Meet the Visible Embryo
sponsored by the NABT, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Society for Developmental Biology, the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science highlighting the Human Developmental Anatomy Center of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, an element of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC

Agenda

1. Welcome and Presentations on Museum Resources by Museum Staff
2. Tours of Museum exhibits and research resources
3. NABT Resources Presentation
4. Developmental Biology and National and Local Standards Presentation
5. Ethics Presentations and Discussion

Tours:

• From Conception to Birth Exhibit
• From Single Cells... Human Reproduction, Growth and Development Exhibit
• Human Developmental Anatomy Center
  • Tour the Center Resources
  • See how the digital images are made
• Alex Tsiaras' web site on human development

Two special lectures

• Stem Cell Research and Cloning, presentation by Dr. Ida Chow, Society for Developmental Biology
• Human Embryo Research, presentation by Elizabeth Lockett, National Museum of Health and Medicine
• Discussion period

Internet Resources for Developmental Biology (visit large older site here)

1. Basic (Introductory)
2. Review Questions
3. Examples of Model Systems for Embryology Research (under construction)
4. Advanced Resources for Developmental Biology (under construction)
5. Technology of Visible Embryo Projects (Art, Medicine, Physics) (under construction)
6. Lessons
7. Check this out! Dream Anatomy, a special exhibit at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda MD on the NIH campus