The photographs 📸 from the @v4sdb.bsky.social Meeting 2025 are available! Check out the photogallery at v4sdb2025.img.cas.cz/extras/ Many thanks to the photographers Viacheslav Zemlianski and Petr Vodička!

We took #V4SDB2025 all the way up… to the mountains 🏔️🔥 Thanks to everyone who joined our Post-Conference Mountain Adventure ❤️

Congratulations to the winners of the @devdynamics.bsky.social prizes at the @v4sdb.bsky.social Meeting 2025! 🏅The best short talk: Allan Akandwanaho. 🏅The best poster: Zsanna Gecse, Denisa Belisova & Himanshi Singh. 👏👏👏

We are grateful to Visegrád Fund for sponsoring the Best chalk talk & Best poster prizes at the @v4sdb.bsky.social Meeting 2025. Congratulations to the winners: 🏅Chalk talks: Affifah Azimuddin Chogle, Adam Soos & Malgorzata Wojtaszek; 🏅Posters: Marcelina Osyra, Kriti Attri & Tomas Suchanek.👏

We are grateful to all our sponsors who made the V4SDB Meeting 2025 in 🇸🇰 possible and accessible, specifically Visegrád Fund, @biologists.bsky.social, @isdb.bsky.social, @cellsdev.bsky.social, @devdynamics.bsky.social, MUNI SCI, Allgene, BRIX, LABO-SK, and Merck Life Science. Thank you!

Wow, that was amazing! We thank everyone for attending the V4SDB 2025 meeting! You all made it an excellent conference, where we had the opportunity to hear from outstanding speakers,share ideas and experiences, and of course have some unforgettable time during social activities!

Please welcome our final speaker to the stage: Ádám Soós from Semmelweis University with his fascinating talk Exposure to Mesenchymal Growth Factors Enhances the Ability of Enteric Neural Stem Cells to Colonize the Avian Aganglionic Hindgut! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #organoids

Next on the programme we have Irina Poverennaya of the @adameykolab.bsky.social at @meduniwien.ac.at, to share her knowledge on how rRNA-Modifications Connect Mesenchymal Fate Selection in Neural Crest and Prognosis in Neuroblastoma  #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #stemcells

Our next speaker - Anna Pulawska-Czub from the University of Warsaw. She presents a talk Unlocking Regeneration: The Potential of Nail Proximal Fold Stem Cells #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #regeneration

And we proceed with Radek Šindelka, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, who will tell us about Identification of Regeneration Initiation Cells and Their Function #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #regeneration

The last invited speaker of the conference is none other than Han Li @hanli-pasteur.bsky.social from Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr who will tell us about the Double-Edged Sword: Cellular Senescence in the Mammary Gland #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #stemcells #mammarygland #organoids

The rest of the session will be chaired by Zuzana Sumbalová Koledová @sumbalovakoledova.bsky.social from @imgprague.bsky.social - we are looking forward to this final set of talks! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids #stemcells #plasticity

And we proceed with an exciting talk by Krzysztof Kobielak from the University of Warsaw, The BMP-ID2 Axis Reveals a Reversible Hair Follicle Stem Cells Gene Network That Regulates Intrinsic Oscillations Between Opposing States During Hair Regeneration #V4SDB2025 #conference

We start with an invited talk Clonal Reconstruction at Single Cell Level Helps to Decipher Embryonic Development by Igor Adameyko @adameykolab.bsky.social, Karolinska Institute @ki.se & Medical University of Vienna @meduniwien.ac.at

Welcome to the day 3! We start with a session Stem cells and plasticity, chaired by Nàndor Nagy, Semmelweis University. Grab some coffee and join us! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids

Conferences aren’t only for science but also to have fun with colleagues and making new friends. What better time for this than the gala dinner on our last evening together! Keep an eye out, the evening has only just begun! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalfriendships #galadinner

Last but certainly not least, the final talk of the day is on Ancient Pharyngeal Proto-Pituitary in Embryos of Basal Fishes held by Agáta Horáčková from Charles University! @charlesuni.cuni.cz @sciencecharles.bsky.social #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo

To tell us about his lab’s research into Missing Genetics in the Classical Developmental Model: Filling the Gap Using Primordial Germ Cells and Gene Editing in Chickens, we have Jiří Hejnar from @imgprague.bsky.social! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo

Our next speaker Abigail Tucker from King’s College London and @charlesuni.cuni.cz @sciencecharles.bsky.social. Her talk about the evolution of suckling compares the development in several mammals #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo

#V4SDBMeeting2025 is family friendly & makes science attractive & accessible to our youngest participants from @sumbalovakoledova.bsky.social lab. Many thanks to Michel C. Milinkovitch @lanevol.bsky.social for the illustrative 3D printed models of 🐊 snout patterning!

