#DBFeature Connecting developmental biology to societal and political issues in the classroom boosts student engagement and critical thinking, fostering a deeper understanding of both science and social justice. - Megan Morgan Hoffman #SpecialIssue on teaching #DevelopmentalBiology for #SocialChange

So excited to be serving as Guest Editor for a special issue in @devbiol.bsky.social on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development. Please consider contributing!

Our new collaborative paper with Cyndi Bradham's lab at BU, led by first author @alexandralion.bsky.social is out in @devbiol.bsky.social & featured on the Sept 2025 cover! 😀🥳 PFAS (PFOA & GenX) disrupt sea urchin embryo development! Cover art: embryos + flow fields 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

Check out the latest President's Corner by SDB President Richard Behringer @rrbehringer.bsky.social on challenges. www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

Biomechanics influence morphogenesis of the lung. Really cool paper by Shelby and Victor at UT Southwestern and UTD!

#DBFeature 🐣🫀 Heart cells in chick embryos emerge from a continuous field, not separate regions. Incorporation of cells into the heart depends on cell position, morphogenetic movements and break-down of tissue bridges. tinyurl.com/2bbwtacd #Embryology #HeartDevelopment

To all hemocyte lovers: Angela and me are hosting a special issue on Drosophila hemocytes 🪰👾We have some brillant drosophilists around the world who agreed to submit a review to this special issue! If you are also interested to contribute, reach out to us and we can give you more information!

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🧪 DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis. Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio

CALL FOR PAPERS for our upcoming SPECIAL ISSUE Ion channels are emerging as critical regulators of tissue morphogenesis in diverse animals from planaria to humans. Mutations in ion channels can cause craniofacial and limb abnormalities in frogs, mice &humans #DevBio Submit today! shorturl.at/LPMbc

#DBfeature #chick🐥 Generation of a transgenic chicken line with reporters for limb bud mesenchyme and apical ectodermal ridge cells Yuji Atsuta, Yi-Chen Chen, Yuna Hattori, Tatsuya Takemoto, Daisuke Saito tiom33.short.gy/DB520,53-61

Join me next week, if you have interest in reviewing for the SDB's society ( @socdevbio.bsky.social 's) official journal, Developmental Biology (DB!) Always a fun and useful discussion. Sign up today! forms.gle/4ZGYMErrA8YU...

Deadline to register for Get Into Grad School Webinar approaching! Share with interested #undergraduates and #postbacs Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 18. bit.ly/3HFJ9BG

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#DBfeature 🐣❤️ Automated non-invasive laser speckle imaging of the chick heart rate and extraembryonic blood vessels and their response to Nifedipine and Amlodipine drugs by Carol Readhead, Simon Mahler et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The best part about science (on top of the science) is the friendships you make on the way. 🥰 Scientists coming together to share ideas, give critical feedback, and also climb mountains 😅 Thanks Li-Kun and all for coming from so far, to meet where I grew up. 🙏

#DBfeature #cilia Moderate levels of folic acid benefit outcomes for cilia based neural tube defects David Engelhardt, Juliette Petersen, Cara Martyr, Hannah Kuhn-Gale, Lee Niswander tiom33.short.gy/DB520,62-75

#DBfeature Epithelial and mesenchymal compartments of the developing bladder and urethra display spatially distinct gene expression patterns by Baraiya, D. H., Kavya, T. T., Mandal, A., Chakraborty, S., Sathish, N., Francis, C. M. R., & Joseph tiom33.short.gy/DB520,155-170

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)🦎 can regrow limbs, tail, spinal cord, heart, and even parts of its brain. Axolotls are champions of regeneration and also shed light on limb patterning, wound healing, and developmental plasticity. Image from Prayag Murawala #ModelMonday #DevBio

🎉 The Midwest SDB Regional Meeting is happening soon! Join at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for exciting developmental biology from across the Midwest. 🧬 Registration deadline: September 2nd ✨. More information here: www.midwestsdbincincy.org #MIDWESTSDB25

#DBfeature #Oocyte Transcriptomic analysis and epigenetic regulators in human oocytes at different stages of oocyte meiotic maturation by Carla Caniçais, Joana Marques et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔬Two heads are better than one… even in frogs! 🐸✨ This Xenopus laevis embryo developed with two heads, offering a striking view of early developmental patterning. 🟢 actin 🟣 neural tissue 🔵 nuclei. Image by Kourtnie Whitfield. #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio #Xenopus

#DBfeature 🐣 CRISPR-Cas13d enables targeted gene expression knockdown in chick embryos, expanding the experimental potential and versatility of this model system. by Minyoung Kim and Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CRISPRCas #ChickEmbryo

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🪰 Drosophila blood cells - Our #DBspecialissue highlights novel findings on hemocyte diversity in Drosophila melanogaster. The reviews explore diversity in terms of ontogeny, functional specification and organ-organ communication. Submit today! tinyurl.com/357v25tj

CALL FOR PAPERS! Ion channels are emerging as critical regulators of tissue morphogenesis in diverse animals from planaria to humans. Mutations in ion channels can cause craniofacial and limb abnormalities in frogs, mice & humans. Submit today! shorturl.at/LPMbc

