post-doctoral fellows of the IGC have joined to organize a series of workshops in different fields of excellence.