I was privileged to be granted the opportunity by the JSDB to attend the 15th GfE School, 25-27.09.2025, titled “Lineages: Revealing How Cells Make Embryos and Tissues”. The meeting was a joint meeting between the Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie (GfE) from Germany and the JSDB. It hosted a range of high quality presentations discussing cell lineages in various contexts using different model systems and methods.
The conference was held at the Wissenschaftszentrum at Schloss Reisensburg in Günzburg, Germany. Due to the nature of the venue, we all stayed at the same accommodation and shared meals together, this provided many opportunities for scientific discussions which I enjoyed a lot.
At the conference, I presented a poster showing my latest results concerning the genetic regulation of left-right asymmetry formation in the anterior gut of Drosophila. I was able to have several interesting discussions regarding my research from which I was able to obtain new ideas. For this reason alone, it was a fruitful meeting for me.
I am very grateful to the JSDB for enabling me to attend this meeting.