#DBfeature Loss of potassium channel Kcnj2 alters electrical activity in palate mesenchyme cells, which affects a network of calcium-induced transcription factors and causes cleft palate in mice. By Yunus Ozekin, Rebecca O'Rourke, Emily Anne Bates tinyurl.com/4c9w8saz

#DBfeature 🐸 TMBIM4 affects left-right patterning via pluripotency exit during gastrulation in X. tropicalis, and its loss replicates the phenotypes of human congenital heart disease patients by Nicholas Diab, Mustafa Khokha et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🧑‍🎓 The Neural Tube CURE trains students in developmental biology methodology while offering a research course designed to increase opportunities for undergraduate research experience By Anneke Dixie Kakebeen, Joshua Fandel, Lee Niswander tinyurl.com/y2va2xpy

#DBfeature #DBeditorial Bridging developmental biology and social justice to reclaim trust in science and society by Nicole Theodosiou, Michael Barresi @spiraldoc.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Long-term mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum complexes in the oocytes and early embryos of a matrotrophic pseudoscorpion Chelifer cancroides By Izabela Jędrzejowska, Karol Małota, Arnold Garbiec tinyurl.com/45etdr9c

#DBfeature 🌊 #DBreview Germ cell formation and reproduction in tunicates by Yasunori Sasakura et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #DBreview 🪱 Building bridges for oocyte growth: regulation of C. elegans germline architecture and function by oriented cell divisions By Réda Zellag, Kimia Zarnani, Abigail Gerhold, Jean-Claude Labbé tinyurl.com/3ne592zj

#DBfeature A new hypothesis about meiosis "rejuvenating" germ cells each generation by ensuring they continue to match the species' DNA specifications by Allan Spradling et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature ShH10 efficiently targets all subtypes of supporting cells along the length of cochlear duct without impacting cochlear cellular architecture or auditory function By Yun Ji Bertken, Yeeun Kim, Juan Llamas, Assaf Beck, Aaron Nagiel, Ksenia Gnedeva tinyurl.com/mum9vktc

#DBfeature A modular enhancer mediates SCRT2 repression of ISLET1 in the spinal cord by Vitória S. Botezelli et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Elongation of the nascent avian foregut requires coordination of intrinsic and extrinsic cell behaviors By Olivia Powell, Emily Garcia, Vanshika Sriram, Yi Qu, Nandan L. Nerurkar tinyurl.com/52pecyc5

#DBfeature 🐣 Nkx2.5 triggers vascular remodeling in chicken but not in emu wing mesoderm, where Nkx2.5-positive limb cells belonged to muscle instead by Ingrid Cordeiro, Mikiko Tanaka et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature A low-cost, high-throughput pipeline for 3D imaging of embryonic mouse hearts using lightsheet microscopy By Xiangyang Liu, Jianfeng Wang, Youshi Chen, Hongjun Shi tinyurl.com/yc46asz2

🚨Next DevBioConnect is 10 days away Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Diana Fulmer @dianavoss.bsky.social Dr. Amber D. Ide 📷May 12th, 2026 📷 @socdevbio.bsky.social Register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#DBfeature PRDM13 is required for specification of PAX2 lineage inhibitory neurons in the developing cerebellum, Purkinje cell numbers, and proper placement of TBR1+ cells by Z. Zack Ma, Jane E. Johnson et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Multilineage potential induced by reconstruction of 3D structures in mouse fetal brain cells: a non-genetic approach in regenerative medicine By Ken Ohnishi, Jun-ichi Sagara, Tomoya Fujita tinyurl.com/2nm9wt4a

#DBfeature Inducing a dnFGFR2b ligand trap reveals novel early and transient requirements for FGF3 and FGF10 in cochlear sensory and neural cell subtype differentiation by Suzanne Mansour, Lisa Urness www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #InHoxWeTrust The PRC2-associated factor EPOP is required for Hox gene regulation during axial development in mice By I Mocavini, A Mallol, A Gutierrez, P Chammas, A Carretero, A Dias, E Blanco, I Rodriguez Arce, M Mallo, L Di Croce, B Payer tinyurl.com/25evnhan

