Society for Developmental Biology
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🚨Introducing DevBioConnect ‼️
Developmental Biology launches a new author webinar series showcasing recently published research, presented by the authors themselves
🗓️ Jan 13 • Feb 10 • Mar 10, 2026 ⏰ 11am–12pm CST 📄 See flyer for details #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology
🗓️ Jan 13 • Feb 10 • Mar 10, 2026 ⏰ 11am–12pm CST 📄 See flyer for details #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology
January 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🚨Introducing DevBioConnect ‼️
Developmental Biology launches a new author webinar series showcasing recently published research, presented by the authors themselves
🗓️ Jan 13 • Feb 10 • Mar 10, 2026 ⏰ 11am–12pm CST 📄 See flyer for details #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology
🗓️ Jan 13 • Feb 10 • Mar 10, 2026 ⏰ 11am–12pm CST 📄 See flyer for details #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology
Applications are now open for the #ChooseDevelopment! Summer Undergraduate Research Program. U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled full-time as undergrads at a college or university in the U.S. are eligible. bit.ly/3FwHqYp Deadline: February 1, 2026 #devbio
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Applications are now open for the #ChooseDevelopment! Summer Undergraduate Research Program. U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled full-time as undergrads at a college or university in the U.S. are eligible. bit.ly/3FwHqYp Deadline: February 1, 2026 #devbio
Zong-Yuan Liu of @umich.edu will round out the #SDBPostdocSeminar with his talk "Endogenous FGFs drive ERK-dependent cell fate patterning in 2D human gastruloids" Image: FGF4 (blue), FGF8 (green) and primitive streak-like cells (red) in 2D human gastruloids
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Zong-Yuan Liu of @umich.edu will round out the #SDBPostdocSeminar with his talk "Endogenous FGFs drive ERK-dependent cell fate patterning in 2D human gastruloids" Image: FGF4 (blue), FGF8 (green) and primitive streak-like cells (red) in 2D human gastruloids
[email protected] of @duke-university.bsky.social will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with her talk "A biological oscillator controls the pace of notochord segmentation" Image: Oscillator phases (circles) with averages (squares) on the unit circle as a function of time
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
[email protected] of @duke-university.bsky.social will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with her talk "A biological oscillator controls the pace of notochord segmentation" Image: Oscillator phases (circles) with averages (squares) on the unit circle as a function of time
The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be this Friday, January 9 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Priyom Adhyapok @priyomadhyapok.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social and Zong-Yuan Liu @UMich. Register today and join us. bit.ly/4ncxr0M #SDBPostdocSeminar
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be this Friday, January 9 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Priyom Adhyapok @priyomadhyapok.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social and Zong-Yuan Liu @UMich. Register today and join us. bit.ly/4ncxr0M #SDBPostdocSeminar
🎄 Day 24 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🎄 Day 24 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 23 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎄 Day 23 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 22 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎄 Day 22 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 21 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎄 Day 21 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 20 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎄 Day 20 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
🎄 Day 19 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🎄 Day 19 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 18 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🎄 Day 18 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 17 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎄 Day 17 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 16 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎄 Day 16 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 15 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🎄 Day 15 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 14 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🎄 Day 14 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 13 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
December 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🎄 Day 13 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
🎄 Day 12 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎄 Day 12 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Robyn Allen of @universityofky.bsky.social will round out the #SDBPostdocSeminar with her talk "Fibroblasts from highly regenerative mammals resist mechanical cues to drive regeneration" Image: Primary fibroblasts from Acomys and Mus vary in proliferation and myofibroblast transformation
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Robyn Allen of @universityofky.bsky.social will round out the #SDBPostdocSeminar with her talk "Fibroblasts from highly regenerative mammals resist mechanical cues to drive regeneration" Image: Primary fibroblasts from Acomys and Mus vary in proliferation and myofibroblast transformation
[email protected] at NYU Grossman School of Medicine will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with his talk "Tug of war — Tissue splitting driven by cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions" Image: A zebrafish posterior lateral line primordium is depositing a sensory organ at its rear (left)
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
[email protected] at NYU Grossman School of Medicine will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with his talk "Tug of war — Tissue splitting driven by cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions" Image: A zebrafish posterior lateral line primordium is depositing a sensory organ at its rear (left)
The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be (today) Friday, December 12 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Weiyi Qian @weiyiqian.bsky.social at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Robyn Allen @universityofky.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/46rb0NZ #SDBPostdocSeminar
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be (today) Friday, December 12 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Weiyi Qian @weiyiqian.bsky.social at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Robyn Allen @universityofky.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/46rb0NZ #SDBPostdocSeminar
🎄 Day 11 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎄 Day 11 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 10 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎄 Day 10 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 9 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎄 Day 9 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 8 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐟
The lower urinary tract may look simple… but its development is basically a molecular turf war between the bladder and the urethra 🧬💥 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
The lower urinary tract may look simple… but its development is basically a molecular turf war between the bladder and the urethra 🧬💥 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎄 Day 8 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐟
The lower urinary tract may look simple… but its development is basically a molecular turf war between the bladder and the urethra 🧬💥 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
The lower urinary tract may look simple… but its development is basically a molecular turf war between the bladder and the urethra 🧬💥 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...