speaker
Antonia Weberling
University of Oxford
Season 8 September 2026–July 2027
Virtual
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Zoom Talks
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Season 8 programme
Season 8 programme.
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- Sept 2026
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
- Jan 2027
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
2026 sessions
September–December 2026
Published programme posters
2027 sessions
January–July 2027
Schedule in preparation
2027 session posters will appear here as dates are confirmed.
Season 7 archive
The poster stage.
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Expected for Season 8
Season 8 Speaker Preview
Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon
HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Alejandro Torres-Sánchez
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Allon Klein
Harvard University
Anupama Hemalatha
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI)
Ashley Solmonson
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Carolina Guibentif
University of Gothenburg / Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research
Catherine Triandafillou
University of Pennsylvania
Chun So
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS)
Denis Duboule
Collège de France; University of Geneva & EPFL (emeritus)
Edgar Pera
Karolinska Institutet
Fengzhu Xiong
University of Cambridge
Guoye Guan
Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Hans Clevers
Utrecht University / Hubrecht Institute
Hui Chen
University of South Carolina
Idse Heemskerk
University of Michigan
Kim Dale
University of Dundee
M. Lisa Manning
Syracuse University
Mahendra Sonawane
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India
Maneesha S. Inamdar
Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bengaluru
Mark Sharpley
Cedars-Sinai
Mattia Serra
University of California San Diego
Peng Du
Peking University
Peng Xia
Zhejiang University
Qi Gu
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Rowan Karvas
University of Colorado Boulder
Sandeep Gupta
University of Alberta
Saunak Sahu
New York University (NYU)
Scott Holley
Yale University
Shilei Xue
Westlake University
Sreelaja Nair
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
Suraj Shankar
University of Michigan
Swathi Arur
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Zheng Guo
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Fridays 3–4 sessions/month global time
- Eastern 10:00 ET 0 / 16:00 CEST 0 / 15:00 BST 0 / 22:00 CST 0 / 19:30 IST 0 / 23:00 JST 0 / 00:00 AEST +1
- Western 12:30 ET 0 / 18:30 CEST 0 / 17:30 BST 0 / 00:30 CST +1 / 22:00 IST 0 / 01:30 JST +1 / 02:30 AEST +1
- Alternative 21:00 ET 0 / 03:00 CEST +1 / 02:00 BST +1 / 09:00 CST +1 / 06:30 IST +1 / 10:00 JST +1 / 11:00 AEST +1
Season 8 community award
VGZT Enthusiast Award
We also want to recognise the people who keep showing up for the VGZT community. Based on recorded Season 8 attendance, the attendee with the highest attendance in each regular time slot will receive an attendance award.
Eastern
One award for the highest recorded attendance in the Eastern slot.
Western
One award for the highest recorded attendance in the Western slot.
Alternative
ConditionalAn award may also be made if the Alternative slot runs often enough to support a meaningful and fair attendance comparison.
Season 8 award sponsor
The people behind VGZT
Current organizers.
Season 8 is organized by volunteers from across the developmental-biology community.
Guangxin Zhang
Francis Crick Institute · UK
Manisha Goyal
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) · USA
Guoye Guan
Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USA
Sanskriti Saxena
Van Andel Institute · USA
Keyu Shen
Francis Crick Institute · UK / Germany
Contact the organizers
Let’s keep the conversation moving.
Questions about a seminar, abstract, community notice, or the website? Send the organizer team a note.
organizers@vgzt.org