The 46th Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists will be held May 28-31， 2013 in Matsue， Shimane， Japan. This meeting is co-sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Developmental Biology Network.

English will be the official conference language， however， the satellite workshops (on the 28th) and public lectures will be in Japanese.

Plenary lectures will be given by Prof. Cheng-Ming Chuong (University of Southern California) and Prof. Ryuzo Yanagimachi (University of Hawaii).

Several travel fellowships are available for undergraduate and graduate students in the Asia-Pacific region. See website for more details.

Deadline for abstract submission is February 12， 2013 (Japan time)
Deadline for early registration is April 24， 2013.