#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 @socdevbio.bsky.social www.sdbonline.org/gethired

#DBfeature 🐟 Fold-and-fuse neurulation in zebrafish requires vangl2 Anterior neural tube closure is delayed and abnormal in 🐟embryos lacking PCP gene vangl2 by Jacalyn MacGowan, Mara Cardenas, Margot Kossmann Williams www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🌍 Planetary Health and Indigenous perspectives into the discipline of Developmental Biology exposes students to critical and global challenges that emerging scientists will need to address. By Sonja McKeown, Marcus Mohr, Tara Moynihan, Beau Cubillo, Liza Barbour tinyurl.com/yc2m6ncw

#DBfeature 🧠 In our recent article, researchers explored the intersection of developmental biology and social change, offering strategies to teach autism genetics through a neurodiversity-affirming lens. -Patra, Aindri H., Katherine Bonefas, Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou. doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

#DBfeature Bones, brains, and bias—neural crest cell contribution to craniofacial structure Active Learning Assignments for craniofacial perception & normal phenotypic variation by Jeffrey Carmichael, Diane Darland et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #EvoDevo Exploring early extraembryonic cells of epiblast origin: Questions on human amniotic ectoderm & extraembryonic mesoderm How does cellular density regulate the sequential specification of non-neural ectoderm? by Shota Nakanoh www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨Next DevBioConnect on the way‼️ Developmental Biology Author webinar by Dr. Alexa Burger & Dr. Robert Huebner 🗓️ Feb 10th, 2026 ⏰ 11 am–12 pm CST To Register forms.gle/4J192L42y6sg... @socdevbio.bsky.social @aburger2009.bsky.social

#DBfeature 🐦 Coilin-containing nuclear biomolecular condensates in zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata growing oocytes The coilin condensates reveal components of the nucleoli and centromeric protein bodies by Svetlana Galkina et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐣 With the rise of omics data, identifying tissue-specific enhancers is easier than ever—but validation is key. Ruth M. Williams discusses why the chicken embryo is the ideal in vivo sandbox for testing human regulatory elements in our recent review. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐣 BMP and WNT signaling are involved in tracheal cartilage development in chicken embryos COL2A1 co-localises with BMP2 but not with BMP4 in the tracheal cartilages by Romman Muntzar, Tamara Anne Franz-Odendaal, et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Centriolar defects underlie a primary ciliary dyskinesia phenotype in an adenylate kinase 7 deficient ciliated epithelium By Jennifer Sheridan, Aline Grata, Julia Dorr, Eve E. Suva, Enzo Bresteau, Linus R. Mitchell, Osama Hassan, Brian Mitchell tinyurl.com/c88cax5z

#DBfeature 🪱 Centralspindlin is required for C. elegans anchor cell specification, vulval induction and morphogenesis, with different requirements during postembryonic gonad development compared to early embryogenesis By Tatsuya Kato, Olga Skorobogata, Christian E. Rocheleau tinyurl.com/ywjmjsj9

#DBfeature👂 EPHRIN-A1 and -A2 act as positive growth factors for developing spiral ganglion radial bundles Loss of Efna1 and Efna2 leads to defects in radial bundle extension in vivo by Mansa Gurjar, Thomas Coate www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🪰 Estrogen-related receptor is required in adult Drosophila females for germline stem cell maintenance By Anna Zike, Madison Abel, Sophie Fleck, Emily DeWitt, Lesley Weaver tinyurl.com/3wfmkcfc

#DBfeature Geometric, cell cycle & maternal-to-zygotic transition-associated YAP dynamics during preimplantation embryo development YAP behavior depends on cell cycle-nuclei volume dynamics by Madeleine Chalifoux, Eszter Posfai et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature ⚡️ Ventral-to-dorsal model for electric organ development of Electrophorus eel By S Senarat, A Matsumoto, T Nagasawa, S Sakaki, D Tsuzuki, K Uchida, M Kuwahara, M Nikaido, E Hondo, A Iida tinyurl.com/7c7a266v

#DBfeature 🐟 Review Integration of the sensory and skeletal systems: A classical perspective on neuromast-bone interactions Osteogenic potential of neuromast organs by Alyssa Hamm, Joshua Gross www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Embryonic exposure to Smoothened Agonist overactivates the Hh signaling pathway, affecting the cell cycle and inhibiting proliferation, leading to cleft tongue By C Mao, Y Jiang, Z Li, W Zhou, Y Lai, C Wang, M Lu, W Chen tinyurl.com/zeeb95t8

#DBfeature 🐟🫀 Tbx1-dependent and independent pathways promote six gene expression downstream of retinoic acid signaling to determine cardiomyocyte number in zebrafish by Tiffany Duong, Joshua Waxman et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out the perfect ABT structure in this graphic abstract. "Pax9 in needed to form teeth in mammals AND you see it in the mouth of fishes BUT some fish don't form teeth THEREFORE Pax9 was originally used in mouth development rather than teeth."

