International Society of Developmental Biology
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Hello my lovely developmental biologists, The International Society for Developmental Biology is here with y'all in this #BlueSky. If you follow us on Twitter (we refuse to call it X), please drop us a follow here! Let's connect! #DevelopmentalBiology #cellbiology
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#CellBio community, this one is for you! Applications are open for the #LakeConference on Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues – co-hosted with Circuit Neuroscience Basel!
📆 April 20-22, 2026
📍 Seattle, USA
🔬 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by 12/12: alleninstitute.org/events/aics-...
📆 April 20-22, 2026
📍 Seattle, USA
🔬 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by 12/12: alleninstitute.org/events/aics-...
2026 Lake Conference: Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues
Join the Allen Institute for Cell Science and Circuit Neuroscience Basel in Seattle, Washington, April 20–22, 2026, for a 3 day conference, Modeling...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
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We love zebrafish too! <3 #FluorescenceFriday #devbio
Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We love zebrafish too! <3 #FluorescenceFriday #devbio
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It is not often that Sialoglycoproteins and sialyltransferases are mentioned during early development. This interesting review from the lab of Katia Cailliau brings the interesting biology of sialic acid into the context of #devbio, particularly during blastula formation.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It is not often that Sialoglycoproteins and sialyltransferases are mentioned during early development. This interesting review from the lab of Katia Cailliau brings the interesting biology of sialic acid into the context of #devbio, particularly during blastula formation.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
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☕The authors identify a chemical cocktail to generate #totipotent - like cells, which they then use to build an #embryo model. This model captures a developmental spectrum from early #embryogenesis to post-implantation events.
bit.ly/4oHxUZp
bit.ly/4oHxUZp
A continuous totipotent-like cell-based embryo model recapitulates mouse embryogenesis from zygotic genome activation to gastrulation - Nature Cell Biology
The authors identify a chemical cocktail to generate totipotent-like cells, which they then use to build an embryo model. This model captures a developmental spectrum from early embryogenesis to post-...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
☕The authors identify a chemical cocktail to generate #totipotent - like cells, which they then use to build an #embryo model. This model captures a developmental spectrum from early #embryogenesis to post-implantation events.
bit.ly/4oHxUZp
bit.ly/4oHxUZp
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This week's #FluorescenceFriday, we'll be treated with one of the classical models of #devbio, the neural crest cells. Here is a beautiful video of neural crest cells with GFP-tagged focal adhesion kinase (🔵) and LifeAct-RFP (🟣) migrating on a Fibronectin matrix.
📹: Adam Shellard
📹: Adam Shellard
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This week's #FluorescenceFriday, we'll be treated with one of the classical models of #devbio, the neural crest cells. Here is a beautiful video of neural crest cells with GFP-tagged focal adhesion kinase (🔵) and LifeAct-RFP (🟣) migrating on a Fibronectin matrix.
📹: Adam Shellard
📹: Adam Shellard
This week's #FluorescenceFriday, we'll be treated with one of the classical models of #devbio, the neural crest cells. Here is a beautiful video of neural crest cells with GFP-tagged focal adhesion kinase (🔵) and LifeAct-RFP (🟣) migrating on a Fibronectin matrix.
📹: Adam Shellard
📹: Adam Shellard
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This week's #FluorescenceFriday, we'll be treated with one of the classical models of #devbio, the neural crest cells. Here is a beautiful video of neural crest cells with GFP-tagged focal adhesion kinase (🔵) and LifeAct-RFP (🟣) migrating on a Fibronectin matrix.
📹: Adam Shellard
📹: Adam Shellard
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Call for papers: Chilean Developmental Biology: at Home and Around the World - Cells & Development.
If you're a Chile-based scientist and Chilean researcher working abroad, please consider submit to us for this special issue.
‼️Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
If you're a Chile-based scientist and Chilean researcher working abroad, please consider submit to us for this special issue.
‼️Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Call for papers: Chilean Developmental Biology: at Home and Around the World - Cells & Development.
If you're a Chile-based scientist and Chilean researcher working abroad, please consider submit to us for this special issue.
‼️Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
If you're a Chile-based scientist and Chilean researcher working abroad, please consider submit to us for this special issue.
