The International Dutch Embryo Model Meeting 2026 brings together world-leading researchers working on embryo models to discuss recent advances in our understanding of self-organization, pattern formation, and early developmental processes. The meeting will cover blastoids, gastruloids, pluripotency, gametogenesis, implantation, and the ethical and societal dimensions of embryo models, highlighting how these approaches allow us to engineer the origins of life.
You can register via the registration form below (scroll down) or click here. The registration closes on April 24th.
We ask participants to contribute €50 for the meeting. Kindly use the payment link below to complete your registration.
Your registration is only finalized once we have received your payment.
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DATE AND LOCATION
7 and 8 May, 2026
Accelerator Building (located opposite the Hubrecht Institute)
Uppsalalaan 17, 3584 CT Utrecht.
Tram 20/21/22 will take you there
ORGANISERS
Luca Braccioli Utrecht University, NL
Moritz Bauer Hubrecht Institute, NL
Hendrik Marks Radboud University, NL
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
| Anna Alemany | Leiden University Medical Center |
| Esther Baart | Erasmus Medical Center |
| Jacob Hanna | Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Fredrik Lanner | Karolinska Institute |
| Anne Le Goff | Institut Sup’Biotech |
| Ana Pereira Daoud | Leiden University Medical Center |
| Nicolas Rivron | Institute of Molecular Biotechnology |
| Peter Rugg -Gunn | Babraham Institute |
| Ina Sonnen | Hubrecht Institute |
| Kristina Stapornwongkul | Institute of Molecular Biotechnology |
| Ben Steventon | University of Cambridge |
Please contact Luca Braccioli at l.v.braccioli@uu.nl in case of questions or changes.