🚨Introducing DevBioConnect‼️ Developmental Biology launches a new author webinar series showcasing recent publications, presented by the authors 🗓️ Jan 13 • Feb 10 • Mar 10, 2026 ⏰ 11am–12pm CST To Register www.sdbonline.org/meetings Or📄 See flyer for details @socdevbio.bsky.social

#DBfeature 🐠 Pax9 has a broader role in initiating development of mesenchymal structures around the mouth during zebrafish development By Sandhya Paudel, Sarah McLeod, Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske tinyurl.com/yc3jfpux

#DBfeature Review Multifaceted roles of sonic hedgehog signaling in mammalian inner ear development Shh confers cochlear apical identity and regulates tonotopy establishment. by Tianli Qin, Marianne Bronner www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Wish our authors and readers a Happy Holiday & a fruitful 2026!🥳🥳🥳

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#DBfeature 🐠 scRNA-seq reveals a follicular cell population with elevated ovarian development genes in cavefish, which continue reproducing during starvation By F Xia, A Santacruz, D Wu, S Bertho, E Fritz, P Morales-Sosa, S McKinney, SH Nowotarski, N Rohner tinyurl.com/yvp772y4

#DBfeature 🐣 Unravelling early hematoendothelial development through the chick model: Insights and future perspectives by Lydia Pouncey, Gi Fay Mok @gifaymok.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐸 A non-invasive imaging-based technique for assessing cell interface mechanics during PCP-dependent polarization in the cortex by Shinuo Weng, John Wallingford et al @shinuoweng.bsky.social @jbwallingford.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2sa8wefy

#DBfeature Positive-negative Selection: The counterselection breakthrough that conventionalized reverse genetics in the mouse by Anthea Letsou www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Cryptic genetic variation can be revealed by mutations or environmental factors that destabilize homeostatic mechanisms, producing phenotypic variants as a substrate for selection By H. Frederik Nijhout tinyurl.com/4dww8f3h #SpecialIssue in research that transformed #DevBio

#DBfeature 🦎 How Betty Hay's findings significantly advanced the fields of cell plasticity and regenerative biology by Alejandra Beltrán-Rivera, José García-Arrarás tinyurl.com/55nhr4uv #SpecialIssue on research that transformed #DevBio

#DBfeature 🐣 Fate mapping approaches and scRNA-seq uncover how the avascular mesenchyme is critical to the normal outgrowth and patterning of digits By C Batho-Samblas, J Smith, L Keavey, N Clancy, L McTeir, and MG Davey tinyurl.com/2t6dau56 #SpecialIssue in #Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature Canonical Wnt pathway modulation is required to correctly execute multiple independent cellular dynamic programs during cranial neural tube closure by Amber Bogart, Eric Brooks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐣 Application of the Magnet-Cre optogenetic system in the chicken model by Michael Pfann, Yuval Cinnamon et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Identification of the dysregulated let-7c-Sox2 network in the facial prominences of mouse embryos with early retinoid acid exposure by Chao Song, Yi Zou, et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Recent studies shaped the current view that the neural plate border is a transient region of multipotent progenitors that co-express competing gene modules and remain fate-undecided until early somite stages By Andrea Streit tinyurl.com/3h3k8vkv #SpecialIssue in #Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature 🪰 Maternal ovo represses the expression of transposable elements in Drosophila adult ovaries, likely via piRNA synthesis. By Makoto Hayashi, Yuica Koga, Yasuhiro Kozono, Satoru Kobayashi tinyurl.com/2azdw4z4

#DBfeature 🐠 A new powerful live imaging platform tracks Erk signalling dynamics in developing zebrafish hepatocytes at single-cell resolution. By Faraz Ahmed Butt, Alessandro De Simone, Stefano Di Talia, Kenneth Poss tinyurl.com/ve5vzp6c

#DBfeature 🧠🐣 Distinct functional domains of ASCL1 uniquely control neuronal differentiation and subtype identity, revealing the structural code behind neural fate decisions. By Yuji Nakada, Madison Martinez, and Jane Johnson tinyurl.com/3b6b325m

#DBfeature👁️ Shroom3 facilitates optic fissure closure via tissue alignment and reestablishment of apical-basal polarity during epithelial fusion by Jessica Herstine, Jordyn Mensh, Timothy Plageman Jr. et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Teaching developmental biology through a biocultural lens can challenge biological essentialism and build a more equitable science By Julia Paxson tinyurl.com/43htbxfx #SpecialIssue in Teaching #DevBio for Social Change

#DBfeature Multidisciplinary educational approach to reproductive technology links developmental biology, ethics, and law to prepare biologists for real-world controversies By J Azzi, Z Wehbi, P Hussein Kobeissy, R Kerek tinyurl.com/2xvm64ue #SpecialIssue in Teaching #DevBio for Social Change

#DBfeature Fritz Müller’s "Für Darwin" (1864) bridged evolution and development, anticipating evo-devo and warning to the dangers of scientific dogma By Scott Gilbert and Beatrice Steinert tinyurl.com/3sccvcr5 #SpecialIssue on Research that transformed #DevBio

#DBfeature Developmental life history transitions can be shaped by structural inequities: Insights from the sociology of race by Sarah McMenamin, Latrica Best sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐣🐠 Cereblon E3 ligase complex genes are expressed in tissues sensitive to thalidomide in chicken and zebrafish embryos but are unchanged following thalidomide exposure By LR Fraga, J Reeves, C Mahony, L Erskine, N Vargesson tinyurl.com/2fx6pbay #SpecialIssue in Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature 🐦🦴 Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria which can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record. By Crane AH, Baldry CJ, Rankin KE, Clarkin CE, Williams KA, Gostling NJ. tinyurl.com/pw5s23js #SpecialIssue on Avian model systems

#DBfeature #Review This review paper elucidates the organizational principles underlying the integument. By Chuong, C. M., Wu, P., Yu, Z., Liang, Y. C., & Widelitz, R. B. doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

#DBfeature Review Cyclic renewal in three ectodermal appendage follicles: Hairs, feathers and teeth by Ping Wu et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🪰 Drosophila grh relies on multiple enhancers for robust expression in neural stem cells, with different combinations playing a critical role in regulating its expression in subsets of these cells By R Sipani, Y Rawal, J Barman, P Abbur, V Kurlawala, & R Joshi tinyurl.com/2aufrc2w

#DBfeature 🐟 Retinoic acid promotes second heart field addition & regulates ventral aorta patterning in zebrafish. -by Austin Griffin, Allison Small, Jennifer Schumacher, et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...