The 4th V4SDB Meeting (5th to 7th September 2025)
| Day 1 | |
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| 10:00-11:30 | Registration |
| 11:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-13:40 | Conference opening remarks |
| Session 1 | Organogenesis |
| 13:40-13:45 | Speaker introduction by session chair Vítězslav Bryja (Masaryk University) |
| 13:45-14:40 | Invited talk: Modeling Organogenesis as a Complex System James Sharpe (EMBL Barcelona) |
| 14:40-14:55 | Mechanics and Mechanisms of Mouse Incisor Growth and Repair Jan Křivánek (Masaryk University) |
| 14:55-15:10 | Beyond the Liver: A Novel Role for Dermal Fibroblasts in Phenylalanine Catabolism Peter Fabian (Masaryk University) |
| 15:10-15:25 | Long-Term Female Fertility of African Mole-Rats Lenka Gahurová (University of South Bohemia) |
| 15:25-15:50 | Coffee break |
| 15:50-15:55 | Speaker introduction by session chair Alexander Bruce (University of South Bohemia) |
| 15:55-16:35 | Invited talk: Formation and Remodeling of Tubular Networks in the Pancreas and in Organoids Anne Grapin-Botton (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics) |
| 16:35-16:50 | Cell Polarity of Neural Crest-Derived Mesenchymal Cells Controls Craniofacial Development Ondřej Machoň (Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 16:50-17:05 | The Pre-Oral Gut on the Embryonic Face Reveals Novel Ectoderm-Endoderm Interactions During Vertebrate Head Development Ann Huysseune (Charles University & Ghent University) |
| 17:05-17:20 | Wnt-Notch Crosstalk and Its Impact on Embryonic Epidermis Development Using Xenopus Jakub Harnoš (Masaryk University) |
| 17:20-17:35 | Cells With Shh Expression History Involved in the Bone Formation at the Tooth-Bone Interface in Mice Mária Hovořáková (Charles University) |
| 17:35-17:50 | Flash talks Kriti Attri, Martina Bohuslavová, Michaela Bosakova, Dominika Csáki, Štefan Čikoš, Zuzanna Gonera, Ajay Jakhar, Pavel Kohout, Lilla Kókity |
| 17:50-18:15 | Coffee break |
| 18:15-20:00 | Poster session |
| 20:00 | Welcome dinner |
| Day 2 | |
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| Session 2 | Early development |
| 09:00-09:05 | Speaker introduction by session chair Anna Ajduk (University of Warsaw) |
| 09:05-09:45 | Invited talk: Cellular Mechanisms of Embryonic Development and Dormancy Ivan Bedzhov (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine) |
| 09:45-10:00 | The Activity of APC/C During Metaphase II Arrest in Oocytes Martin Anger (Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Trophectoderm Specification in the Rabbit Embryo – Acquisition of Polarity, Cavitation and the Role of ROCK Anna Piliszek (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) |
| 10:10-10:30 | Converting Molecular-Scale Torques to Cellular-Scale Chiral Counter-Rotatory Flows Allan Akandwanaho (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Flash talks Marcelina Osyra, Volodymyr Porokh, Sára Stachovičová, Emoke Szöcs, Ewelina Trela-Kobędza, Zsombor Varga, David Zimčík |
| 10:45-11:10 | Group photo + Coffee break |
| 11:10-13:00 | Poster session |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch |
| Session 3 | Non-traditional models and evo-devo |
| 14:30-14:35 | Speaker introduction by session chair Marcela Buchtová (Masaryk University) |
| 14:35-15:30 | Invited talk: How reptiles got their looks: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Computational Models in Self-Organised Biological Patterning Michel C. Milinkovitch (University of Geneva) |
| 15:30-15:45 | A Breath of Fresh Air: Evolution and Development of Breathing Strategies in the Paradise Fish Máté Varga (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University) |
| 15:45-16:00 | Vertebrate Head Evolution Informed by the Invertebrate Chordate Amphioxus Iryna Kozmiková (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 16:00-16:40 | Coffee break |
| 16:40-16:45 | Speaker introduction by session chair Máté Varga (Eötvös Loránd University) |
| 16:45-17:25 | The ISDB-C&D Lecture: Cross-Species Single-Cell Approaches to Facial Development and Evolution Gage Crump (University of Southern California) |
| 17:25-17:40 | Using Development to Shed Light on the Evolution of Suckling Abigail Tucker (King’s College London & Charles University) |
| 17:40-17:55 | Missing Genetics in the Classical Developmental Model: Filling the Gap Using Primordial Germ Cells and Gene Editing in Chickens Jiří Hejnar (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 17:55-18:10 | Ancient Pharyngeal Proto-Pituitary in Embryos of Basal Fishes Agáta Horáčková (Charles University) |
| 18:10-18:30 | Break |
| 18:30-19:00 | V4SDB committee meeting |
| 19:00-20:00 | Free time |
| 20:00 | Gala dinner |
| Day 3 | |
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| Session 4 | Stem cells and plasticity |
| 09:00-09:05 | Speaker introduction by session chair Nándor Nagy (Semmelweis University) |
| 09:05-09:45 | Invited talk: Clonal Reconstruction at Single Cell Level Helps to Decipher Embryonic Development Igor Adameyko (Karolinska Institute & Medical University of Vienna) |
| 09:45-10:00 | The BMP-ID2 Axis Reveals a Reversible Hair Follicle Stem Cells Gene Network That Regulates Intrinsic Oscillations Between Opposing States During Hair Regeneration Krzysztof Kobielak (University of Warsaw) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Identification of Regeneration Initiation Cells and Their Function Radek Šindelka (Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Unlocking Regeneration: The Potential of Nail Proximal Fold Stem Cells Anna Pulawska-Czub (University of Warsaw) |
| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50-10:55 | Speaker introduction by session chair Zuzana Sumbalová Koledová (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| 10:55-11:35 | Invited talk: A Double-Edged Sword: Cellular Senescence in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer Han Li (Institut Pasteur) |
| 11:35-11:50 | rRNA-Modifications Connect Mesenchymal Fate Selection in Neural Crest and Prognosis in Neuroblastoma Irina Poverennaya (Medical University of Vienna) |
| 11:50-12:05 | Exposure to Mesenchymal Growth Factors Enhances the Ability of Enteric Neural Stem Cells to Colonize the Avian Aganglionic Hindgut Ádám Soós (Semmelweis University) |
| 12:05-12:15 | General discussion |
| 12:15-12:30 | Award ceremony & Closing remarks |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| afternoon | Optional: Hike |