#DBfeature Towards functional genetics in the European amphioxus: Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 editing reveals Ascl1/2.1 requirement for peripheral nervous system development by Rafath Chowdhury, Agnès Roure, Sébastien Darras @rafathchowdhury.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐸 New amino acid domain Mitosis Localization Signal (MLS) regulates MELK kinase localization to plasma membrane and activity in Xenopus embryo By Caroline Badouel, Guillaume Hatte, Claude Prigent, Jacek Kubiak, Jean-Pierre Tassan tinyurl.com/w6z7nheh

#DBfeature🫁 #InHoxWeTrust HOXA5-driven transcriptional program in lung development "HOXA5 directs Fgf10, Tbx4/5, Ptch1, Bmp4 and Wnt2 expression during lung formation" by Béatrice Frenette, Lucie Jeannotte et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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#DBfeature 🐠 The early arrest mutant speedbump is a loss-of-function mutation in the zebrafish ortholog of wee1, required for G2 regulatory processes. By Rachel Warga and Donald Kane tinyurl.com/3vadyyc9

#DBfeature POGLUT2/3 mediated EGF O-glucosylation promotes separation of digits 2 and 3 by influencing fibrillin network reorganization, signaling, and cell dynamics by Sanjiv Neupane, Bernadette Holdener et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🪰 Ketone body supplementation into a standard high-carbohydrate diet reduces fecundity, delays larval development, and may induce autophagy in Drosophila melanogaster By Meredith Becher, Fangyi Coco Zhai, et al tinyurl.com/3uwwbfhb

#DBfeature #SeaUrchin 🌊 Germline factors, TDRD & Piwi, colocalize with Vasa on the mitotic apparatus during the embryogenesis of the sea urchin by Mariana Witmer, Mamiko Yajima et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🪱 Palmitoyltransferase gene spe-21 is necessary for Caenorhabditis elegans spermiogenesis By Saai Suryanarayanan, Dawn Chenm, Yamei Zuo, Elizabeth Gleason, Zhaorong Zhu, Steven L'Hernault, Amber Krauchunas, Andrew Singson tinyurl.com/sx3jd6a9

🚨Next DevBioConnect on the way Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Diana Fulmer @dianavoss.bsky.social Dr. Amber D. Ide 🗓️May 12th, 2026 ⏰11 am–12 pm CST @socdevbio.bsky.social Register here👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#DBfeature Proteins involved in cell division have broad tissue-specific functions in sea urchin development By Jessica Benito, Elizabeth McCulla, Raisa Sumaiya, Jia Song tinyurl.com/554jhd6h

#DBfeature Centriolar protein PIBF1 is required for craniofacial and forebrain development: its variants results in ciliopathies, craniofacial anomalies & semilobar holoprosencephaly by Lylyan Pimentel, Samantha Brugmann, et al @brugmannlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #DBreview Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) in skeletal muscle: A new frontier in muscle biology by Mingfu Xiong, Yun Chen, Yongsheng Zhang, Yilong Yao, et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #DBreview Engineering development: From the repressilator and toggle switch to synthetic developmental biology by Margaret Saha et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #DBreview Potentials of RNA biosensors in developmental biology by Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Mehran Khorshid www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐟 Effects of age on the response to spinal cord injury: optimizing the larval zebrafish model by Whitney Walker, Karen Mruk et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature #InHoxWeTrust 🪲 Divergent Hox cluster arrangement in horned beetles retain conserved embryonic and adult expression patterns. by Erica Nadolski, Isabel Manley, Sukhmani Gill, Armin Moczek @ericanadolski.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ycxabrh5

