55th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society

The education courses offer a broad array of leading-edge educational topics. Sessions include a comprehensive review of occupational and environmental reproductive and developmental hazards; an overview of emerging ethical issues surrounding birth defects research and practice; and an introduction to a variety of new genetic engineering techniques for genome editing in multiple model organisms.

The scientific sessions are focused on basic and clinical research and the application of new technologies and demonstrate how we are “Understanding Birth Defects and Reproductive Health: From Basic to Translational Research.”The meeting is also an important forum for training the next generation of scientists and public policy discussionsregarding the prevention of birth defects and other developmentally-mediated disorders. The Annual Meeting brings together basic and applied researchers to present and discuss the latest scientific and clinical information on causes and prevention of abnormal development and reproduction.