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Developmental biologist and Executive Editor of Development @dev-journal.bsky.social. Part of the Node @the-node.bsky.social and The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social. Own views.
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Alex Eve @amjeve.bsky.social · Sep 1
Don't miss your chance to contribute to Development's next special issue, which takes a non-cell-centric approach to devbio, stem cells & regeneration. We hope to capture papers that discuss how secreted factors, external forces and the shape of spaces instruct development.

#DevSIextracellular
dev-journal.bsky.social Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Sep 1
📢Call for papers. Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells

Guest Editors: Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya

📅 Deadline: 1 March 2026

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#DevBio
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I'll be bringing along a handful of our 'Development at a glance articles' from Miyuki Suzawa and Michelle Bland

Insulin signaling in development
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Call for papers

Submit your latest in vivo and in vitro #DevBio research to our upcoming special issue – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells

Guest Editors: Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya

Deadline: 1 March 2026

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...
Special Issue The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells Guest Editors: Alex Hughes (University of Pennsylvania) Rashmi Priya (The Francis Crick Institute) Submission deadline: 1 March 2026 Development Call for papers
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
amjeve.bsky.social
Why is Instagram now repeatedly trying to see me ketamine? WTAF
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Development's academic and in-house team regularly attends conferences in the fields of #DevBio and #StemCells. Use our conference calendar to see our plans and reach out to us if you want to discuss your research or journal news.

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A small screenshot of Development's conference calendar webpage encouraging readers to click the link.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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biologists.bsky.social
We thank Muktar Lawan @muktarlawan.bsky.social for sharing his story. We are delighted this was such a pivotal experience, especially during the early-career stage. If you would like to share your story, you can send us a message in a bottle at biologists.com/100-years/me...
“A travel grant from The Company of Biologists brought me to Uruguay, where I met and learned from Leonel Malacrida, a renowned expert in hyperspectral imaging. This connection has been instrumental in shaping my research skills and career, as I can now apply the knowledge and techniques I acquired to my PhD research and share them with others in Africa.”
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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biologists.bsky.social
We are highlighting Simon Maddrell, former @biologists.bsky.social Treasurer and Director, who helped secure the Company's finances, and a prolific @jexpbiol.bsky.social author, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Simon Maddrell, to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Simon Maddrell Former Treasurer and then Director Simon Maddrell helped acquire financial security for The Company of Biologists. He was also a prolific Journal of Experimental Biology author, where he published his work as an insect physiologist, focusing on Malpighian tubules in blood-sucking insect excretion. #100biologists #biologists100
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Publication integrity has always been a big part of what we do @biologists.bsky.social but it’s more challenging than ever these days. Lots of people contribute to this work, but a special shout-out today to our awesome in-house integrity team. Thanks for all you do! #PublicationIntegrityWeek
biologists.bsky.social The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 6d
It’s #PublicationIntegrityWeek, and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those who support us in our integrity work on the journals – helping to ensure the papers we publish can be trusted. 1/10
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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dev-journal.bsky.social
Our Editor-in-Chief, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social, will be attending the 'Engineering Stem Cells and Stem Cell Niches' conference by @novo-nordisk.bsky.social, which starts this weekend.

Please take the opportunity to speak to James about submitting your next paper to Development.
James Briscoe Editor-in-Chief, Development The Francis Crick Institute, UK "Community journals such as Development play a crucial role. Every issue of Development has papers handled by academic editors who are leaders in the field, so it offers a curate collection of the latest developmental biology research selected by experts." Key topics: cell fate control and differentiation, computational biology and modelling, gene regulation and stem cells, neural development and patterning, tissue engineering and organoids
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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biologists.bsky.social
Our next extraordinary biologist is Sylvie Urbé, a @biologists.bsky.social Director and a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editorial Advisory Board member and author. #100biologists
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Sylvie Urbé, to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Sylvie Urbé Sylvie Urbé joined The Company of Biologists as a Director in 2025 and is a JCS Editorial Advisory Board member and author. Sylvie is a cell biologist and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the University of Liverpool, UK, investigating membrane trafficking, mitophagy and the deubiquitylase family of enzymes. #100biologists #biologists100
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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biologists.bsky.social
We are highlighting Charles Swanton, former @jcellsci.bsky.social author and recent @dmmjournal.bsky.social interviewee, who was a plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @crick.ac.uk
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Charles Swanton, to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Charles Swanton Charles Swanton, Deputy Clinical Director at The Francis Crick Institute, UK, and Chief Clinician at Cancer Research UK, was a plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference. A former JCS author and recent DMM interviewee, Charles has made significant contributions to our understanding of lung cancer evolution. #100biologists #biologists100
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Volume 152 Issue 21 | Development | The Company of Biologists
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November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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We are delighted to welcome Anna Bigas from @researchmar.bsky.social and Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute as a new Associate Editor at Development, handling papers on #haematopoiesis, #signalling and #cancer.

