Tuesday 21 October 2025 9:30am to Wednesday 22 October 2025 5:30pm
Leonardo Royal Hotel Brighton Waterfront
About
On 20 – 21 October 2025, the Royal Society will host a residential Theo Murphy scientific meeting in Brighton, on the topic of generative biology. This meeting will be led by Dr Jake Cornwall-Scoones and Dr Dirk Benzinger from the Francis Crick Institute, and Professor Sally Lowell from the University of Edinburgh.
As systems-level measurement of embryogenesis reaches maturity, developmental biologists are returning to foundational questions of how embryos build themselves. Synthetic biology has demonstrated how bottom-up explanations reveal design principles of biological transitions, and is increasingly looking towards embryos for inspiration, holistic contextualisation, and evolutionary interpretation. This meeting brings together these two disciplines towards a science of generative biology.
This meeting brings together the two disciplines of developmental biology and synthetic biology towards a science of generative biology.
This meeting is intended for researchers in relevant fields. Advance registration is essential.
More information about the speakers, programme and how to register for this meeting can be found on the Royal Society website.