‼️Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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We are pleased to announce our next #SEBD2026 meeting! The meeting will take place in El Rompido, Huelva, from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026 #savethedate @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social @ijdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We are pleased to announce our next #SEBD2026 meeting! The meeting will take place in El Rompido, Huelva, from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026 #savethedate @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social @ijdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social
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Meis2 is a transcriptional factor involved in neurodevelopment. This paper characterises its distribution in the developing brain of Xenopus leavis. Check it out!
🚨✨🐸 Very excited to share the latest work I’m part of:
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Meis2 is a transcriptional factor involved in neurodevelopment. This paper characterises its distribution in the developing brain of Xenopus leavis. Check it out!
Meis2 is a transcriptional factor involved in neurodevelopment. This paper characterises its distribution in the developing brain of Xenopus leavis. Check it out!
🚨✨🐸 Very excited to share the latest work I’m part of:
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Meis2 is a transcriptional factor involved in neurodevelopment. This paper characterises its distribution in the developing brain of Xenopus leavis. Check it out!
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🚨✨🐸 Very excited to share the latest work I’m part of:
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🚨✨🐸 Very excited to share the latest work I’m part of:
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
“Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”.
Read below 👇
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan...
#Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus
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Sir John Gurdon was also the president of the @isdb.bsky.social from 1989-1992. He also facilitated or influenced the establishment of the @bsdb.bsky.social, @lasdb.bsky.social, many institutes, and generations of scientists, and worked with @biologists.bsky.social for decades. You will be missed.
"His secret weapons were an unquenchable curiosity and continuing hands-on experimentation at the bench with his beautiful frog embryos and oocytes".
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sir John Gurdon was also the president of the @isdb.bsky.social from 1989-1992. He also facilitated or influenced the establishment of the @bsdb.bsky.social, @lasdb.bsky.social, many institutes, and generations of scientists, and worked with @biologists.bsky.social for decades. You will be missed.
Sir John Gurdon was also the president of the @isdb.bsky.social from 1989-1992. He also facilitated or influenced the establishment of the @bsdb.bsky.social, @lasdb.bsky.social, many institutes, and generations of scientists, and worked with @biologists.bsky.social for decades. You will be missed.
"His secret weapons were an unquenchable curiosity and continuing hands-on experimentation at the bench with his beautiful frog embryos and oocytes".
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sir John Gurdon was also the president of the @isdb.bsky.social from 1989-1992. He also facilitated or influenced the establishment of the @bsdb.bsky.social, @lasdb.bsky.social, many institutes, and generations of scientists, and worked with @biologists.bsky.social for decades. You will be missed.
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"His secret weapons were an unquenchable curiosity and continuing hands-on experimentation at the bench with his beautiful frog embryos and oocytes".
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"His secret weapons were an unquenchable curiosity and continuing hands-on experimentation at the bench with his beautiful frog embryos and oocytes".
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
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We love frogs too 🐸!
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We love frogs too 🐸!
We love frogs too 🐸!
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We love frogs too 🐸!
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🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
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Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Volume 138 Issue 20 | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists
Journal of Cell Science publishes cutting-edge science encompassing all aspects of cell biology. It is published by The Company of Biologists, a not-for-profit organisation.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
Stunning image!!
Can't believe it — my first‑author paper is out and my image graces the cover of @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stunning image!!
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Can't believe it — my first‑author paper is out and my image graces the cover of @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Can't believe it — my first‑author paper is out and my image graces the cover of @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
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When #halloween meets #FluorescenceFriday 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When #halloween meets #FluorescenceFriday 🎃
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In the spirit 👻 of Freaky Friday 🎃, here is a beautiful yet eery video of zebrafish retina development showing horizontal cells (🔵) finding their way out of the crowded amacrine (🟠) layer to settle beneath the photoreceptors. Happy #Halloween!
🎥: PhD student Rae Wong from the @nordenlab.bsky.social
🎥: PhD student Rae Wong from the @nordenlab.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In the spirit 👻 of Freaky Friday 🎃, here is a beautiful yet eery video of zebrafish retina development showing horizontal cells (🔵) finding their way out of the crowded amacrine (🟠) layer to settle beneath the photoreceptors. Happy #Halloween!
🎥: PhD student Rae Wong from the @nordenlab.bsky.social
🎥: PhD student Rae Wong from the @nordenlab.bsky.social