Developmental Biology (DEBI)

Project Number

Convenors


Steering Committee chaired by Professor S.W. de Laat (Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht, The Netherlands).

11 contributing ESF Member Organisations.

Abstract


Research on the molecular mechanisms that determine the development of organisms may provide the key to understanding many fundamental processes in organismal biology. This Programme has as its aim to unravel the molecular mechanisms of embryonic induction and elucidate the regional specification of the body plan.

Duration


Five years, from 1992 to 1996 (end of the Programme: 31 December 1996)