#DBfeature Disease susceptibility implications of preferential inactivation of the paternal X chromosome in extraembryonic endoderm of the mouse by Virginia Papaioannou www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Beautiful cerebral organoid study by my friend and Lab neighbor Mike Buszczak! #DevBio @buszczaklab.bsky.social #UTSW

🐟 Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Clear as glass, zebrafish embryos let you watch organs form in real time. A powerhouse for studying organogenesis and regeneration, they’re also champions of transgenic expression of fluorescent proteins 🌈 image from Gopi Shah 🧪 #ModelMonday #DevBio

Remebering Paul Kulesa (1962–2025) We honor Dr. Paul Kulesa, whose pioneering work on neural crest cell development has profoundly impacted neuroscience and pediatric cancer research. His loss has deeply impacted the Developmental Biology community and everyone he graced with his presence in life.

#DBfeature 🐣 Stage‑matched scRNA‑seq uncovers a “trailblazer” gene network shared between mouse and chick, driving neural crest migration into craniofacial arches. by J.A. Morrison et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #EvoDevo #ComparativeGenomics #SingleCell

Attention all NAVBO Members: Check out “The Vascular Network” - NAVBO’s brand-new members-only social media platform is active!! 🚀 Stay connected and engaged with the vascular biology community and all things at NAVBO! Check out here for more👉 navbo.junolive.com/main/home

The chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model: From its origins in developmental biology to its role in cancer research by María Jimena Mosna, Federico Garde, Marcelo Stinson, Candela Pastore, Abel Carcagno www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SpecialIssues

#DBfeature The primary cilium gene CPLANE1 is required for peripheral nervous system development by Elkhan Yusifov, Esther Stoeckli et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

✨ Are you a pre-tenure faculty or advanced postdoc with an academic offer in hand? 🎓 Two weeks left to apply for the SDB New Faculty Boot Camp! 🚀 Deadline: Aug 22, 2025 Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/SDBFaculty

✨Not a rainbow trout… a rainbow zebrafish 🌈 🐟 The expression of 10 different genes simultaneously including Hox genes along the body axis, somites, brain regions, skeletal muscle, and heart 🔬Image by Alice Sherrard, Gabby Jerz & Nipam Patel 🧪 #FluorescenceFriday

Today is last day to apply! Join me in this great group interested in writing about #DevBio!

🎉 The SDB West Coast Regional Meeting is starting today! Excited to connect, share groundbreaking developmental biology research, and spark new collaborations. Let’s make this an inspiring event! 🚀🔬 #WCSDB2025 #DevBio

Interested in Science Communication? Love #devbiol? Apply for the @socdevbio.bsky.social SciComms Interns Program! www.sdbonline.org/science_comm...

I’m one of the mentors for this year long internship :) Apply if you have interest in writing and Science Communication. There’s opportunity to get some of your pieces in DB @devbiol.bsky.social! Apply today!!

Adult growth in the Drosophila ejaculatory duct is driven by an evolutionarily conserved Juvenile Hormone–endocycle–protein synthesis axis essential for male fertility by Navyashree Ramesh, Allison Box, Laura Buttitta www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #DBfeature #Drosophila #ReproductiveBiology

We’re excited to share the speaker lineup for InSDB–ISD 2025! This year’s program features a remarkable group of researchers at the forefront of developmental biology and stem cell science. Time is running out to register. Sign up by August 31: bit.ly/4dqXZXS

🚨Only 4 days to apply!!!🚨Join the SDB SciComm Internship! Gain hands-on experience writing stories on the latest developmental biology discoveries🔬Connect with top mentors & earn $500 to attend the SDB Annual Meeting 🎉! 👉 www.sdbonline.org/science_comm... #SciComm #DevBio

12 examples of how developmental biology research led to fundamental discoveries for biomedical research. There are many more! Download ppt & jpg versions on @socdevbio.bsky.social website. Use & modify as needed. Poster formats are also posted to print & hang in your lab!

Look at those beautiful blood vessels. 😍

Early embryonic developmental pathways are activated during regeneration phase in Xenopus 🐸 --by Aniket Kshirsagar, Rachel Ronan, Ana Lúcia Rebelo, Siobhan McMahon, Abhay Pandit, and Gerhard Schlosser www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Xenopus #regeneration #DBfeature

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#DBfeature Mesenchymal cell contractility regulates villus morphogenesis and intestinal architecture by Taylor Hinnant @taylorhinnant.bsky.social , Caroline Joo, Terry Lechler @terrylechler.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #Drosophila🪰 Decoding a Cell's Fate: How Notch and receptor tyrosine kinase signals specify the Drosophila R7 photoreceptor by Ronald Arias, Andrew Tomlinson sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

10 days left to apply for SDB #SciComm Internship. Deadline: August 15. www.sdbonline.org/science_comm...

Applications are now open for the 2026 SDB Science Communication Internship. Graduate student and postdoc members of the Society for Developmental Biology are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 15. Learn more: www.sdbonline.org/science_comm...

#DBfeature #Zebrafish🐟 Drivers of vessel progenitor fate define intermediate mesoderm dimensions by inhibiting kidney progenitor specification by Elliot Perens, Deborah Yelon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...