Thank you for attending the 55th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Developmental Biology, which was held from May 31 to June 3 at the Kanazawa City Cultural Hall. We have been able to close the meeting successfully, having 400 participants in total.

We are grateful to the many people who attended the meeting, which was basically on-site, even though the effects of the new coronavirus are still unpredictable. We had originally planned to have a full on-site meeting with a reception, but as it turned out, we ended up with a partial hybrid format and no reception. Even so, it was the first face-to-face conference in a long time, and judging by the activity at the poster session, I think it was a worthwhile event. I think the hybrid format did cause some trouble, and there were some additional problems, but overall I think it went well. I would like to thank everyone who helped us.

See you again at the next conference in Sendai next year.

Makoto Sato
Chair of the 55th JSDB meeting organizing committee

Efforts to Prevent the Spread of the New Coronavirus/
新型コロナウィルス感染拡大防止への取り組みついて

Dates	May 31- Jun 3, 2022
Venue	Kanazawa Bunka Hall (in Japanese) Access：https://www.bunka-h.gr.jp/access/
Chair	SATO, Makoto（Kanazawa University）
Language	May 31 (in Japanese and English) June 1-3 (in English)
Poster	Can be downloaded from here
Satellite event May 30th, 2022	JAPAN-SINGAPORE JOINT DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY MEETING (ONLINE) 2022 "MULTI-SCALE PATTERNING IN DEVELOPMENT“ https://jsdbadmin.wixsite.com/sdbs-jsdb-2022