Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan. Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃

We are highlighting James Liao, who was awarded the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for his 2004 @jexpbiol.bsky.social study, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

In our Forest of Biologists we fund the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicate these trees to our peer reviewers. There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews! Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more: forest.biologists.com #PRW2025 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social

Development does not happen in isolation! Material properties, geometry, stiffness, fluid flows...can all steer how development unfolds. If you’re exploring these kinds of questions, we’d love to see your work @dev-journal.bsky.social More info below ⬇️

Our next extraordinary biologist is Tshepiso Majelantle, early-career researcher and postdoc at Witwatersrand University, South Africa, who attended @biologists.bsky.social's first Global South Workshop in 2024. #100biologists #NPAW2025

I'm attending too! Please feel welcome to speak to me about your research and how the journal can better serve you. I'm taking part in the 'Ethics and Publishing' session on Thursday 25 September and I'm also bringing some @dev-journal.bsky.social goodies, including some of our popular posters.

🚨 The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series is back on Sept 25! 🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details 🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech... 📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv

We are featuring Daisy Pineda-Suazo, who was interviewed for @biologyopen.bsky.social's ‘First Person’ series in 2024 after her first-author publication in the journal, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists #NPAW2025

Transitions in development – an interview with Misty Riddle. We caught up with Misty from @unevadareno.bsky.social to find out about her path from the vet clinic to the lab bench, her research into cavefish and her transition to becoming a group leader: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

The Company of Biologists and the British Society for Developmental Biology: a model partnership As part of the #biologists100 anniversary, Saanjbati Adhikari and Raman Das review the relationship between @biologists.bsky.social and @bsdb.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Our next extraordinary biologist is Zolelwa Sifumba, lecturer at Walter Sisulu University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa, who was interviewed for @dmmjournal.bsky.social’s ‘The patient's voice’ series in 2025. #100biologists

Your daily reminder that contrary to *that* eponymous theorem... Scallops swim pretty fast and probably use jet propulsion.. 😬

Excited for next week's #AXON2025 #neuroscience conference? To complement the meeting, our Editor Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social has curated a collection of review-type and Research Articles on #NeuralDevelopment: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

We are highlighting Owen Sansom, @dmmjournal.bsky.social Monitoring Editor and co-organiser of the 2024 DMM Journal Meeting, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists @osansom.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social

Our next extraordinary biologist is Stephen Tait, recent @biologists.bsky.social Director, @jcellsci.bsky.social author and speaker at the 2025 Workshop on mechanometabolism. #100biologists

"Yet, despite their growing availability, access to embryos for research remains restricted." Read this Perspective from @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social and colleagues on an important and necessary discussion for science and society. Published today in @dev-journal.bsky.social ↓

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers! This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are excited to welcome Ingrid to the Development team. Please say hello if you spot her at a conference in the future.

Our next #DevPres webinar focusses on gut development with talks from Surojit Sural @surojitsural.bsky.social, Swarnabh Bhattacharya @iamzico.bsky.social and Brittany Edens, chaired by Alex Eve @amjeve.bsky.social. 📆 17 September, 15:00 BST (UTC+1) Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📅Are you a passionate science communicator with research experience in #devbio or #stemcell biology? Only a couple more days to apply for the Community Manager position at the Node. Deadline: 05 September bit.ly/4m7Fn28

We are highlighting Sheila Patek, @jexpbiol.bsky.social Deputy Editor-in-Chief, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

Great job for anyone looking to move into scientific communications from the lab!

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Toshimichi Yamada In this interview, Toshimichi Yamada talks about why he decided to apply to the Pathway to Independence programme, and what research directions he hopes to pursue with his own lab. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Do you have friends with questions about fertility? Egg freezing? Embryo research? IVF? Stem Cells? If you're UK-based this Friday, the BBC are hosting a Question of Science and tickets are still available. PLUS you can submit a question in advance to ask the panelists 🎤 shorturl.at/BCTW7

📢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 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex... #DevBio

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

Our next extraordinary biologist is Jeroen Dobbelaere, a member of the @biologists.bsky.social Sustainability Committee and an early advisor on the event carbon calculator and The Forest of Biologists. #100biologists

If you've had a half-finished Node post draft in the back of your mind for a while, now there's some incentive to get it finished & out there for the community. Remember that the Node is for all #devbio & #stemcell researchers. Register & you're free to post anything relevant without intervention.

