Resumen de Virtual meeting, real and sound science: report of the 17th Meeting of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (SEBD-2020)

Sofia J. Araujo, Isabel Almudi Cabrero, Laura Bozal Basterra, Fernando Casares, Sergio Casas Tintó, Augusto Escalante Rodríguez, Fernando García Moreno, María Losada Pérez, Ignacio Maeso Martín, Luciano Marcon, Oscar H. Ocaña, Olatz Pampliega Ormaechea, Álvaro Rada Iglesias, Teresa Rayon, James Sharpe, James D. Sutherland, Cristina Villa del Campo, Rosa Barrio

• The Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (SEBD) organized its 17th meeting in November 2020 (herein referred to as SEBD2020). This meeting, originally programmed to take place in the city of Bilbao, was forced onto an online format due to the SARS-CoV2, COVID-19 pandemic. Although, we missed the live personal interactions and missed out on the Bilbao social scene, we were able to meet online to present our work and discuss our latest results. An overview of the activities that took place around the meeting, the different scientific sessions and the speakers involved are presented here. The pros and cons of virtual meetings are discussed.