Essential review from Marianne Bronner and @janstundl.bsky.social Neural crest cells: multipotent, migratory, and central to vertebrate evolution — and when their GRN goes wrong, disease follows #neuralcrestisthebest @NatureRevMolCellBio www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We have more genomic data than ever, yet GRN models are less explanatory than before. Maizels & Briscoe @NatureRevGenet diagnose the problem and chart a path from correlation to causation. Essential reading for anyone working on gene regulation 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excellent review by S. Morris in @NatureRevGenet on cellular reprogramming 🧬 How single-cell genomics & molecular recording tools are revealing why engineered cells still fall short — and how to fix it. A must-read for anyone in cell biology & regenerative medicine www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Switching fields or wanting to become an expert in #zebrafish research? The @mblscience.bsky.social 2026 Zebrafish Development & Genetics course offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from leaders in the field! Application deadline: March 2 Please spread the word! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

🚨🚨🚨 1/2 SFBD & JSDB joint meeting, June 9–12 in Hiroshima. Travel grants cover registration + part of travel/housing. Short talks & posters available. Students, postdocs & early-career researchers encouraged to apply by Feb 28. pub.confit.atlas.jp/en/event/jsd...

Our work on #RegulatoryTrajectories is out today in Nat. Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Led by @raquelrouco.bsky.social, this study establishes a new framework to study how enhancer landscapes act sequentially at developmental loci and are silenced to shape gene expression patterns. (1/n)

The SFBD wishes you the best development for 2026 🧬 May your gradients be sharp, your differentiation robust, and your results reproducible.

SFBD members! Don't forget to vote to renew the SFBD Board! You should have received an email from " jlmaitre (via Pollen) "

SFBD members! Don't forget to vote to renew the SFBD Board! You should have received an email from " jlmaitre (via Pollen) "

Ne sacrifions pas la recherche et l'avenir de la France ! "La recherche d'excellence n'est pas un luxe ; c'est l'investissement vital qui permet de sortir des crises" www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats...

Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions: Mentoring Profile raising Leadership training Network building Spread the word... www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

Congrats to the 2025 EMBO YIP laureates !

You still have two days to send your applications !

Deadline to submit your application is approaching! Come for the fun! Stay for the fun

Deadline to submit your application is approaching! Come for the fun! Stay for the fun

I do like the @dev-journal.bsky.social "Research Report" format for shortish papers This one is valuable. "Is it the N2B27?" is the stem cell biologist version of "Is it the magnesium?" Congrats Tina Balayo @dias-andre.bsky.social David Turner & all authors journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Really happy with my latest scavenger hunt in @institutcochin.bsky.social Cloning is so cool hum hum 😎

🚨🚨🚨 The SFBD board needs to be renewed with 5 members We wish to strengthen our board with young scientists To apply: send a brief text introducing your research interests and motivations to [email protected] by December 4th Elections will be held online from December 10th to 17th Please share the info

Great and stimulating lecture from Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social today at College de France showing how biological innovations predate the revolutions. Evolution is a tinkerer! Thank you @denisduboule.bsky.social for the invite! I’ll try to find time to read George Sand 😁

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You were all waiting for it! Here it is!! The 2025 YESS Walk up Songs playlist 🤘 It was great to catch up with friends and talk Science in beautiful Paris 🤩 link.deezer.com/s/31jNRpZEMz...

It is with great sadness that we heard of John Gurdon’s passing this week. Not just one of our 100 extraordinary biologists, but truly one of a kind, he was a pioneer, whose vision and personality inspired biologists worldwide.

Over 1,000 institutions in 55 countries are participating in our Read & Publish Open Access initiative. Find out if your institution is included: www.biologists.com/library-hub/... #OpenAccess #OA #ReadAndPublish #Publishing #Academia #Science #Communication

1953: The Company launches the Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology. In 1987, JEEM is renamed Development @dev-journal.bsky.social. Read their 100-year anniversary articles collection: bit.ly/42vDGED

2018: preLights @prelights.bsky.social is launched, a preprint highlights service run by the biological community & supported by the Company. A dedicated team of ECR ‘preLighters’ select, highlight and comment on preprints that are of particular interest to the biological community. bit.ly/4mTr4yt

2010: Launch of the Node @the-node.bsky.social, our community site for and by developmental and stem cell biologists. Find out how the Node was born. bit.ly/3VOfCZZ

1925: On this date, 100 years ago, The Company of Biologists is founded by George Parker Bidder III. Throughout today, we will be posting some of our key milestones. Read more about the past 100 years at bit.ly/3WnTVA1.

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com @qedscience.bsky.social

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)

Developmental Biology lost a giant yesterday 😔 May his legacy thrive and keep inspiring current and future generations of scientists www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...

Congratulations to the winners of our image competition with the @mblscience.bsky.social Embryology course. The winner of the Editor’s choice is an image of a anole lizard eye, acquired by Arthur Boutillon @campaslab.bsky.social. thenode.biologists.com/results-from... #devbio 🔬🎉

🚨 Two weeks left to apply for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Programme. Apply by: 30 September 2025. Ready to take the next step in your science career? www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos... @sangerinstitute.bsky.social #postdoc #sciencecareers

Hydra body axis balance: a fight between two transcription factors This Research Highlight showcases the work from Jaroslav Ferenc, Marylène Bonvin, Panagiotis Papasaikas, Jacqueline Ferralli, Clara Nuninger and Charisios D. Tsiairis: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Venez nombreux, pas besoin d’être millionaire pour aider la recherche. Peu importe le montant, chaque don sera bénéfique !

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So many exciting projects ! Congrats all laureates!

Some will not like it but which papers are you taking with you this summer? Looking for good reads!

Impressive work from @josesilvalab.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Nice work @guandrey.bsky.social and @olimpiabompadre.bsky.social Dev Bio is amazing !

Our work bridging enhancer-promoter proximity to phenotypic outcomes in vivo is out! Shout out to @olimpiabompadre.bsky.social, to Marie Kmita's lab, and to all the co-authors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally out! 🥳 Our paper showing how a transposable element (TE) insertion can cause developmental phenotypes is now published @natgenet.nature.com 🧬🦠🐁 Below is a brief description of the major findings. Check the full version of the paper for more details: www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02248-5

C'est important les PHRC quand meme!

Registration is now open! Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan 📅 October 14–17, 2025 📍 Paris, France 🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025 www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks

🚨 Hey #gastrulation folks! The early bird registration and the abstract submission are coming up very soon. Please register now for this nice #conference in @pasteur.fr, it will be super cool! 👇👇👇

Paper alert! I am really pleased to share the final version of the work led by Irène Amblard in the team on a regulatory switch controlling Cdx2 expression during posterior body development! #regulatorylogic #devbio @mrc-lms.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social

Thanks to all the volunteers and partners who made this possible! Including @sfbd.bsky.social, @institutcurie.bsky.social and the city of Ivry-sur-Seine. We have now 5 species sheets: Drosophila, nematode, zebrafish, arabidopsis and bombyx. Available in French and English, and soon in Greek.