One week to go! Register now for our #FocalPlaneFeatures webinar with @prelights.bsky.social. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Sonya Widen In this interview, @sonyawiden.bsky.social talks about her research interests in genome evolution, hopes for the Pathway to Independence programme and plans for her future lab. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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Our first extraordinary biologist featured this week is Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor, @focalplane.bsky.social Scientific Advisory Board member and plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference. #biologists100 #100biologists

Any news-type post on the Node @the-node.bsky.social between now and the end of September is in for a chance to win £200 and an interview - a little incentive to put pen to paper and finally get your piece shared with the #devbio & #stemcell community. thenode.biologists.com/the-node-wri...

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Marlies Oomen In this interview, @marliesoomen.bsky.social talks about her plans for her future lab and her hopes for the Pathway to Independence (PI) programme journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Is anyone in continental Europe looking for a lab manager? I have a fabulous candidate - let me know and please RT!

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Max Farnworth In this interview, @maxfarnworth.bsky.social talks about about why he decided to apply to the Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, and what research questions he hopes to address with his own lab. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Vote now in our image competition with the 2025 @mblscience.bsky.social Embryology course! Check out these stunning images and pick your favourite: thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you... #FluorescenceFriday

If you happen (…!) to be interested in what fascinates me about science and brain evolution and what I am up to, click here: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... Thanks to @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social for the interview 🙏

This week, we are also highlighting Carol Bucking, who recently co-edited @jexpbiol.bsky.social Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of the Gut, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists ‪

We are featuring David Stephens, a former @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor, as an extraordinary biologist this week. The JCS-David Stephens Prize for the best JCS paper is also named after him. #100biologists

Celebrating our award winning trainee talks from the recent ISRB Conference in Madison given by Rannyele Passos, Pierre Gillotay and Wouter Masselink and proudly sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social and Development @dev-journal.bsky.social

Celebrating our award winning trainee talks from the recent ISRB Conference in Madison given by Daniela Münch, Anish Bose and Lauren Connolly, and proudly sponsored by Development @dev-journal.bsky.social and Experimental Cell Research.

Like our sister journals, you can also submit an additional language abstract at @dev-journal.bsky.social and we cater for non-Western characters for author names. Did you know Development also facilitates retrospective author name changes?

Join our online workshop, 'A creative approach to science communication' presented by Anatolii Kozlov @anatoliikozlov.bsky.social. 🗓️Wednesday 10 September, 14:00-15:30 BST (UTC+1) Sign up here⤵️ thenode.biologists.com/a-creative-a... #scicomm

A bunch of inspiring talks this morning! Chromatin loops (identified with Micro-C) in cephalopods; odorant receptors in slave ants; chromosome inversions in a beetle, the genetics of critically endangered bellinger river turtle +the importance of MHC; genetic load in the helmet honeyeater #eseb2025

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Anzy Miller Here, @anzymiller.bsky.social talks about about her research interests at the intersection of developmental biology and modelling, as well as her advocacy for inclusivity and sustainability in science. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

We believe research should be accessible to as many readers as possible so are proud to announce that authors can now include a translation of their abstract in an additional language in their JEB paper 🔁 For more information go to journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...

Interested in how cells read biological time? Next week I'm talking about my recently published work on how protein expression oscillations are read by cells and their impact on the timing of cell differentiation. Link below to register!

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Chee Kiang (Ethan) Ewe. In this interview, @ethanewe.bsky.social talks about about what drives and excites him, and what he hopes to achieve in his own lab: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...