e are most delighted to extend our warmest invitation to you for attending the upcoming 2013 International Symposium on Development, Morphogenesis and Stem Cells & 9th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Society for Stem Cell Research (TSSCR), held in National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, on October 5-6, 2013. The main topics for the 2013 TSSCR conference are focusing on stem cell research, development, and morphogenesis. The conference features several motivating plenary lectures by the distinguished researchers Cheng-Ming Chuong, David Gardiner, Shigeru Kondo, Malcolm Maden, Andrew McMahon, Ken Muneoka, Janathan Slack, and Irma Thesleff. We believe that the keynote lectures and symposium presentations will be inspiring and fruitful for all participants as many world renowned experts share their latest research findings. Poster sessions are also provided for new idea and expertise exchange. It will certainly be a wonderful opportunity for participants to exchange recent views and discuss on all aspects of stem cell and related areas. We sincerely welcome your attendance and encourage you and your colleagues to submit scientific abstracts to the conference. We welcome your participation to this conference and also the visiting to our beautiful Taiwan. With our warmest regards, we look forward to seeing you in Taipei in October, 2013.