2026 DevBio Fall Symposium
When: Wednesday – Thursday, October 13th – 14th, 2026
Where: Coverdell Center, 500 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602
Parking: S15 Carlton Street Parking Deck, South Campus, “Pay-per-Hour” lot Mon-Thurs, after 1:00 PM.
For Wednesday, after 1 PM, to park in S15 Carlton Street Parking Deck, you will need either: DP pass, pay the kiosk (as you will need your license plate # – kiosks are near the elevators on the bottom and 1st floors), pay via the ParkMobile app which has in-app transaction fees, or a paid daily pass via UGAMart. All of these are paid on your own.
For Thursday morning – lunch, it is best is to carpool with someone who has a DP pass, walk to Coverdell, park near Coverdell (i.e., South Deck near the Georgia Center Hotel). Reminder you can’t park in the Carlton Street Parking Deck until after 1 PM.
Keynote Speaker: Richard Behringer is a Professor in the Department of Genetics as well as the Ben F. Love Chair for Cancer Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Studies mammalian developmental genetics.
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Schedule – RSVP Catering due date: Wednesday, 10/07 by noon.
Our Fall Symposium seminars are open/accessible with no registration required for the talks, as each of the meals requires RSVP to invited attendees only.
***We appreciate the financial support from the Office of Research, The CCRC/CMM, and the Departments of Cellular Biology and Genetics.***
Wednesday, |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Registration & Before Dinner Social in Coverdell Center's Lobby and Rotunda (Main Floor) |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Dinner by Trumps Catering in Coverdell Center's Lobby and Rotunda |
| Welcome Introduction & Keynote Seminar in Coverdell Center's Auditorium, S175 | |
| 7:00 - 7:05 PM | Welcome Introduction by Doug Menke, Director of Developmental Biology Alliance |
| 7:05 - 8:05 PM | Keynote Seminar by Richard Behringer, "TBA" |
Thursday, |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast in Coverdell Center's Lobby and Rotunda (Main Floor) |
| Seminars in Coverdell Center's Auditorium, S175 | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Seminar by TBD, "TBA" |
| 10:00 - 11:00 AM | Poster Session with Coffee Break in Coverdell Center's Lobby and Rotunda |
| 11:00 - 12:00 PM | Seminar by TBD, "TBA" |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch from TBD in Coverdell Center's Lobby and Rotunda |