title: Size regulation blossoms in Kobe.
abstract: Coincident with the blossoming of the sakura was the 14th annual CDB Symposium hosted by the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan. This year's meeting, 'Size in Development: Growth, Shape and Allometry' focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying differences in size and shape and how they have evolved. On display was the power of using diverse approaches ranging from the study of organoids to whole organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA ikh@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Iswar K
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6505-0744
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Hariharan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D015509:Developmental Biology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007564:Japan; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009940:Organoids; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000099317:Hippo Kinases
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C499474:hpo protein, Drosophila; D000099317:Hippo Kinases
keywords: Growth control; Hippo pathway; Morphogen; Regeneration; Tissue shape