#DBfeature #DBreview Quantifying convergent extension: Shih and Keller's quintessential work in developmental cell biology by Robert Huebner, John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Rac1 is essential for kidney development, by controlling proliferation and self-renewal in nephron progenitor cells. By Chunmin Dong, Hongbing Liu, Jessica Chang, Eric Yang, Eddie Xu, Samir El-Dahr, Fenglei He tinyurl.com/4vbjmzak

#DBfeature 👂🐁 PROX1 is necessary for cellular patterning, innervation and differentiation in the mouse ear organ of Corti By Shubham Kale, Dimitri Traenkner, Ellison Goodrich, Satish Ghimire, Thomas Coate, Michael Deans tinyurl.com/4catf6vr

#DBfeature 🪰 Endogenously tagged Nup96-mEGFP and Impβ-mScarlet-I reveal the spatiotemporal distribution of these markers in developing Drosophila egg chambers and early embryos. by Yuki Shindo, Shruthi Balachandra, Amanda A. Amodeo www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐌 Serotonin-receptor antagonist treatment disrupts typical asymmetric cleavage in mud snail I. obsoleta embryos, suggesting a novel role for serotonin signalling By Ayaki Nakamoto, Lisa Nagy tinyurl.com/bpaexdsw

🚨Next DevBioConnect on the way Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Janelle M. Welton Dr. Katherine A. Maniates 🗓️Apr. 14th, 2026 ⏰11 am–12 pm CST @socdevbio.bsky.social Register here👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... www.sdbonline.org/meeting?Reso...

#DBfeature 🪱 IPPK-1 and IP6 contribute to ventral nerve cord assembly in C. elegans, suggesting an ancient role of IP isomers in central nerve cord development. By N Noblett, T Roenspies, C Kirezi, C Stubbert, S Flibotte, P Shah, A Colavita tinyurl.com/4824tjdk

#DBfeature A comprehensive overview of signaling events by extra-embryonic tissues in epiblast development and early lineage decisions in the human embryo. By Yong Wang, Lijing Wu, Meifeng Zheng, Jianhua Zhu, Lujuan Rong, Kaimin Yang, Xinyue Hu, Lifeng Xiang, Kui Duan tinyurl.com/mwdchmpd

#DBfeature 🪰🐁🧠 Evolutionary conservation of midline repulsive signaling by Robo family receptors in flies and mice. By Allison Loy, Trent Daiber, Timothy Evans tinyurl.com/mudtsbnj

#DBfeature🪰👁️ Roles played by Enhancer of split transcription factors in Drosophila R7 photoreceptor specification "RTK & Notch signaling pathways jointly specify the R7 fate" by Ronald Arias, Yannis Mavromatakis, Andrew Tomlinson www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Previously unrecognized gene dosage effects suggest that maintaining appropriate levels of Mkx may be critical for tendon homeostasis. By Lin Liu, Tomoki Chiba, Takahide Matsushima, Maiko Inotsume, Tomomi Kato, Yuichi Hiraoka, Hiroshi Asahara tinyurl.com/paazm7wy

#DBfeature 🦋 Calreticulin is required for cuticle deposition and trabeculae formation inside butterfly wing scale cells by Ru Hong, Cédric Finet, Antónia Monteiro www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨Next DevBioConnect on the way Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Janelle M. Welton & Dr. Katherine A. Maniates 📷 🗓️Apr. 16th, 2026 ⏰11 am–12 pm CST @socdevbio.bsky.social Register here👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... www.sdbonline.org/meeting?Reso...

#DBfeature The role of Goldilocks protein kinase DYRK1A in embryonic development By Katherine Johnson, Larisa Litovchick, Amanda Dickinson tinyurl.com/4asapuv9

Submit to our Developmental Biology Special Issue - Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development!😎 Guest editors Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social Jennifer Fish Deadline April 30th, 2026 @socdevbio.bsky.social Linked here👇 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...