Date
November 14 (Mon)- 15 (Tue)， 2016

Venue
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)， Kobe， Japan

URL
http://www.cdb.riken.jp/skin2016/

Deadline for registration and abstract submission
September 9 (Fri)， 2016

Participation Fee
FREE (Lunch and Banquet fee required separately - optional)
Lunch: 2，000 JPY (2 days)
Banquet: 5，000 JPY (General) / 1，000 JPY (Student)

Language
English

Keynote Speakers
Yann Barrandon (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne， Switzerland)
Cheng-Ming Chuong (University of Southern California， USA)

Outline
The purpose of this meeting is to bring together scientists who are studying the body surface， or skin， in different disciplines， including cell and developmental biology， regenerative biology， vascular and neurobiology， immunology， evolution， mathematics and medicine， to decode the tactics adopted by the body surface to generate an organism's super-biointerface.

Topics to be discussed will include
(1) epithelial formation
(2) functional unit formation
(3) maintenance and regeneration
(4) evo-devo
(5) new technologies
(6) dysfunction and therapeutics.

The program will include both oral and poster sessions. We encourage the submission of abstracts for the poster session from scientists in various fields to increase opportunities for lively and exciting discussion. Several abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.

We look forward to welcoming you to Kobe and the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology.

Contact
CDB Meeting Office
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi， Chuo-ku， Kobe 650-0047， Japan
E-mail: skin2016@cdb.riken.jp