The society of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology 35th annual meeting

摘要

We review some of the exciting recent discoveries in craniofacial genetics and developmental biology presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Society of Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology (SCGDB). SCGDB, an international organization established in 1975, met in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in San Francisco in November 2012. The conference was hosted by the Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with generous financial support from the UCSF School of Dentistry Dean's office. The conference was also supported by grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and from New England Biolabs.The theme of this year's meeting was "Stem Cells in Craniofacial Development and Disease." Experts from diverse fields of science provided insights into the roles of epigenetics, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine in advancing the field of craniofacial genetics and development. Below, we present a brief meeting synopsis followed by the abstracts that were presented as either oral presentations or posters at the meeting.