MEETING: The Shape of the Future: A Workshop To Consolidate and Advance the Field of Evolutionary Developmental Biology. NESCent, Durham, NC - 2013

进化发育生物学（通常被称为“EvoDevo”）试图通过研究进化史如何塑造生物体的发展和生长方式来理解生物体的形式。实验胚胎学、功能形态学、群体遗传学、发育生物学和进化生态学的传统和技术都是该领域的主要贡献者。生命科学技术的进步为探索EvoDevo不可或缺的问题和跨越这些传统学科界限提供了重要的新机会。国家进化综合中心（NESCent）将举办一个研讨会，汇集EvoDevo研究人员，目的是回顾EvoDevo的现状，关注新技术给该领域带来的机遇和挑战，并绘制科学的未来。该研讨会将为EvoDevo研究的实验和观察方法的最佳实践提出一套社区驱动的建议。讲习班的成果还将包括确定目前培训基础设施方面的差距，并就这些问题提出可能的以社区为基础的解决办法。研讨会报告将成为EvoDevo白皮书的模板，反映EvoDevo领域的定义、优先事项、需求和未来前景。

Evolutionary developmental biology (more commonly called 'EvoDevo') seeks to understand the form of living organisms by examining how evolutionary history has shaped the way such organisms develop and grow. The traditions and techniques of experimental embryology, functional morphology, population genetics, developmental biology, and evolutionary ecology are all major contributors to the field. Advances in life-science technologies provide significant new opportunities for exploring questions that are integral to EvoDevo and that cross these traditional disciplinary boundaries. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) will hold a workshop that brings together EvoDevo researchers with the aims of reviewing the current state of evodevo, attending to the opportunities and challenges that new technologies bring to the field, and mapping a future for the science. The workshop will generate a community-driven set of recommendations for best practices in the experimental and observational approaches to EvoDevo research. Workshop outcomes will also include identification of current gaps in training infrastructure, and suggested potential community-based solutions to these problems. The workshop report will become or serve as a template for an EvoDevo white paper, reflecting the definition, priorities, needs and future outlook of the EvoDevo field.