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Anna Bigas Associate Editor, Development Hospital de Mar Research Institute (HMRIB) and Josep Carreras Lukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Spain "I look forward to handling appers on developmental haematopoiesis and haematopoietic stem cells. I can also handle Notch signalling papers in different systems, as well as papers on cancer and leukaemia mechanisms." Key topics: development and disease, haematopoiesis, signalling, stem cells.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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As part of our #biologists100 activities, celebrating 100 years of #NotForProfit #Publishing with @biologists.bsky.social, we'd love to hear about your experience of the Company with a virtual message in a bottle 🔁

www.biologists.com/100-years/me...
Postcard saying: Message in a bottle Share your story on how The Company of Biologists has supported your career by sending us a virtual message in a bottle
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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dev-journal.bsky.social
Development Editor Peter Rugg-Gunn will be attending the upcoming Westlake x Nature Stem Cell 2025 conference, 'Stem cells across the lifespan Embryogenesis | Aging | Therapy,' which starts next week in Hangzhou, China.

Speak to Peter about your next Development paper.
Peter Rugg-Gunn Editor, Development Babraham Institute, UK "Development publishes important, interesting and high-quality papers, as well as a community-centred approach, preprint-friendly policies and a not-for-proft model, which invests back into community support for early-career scientists, etc." Key topics: Early embryogenesis, stem cells, cell fate control and differentiation, chromatin and epigenetics.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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hannahlong.bsky.social
📣 Paper alert!

I am delighted that our paper exploring the impact of Neanderthal-derived variants on the activity of a disease-associated craniofacial enhancer has been published in Development today!
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
amjeve.bsky.social
For an accessible summary of this work, check out the press release on @the-node.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/neanderthal-...

As well as this blog post from the University of Edinburgh
www.ed.ac.uk/news/dark-ge...
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
amjeve.bsky.social
If you're organising a meeting, workshop or conference for
#devbio, regeneration or stem cells, please make sure to promote it using @the-node.bsky.social Events Calendar. It's free to add your event and anyone can do so - you just need to register for an account.
the-node.bsky.social the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 20d
Discover #DevBio and #StemCell biology conferences, meetings, training courses & workshops on our Events Calendar 🗓️ 👀

Missed one? Sign up & add relevant events here: thenode.biologists.com/events/
Screenshot of the Events Calendar available on the Node showing two events happening in November 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
amjeve.bsky.social
Never thought much about this. For me, lunch is always lunch. Dinner and tea are largely interchangable. It is also possible to skip lunch altogether and have dinner (but oddly not 'tea'?) at lunch time (e.g. for a Sunday roast).
marcotrizzino.bsky.social Marco Trizzino @marcotrizzino.bsky.social · 20d
I have been living in the UK for several years, and still can't wrap my head around the fact that half the country calls lunch "dinner" and dinner "tea", while the other half of the country calls lunch "lunch" and dinner "dinner" with the exception of school lunches, that are called school dinners
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues

journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Volume 152 Issue 20 | Development | The Company of Biologists
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November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Tricky questions and challenging discussions, but I hope we communicated the importance of basic developmental biology research and social context when it comes to the #futureoffertility #ivf Available wherever you get your podcasts! 🎤 www.lnk.to/AQOSFertilit...
What is the future of fertility?
Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel explore the science of fertility. Biology has come a long way, but when it comes to fertilisation, pregnancy, and development, our knowledge is still surpr...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime

Read this #LifelongDevSI Editorial by Meritxell Huch (@merihuchlab.bsky.social), Mansi Srivastava and Alex Eve (@amjeve.bsky.social).

doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime
Traditionally, developmental biology has been considered the study of the embryo, and significant events such as metamorphosis or birth signify the pinnacle of development. However, we now better appr...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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biologists.bsky.social
We are highlighting Austin Smith, a @biologists.bsky.social Director, @dmmjournal.bsky.social Guest Editor and former @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
@ausmith.bsky.social
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Austin Smith to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Austin Smith Austin Smith is a Company Director and DMM Guest Editor. Austin has served as a Development Editor and co-organiser of Development Meetings. He is a pioneer of embryonic stem cell research and serves as the Director of the Living Systems Institute, Exeter, UK, where he researches pluripotency, stem cell renewal and differentiation. #100biologists #biologists100
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
amjeve.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who participated in the first writing challenge from the Node.
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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biologists.bsky.social
Our next extraordinary biologist is Hans-Otto Pörtner, a prolific @jexpbiol.bsky.social author, who also presented as a plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference. #100biologists
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Hans-Otto Pörtner to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Hans-Otto Pörtner Hans-Otto Pörtner is a comparative physiologist who served as one of the IPCC co-chairs overseeing the sixth assessment cycle between 2015 and 2023. This included overcoming the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof. Pörtner is a prolific author in JEB and was a plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference. #100biologists #biologists100
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM