The 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology organizers, from left to right, Frank Macabenta, Jaimie Van Norman, and Stephanie Woo
3/3 And last but not least, thank you to everyone who presented at the talks and poster sessions!
With gratitude,
Your #wcsdb2025 Organizers
Frank, Jaimie & Stephanie 🍻
2/3 Huge thanks to everyone who made #wcsdb2025 possible:
The session chairs and poster judges
Cal-Poly events staff
Everyone at @socdevbio.bsky.social
And our sponsors @hcrimaging.bsky.social @parse.bsky.social @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social @healthcare.nikon.com
Flyer for the 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology meeting, held August 14-17 at Cal-Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. The meeting was sponsored by the Society for Developmental Biology, Parse Biosciences, Molecular Instruments, and Nikon.
1/3 Thank you to everyone who attended the West Coast Society for Developmental Biology #wcsdb2025 meeting this weekend! Beyond all the cool science presented (and boy howdy, there was plenty!), it was a joy to see all the connections made, both old and new, in our dev bio community.
A group of people from UC Merced attending the 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology meeting
A young woman displaying the card representing her win for third place for undergraduate poster presentation
Strong showing of @ucmerced.bsky.social students and alumni at the West Coast Society for Developmental Biology meeting!
And congrats to I-BEST REU student Abigail Hart for winning 3rd place for best undergrad poster presentation!
#wcsdb2025
William Stoehr- best undergraduate poster at the west coast SDB meeting
Julia Godinez- 3rd place for best graduate student poster at the west coast SDB meeting
Congratulations to William Stoehr for winning best undergrad poster at the #WCSDB2025 and a travel award to SDB next year!
Congratulations to Julia Godinez for winning 3rd place for best graduate student poster presentation at #WCSDB2025! I am brimming with pride! All 🥹🤩 @socdevbio.bsky.social
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Congratulations to my wonderful students! I’m so proud of them all. Three fantastic poster presentations and an awesome talk at the #WCSDB2025 West Coast @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting- representing @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social and rhe @mcipucd.bsky.social and BMCDB grad groups! 🤩
The Rogers Lab from UC Davis at the west coast society for developmental biology meeting
So happy to be at #WCSDB2025 with these fantastic students representing our lab! I’m excited for them to experience the awesome @socdevbio.bsky.social community, present their work in a supportive environment and listen to cutting edge #DevBio science talks! Big thanks to the meeting organizers 🤩!
Looking forward to sharing my latest science 🌽
and connecting with the West Coast Developmental Biologists! 🌱 #WCSDB2025 #DevBio
See y’all soon! #wcsdb2025
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🎉 The SDB West Coast Regional Meeting is starting today! Excited to connect, share groundbreaking developmental biology research, and spark new collaborations. Let’s make this an inspiring event! 🚀🔬 #WCSDB2025 #DevBio
If you registered for the West Coast SDB meeting, check out the updates to our meeting website. We added a detailed schedule and info on poster sizes and parking. #wcsdb2025 sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025_program
Last day to register for the 2025 West Coast SDB meeting is this Thursday, July 31! www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025 #wcsdb2025
West Coast SDB update: Abstract deadline for short talks has been extended to Thursday, 7/10!!! #wcsdb2025 www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025_pr...
Flyer for the 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology regional meeting, taking place August 14–17 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California. Registration and more info: sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025. There is a QR code that links directly the to meeting website.
Just a reminder that the abstract deadline for a short talks at the West Coast SDB meeting is coming up next week! Links to abstract submission, registration, and the preliminary program can be found here: www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025 #wcsdb2025
Delighted to share insights from my latest research on cellular retooling underlying body plan complexity at the West Coast Society for Developmental Biology meeting. Eager to engage with colleagues across the West Coast.
#DevBio #WCSDB2025 #CellBiology #EvoDevo #PlantBiology
Even more #wcsdb2025 speakers:
Richard Zayas (SDSU)
Sarah Bowling (Stanford)
Sunil Kenchanmane Raju @kenchanmane.bsky.social (UCR)
Thomas Lozito (USC)
And huge thanks to our sponsors @healthcare.nikon.com , @hcrimaging.bsky.social, @parse.bsky.social, and @socdevbio.bsky.social.
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#wcsdb2025 Confirmed speakers cont'd:
Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social
Helena Cantwell (UCB)
Jeff Long @plantpolarity.bsky.social (UCLA)
Kelly Tseng (UNLV)
Kevin Morimoto (UCD)
Patricia Lang @plantricia.bsky.social (UCB)
Pei Yun Lee (UCLA)
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#wcsdb2025 Keynote speaker will be the fabulous Debbie Yelon (UCSD)!
Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)
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Website and registration will open soon for the West Coast SDB meeting, Aug 14–17 at Cal-Poly SLO! Abstract deadline for talks is July 7. Final deadline for abstracts (posters) and registration is July 31. We will have prizes for best undergrad, grad, and post doc presentations! #wcsdb2025 1/4