And here is Gage Crump @crumplab.bsky.social, all the way from @usc.edu, to tell us about Cross-Species Single-Cell Approaches to Facial Development and Evolution. A big thanks to @isdb.bsky.social @cellsdev.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social for sponsoring the talk! #V4SDB2025 #evodevo

After a refreshing coffee break and some snacks, our new chair for the second half of this session is Máté Varga @mvargam.bsky.social from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis

We are pleased to welcome Iryna Kozmiková from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences @imgprague.bsky.social to talk about Vertebrate Head Evolution Informed by the Invertebrate Chordate Amphioxus #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #evodevo

Next we look forward to hearing from Máté Varga @mvargam.bsky.social from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, who will tell us about the Evolution and Development of Breathing Strategies in Paradise Fish! #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #evodevo

Our invited speaker for this session is Michel C. Milinkovitch @lanevol.bsky.social from the University of Geneva @biology-unige.bsky.social, who will be presenting his lab’s multidisciplinary research into Patterning: How Reptiles Got Their Looks! #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #evodevo

Welcome to the third session of this conference, Non-Traditional Models and Evo-Devo, which will be chaired by Marcela Buchtová of @masarykuniversity.bsky.social #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo

The poster session is ongoing! Join us to enjoy wonderful data and share experiences with your colleagues! #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #evodevo #organoids

Head downstairs for another opportunity to see the vast range of research into #developmentalbiology our participants are carrying out - today we have another 57 posters for you to enjoy, so make sure you don’t miss out! #V4SDB #conference #evodevo #organoids

And last, but not the least from the session - flash talks by Marcelina Osyra, Volodymyr Porokh, Sára Stachovičová, Emoke Szöcs, Ewelina Trela-Kobędza, Zsombor Varga, David Zimčík. Don't miss out! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo

We're excited to hear from Allan Akandwanaho from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences @imgprague.bsky.social , who will give a talk on Converting Molecular-Scale Torques to Cellular-Scale Chiral Counter-Rotatory Flows! #V4SDB2025 #conference #evodevo

And our next speaker is already there! Meet Anna Piliszek from the Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences with a talk Trophectoderm Specification in the Rabbit Embryo – Acquisition of Polarity, Cavitation and the Role of ROCK #V4SDB2025

Right now Martin Anger from the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences is starting his talk The Activity of APC/C During Metaphase II Arrest in Oocytes! Don't miss out! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo

We are thrilled to announce the invited talk Cellular Mechanisms of Embryonic Development and Dormancy by Ivan Bedzhov @bedzhovlab.bsky.social from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine @mpi-muenster.bsky.social!Join to dive into the newest advances in development biology! #V4SDB2025

The day opens with Session 2, Early Development session, and is chaired by Anna Ajduk from University of Warsaw #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids

Good morning everyone! Welcome to Day 2 of the V4SDB Meeting 2025! Yesterday was full of events, but grab some coffee - there's still so much more to discover! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids

Our poster session is ongoing! Join for even more insights from the talks! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids

Even after a day rich in amazing talks, we still have something to surprise you with! Embrace flash talks by Kriti Attri, Martina Bohuslavová, Michaela Bosakova, Dominika Csáki, Štefan Čikoš, Zuzanna Gonera, Ajay Jakhar, Pavel Kohout and Lilla Kókity! #V4SDB2025 #evodevo

And another amazing talk, Cells With Shh Expression History Involved in the Bone Formation at the Tooth-Bone Interface in Mice, is given by Mária Hovořáková from Charles University @charlesuni.cuni.cz! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids

Meet fascinating Jakub Harnoš @harnoslab.bsky.social from Masaryk University @masarykuniversity.bsky.social with his talk Wnt-Notch Crosstalk and Its Impact on Embryonic Epidermis Development Using Xenopus #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis

We're thrilled to announce the next speaker - Ann Huysseune from Charles University & Ghent University @charlesuni.cuni.cz , with her talk called The Pre-Oral Gut on the Embryonic Face Reveals Novel Ectoderm-Endoderm Interactions During Vertebrate Head Development! #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology

Don't miss our next speaker, Ondřej Machoň from the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, who is giving a wonderful talk on how Cell Polarity of Neural Crest-Derived Mesenchymal Cells Controls Craniofacial Development #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #morphogenesis

And we start with an invited talk on Formation and Remodeling of Tubular Networks in the Pancreas and in Organoids given by Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de! #V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #evodevo

Short coffee-break is over, and we're back! The afternoon session is chaired by Alexander Bruce from the University of South Bohemia. Join us for new exciting talks!

The last talk before the coffee break will be given by Lenka Gahurová from the University of South Bohemia, with a fascinating talk about Long-Term Female Fertility of African Mole-Rats #developmentalbiology #fertility #epigenetics #evodevo

Up next we are looking forward to hearing from Peter Fabian @fabianlab.bsky.social, also from @masarykuniversity.bsky.social, with a presentation about the Novel Role for Dermal Fibroblasts in Phenylalanine Catabolism #developmentalbiology #metabolism #zebrafish

The next exciting talk is held by Jan Křivánek of @masarykuniversity.bsky.social who will teach us new insights into Mechanics and Mechanisms of Mouse Incisor Growth and Repair! #developmentalbiology #dentalresearch #regeneration

Our first session, chaired by Vítězslav Bryja @bryjalab.bsky.social of Masaryk University @masarykuniversity.bsky.social, is entitled Organogenesis

And we’re off! 🎉 The 4th meeting of V4SDB has started! #v4sdb #developmentalbiology #conference

Like all the best conferences, we will begin with a lunch to welcome all of the participants to this beautiful location in the mountains! #v4sdb #conference #developmentalbiology #staralesna #welcomelunch

Some of our colleagues arrived yesterday to attend the amazing two-day Young Developmental Biologist Workshop, a Round table on the use of Artificial Intelligence in research, and of course some social networking! #V4SDB2025 #conference #developmentalbiology #evodevo #morphogenesis #organoids