🚨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...

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...

#DBfeature Introducing societal issues in an upper level STEM course increases student engagement and knowledge transfer By Nicole Theodosiou, Stacie Cassat Green, Emil Napier tinyurl.com/4x2kswfm

#DBfeature Revisiting three 1950s studies where Abercrombie and colleagues introduced timelapse microscopy and quantitative measurements, leading to key discoveries in cell motility By Alan Love and Yoshinari Yoshida tinyurl.com/mtfdvc35

Stem cell scientists & Developmental biologists, do not miss this great event! Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Early Career Symposium is on the way September 23 - 25, 2026 Seattle, WA Deadline: May 1 @socdevbio.bsky.social @alleninstitute.org @isscr.org www.sdbonline.org/meeting?Reso...

Applications open for the Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Early Career Symposium being held September 23-25, 2026 in Seattle, WA. This joint symposium is a collaboration between @alleninstitute.org, @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social Application Deadline: May 1. bit.ly/4p98dkv

#DBfeature 👂 Opposing effects between retinoic acid and Fibroblast growth factor in patterning the common crus and semicircular canals of the inner ear By Weise Chang, John Hopper, Doris K. Wu tinyurl.com/3pemcrfk

#DBfeature 🧠 FGF10 operates with SHH and BMP to contribute to neurogenic and gliogenic fates in the puberal hypothalamus By K Chinnaiya, I Groves, E Manning, E Place, C Furley, SE Strawbridge, AG Fletcher, M Placzek tinyurl.com/muee82sm

🚨Next DevBioConnect is less than 1 week Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Diana L. Carlone & Dr. Emil Kriukov 📷 🗓️Mar. 10th, 2026 ⏰11 am–12 pm CST docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @socdevbio.bsky.social www.sdbonline.org/meeting?Reso...

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#DBfeature 💡 The TEADlight reporter dynamics reflects variations in cell density and adhesion in vitro, providing a novel faithful read-out of YAP/TAZ-TEAD signaling. By Valérie Morin, Yoann Le Toquin, Daria Tepordei, Christophe Marcelle, Emilie Delaune tinyurl.com/4rhwjy4s

#DBfeature VEGF signalling promotes blastema growth and proliferation of both vascular and non-vascular cells during axolotl limb regeneration By Aaron Savage et al. tinyurl.com/3xs4nffs

Challenge the dogma? Take a look at @mads100tist.bsky.social #Zebrafish story😁 Rohon-Beard neurons persist till 15 dpf They hide (converge medially), NOT die off by 5 dpf (as believed)😎 Are 15-dpf RB neurons still arborized?🥸 @devbiol.bsky.social 2024 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🪰🖥️ A deep learning model for accurate segmentation of the Drosophila melanogaster brain from Micro-CT imaging enables rapid assessment of novel phenotypes. By Jacob McDaniel, Mike Marsh, Todd Schoborg tinyurl.com/246czcc8

🚨Next DevBioConnect on the way Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Diana L. Carlone & Dr. Emil Kriukov 📷 🗓️Mar. 10th, 2026 ⏰11 am–12 pm CST docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @socdevbio.bsky.social www.sdbonline.org/meeting?Reso...

#DBfeature 🐸 Hand1 shows a conserved role of in heart morphogenesis and specific LPM lineages, from Xenopus to mouse By Victoria Deveau, Jessica Willson, Jennifer Carleton, Thomas Drysdale tinyurl.com/df8zce7m

#DBfeature 🐸 Reintegration of blastema and stump by reciprocal interaction for functional joint regeneration in frogs Fgf-mmp1 axis▶️ cell proliferation by Haruka Matsubara, Takeshi Inoue, Kiyokazu Agata www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#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. 2 weeks to Deadline: March 5 ⚡ @socdevbio.bsky.social www.sdbonline.org/gethired

#DBfeature 🦀 The TORC1 signaling pathway plays an essential role in cell proliferation during limb regeneration in Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). By Jun Wang, Yangyi Xu, Zhaoyang Guo, Nusrat Hasan Kanika, Xin Hou, Xiaowen Chen, Chenghui Wang tinyurl.com/mvmmrddv

Now in its final form published in @devbiol.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NAD+ Mechanobiology #Zebrafish Nrk2b-mediated NAD+ production regulates cell adhesion and is required for muscle morphogenesis in vivo 2D Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima for structural anisotropy - Myotendinous junction organization @devbiol.bsky.social 2010 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐸 As the Xenopus laevis embryo becomes a tadpole, the transition to functional organ systems coincides with the most dramatic proteome changes. By Elizabeth Van Itallie, Matthew Sonnett, Marian Kalocsay, Martin Wühr, Leonid Peshkin, Marc Kirschner tinyurl.com/mv4z88dz

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word! @mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

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Congrats to the 2025 elected members of the Society for Developmental Biology Academy! William J. Anderson, Kara L. Cerveny, Judith S. Eisen, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Andrew P. McMahon, Michael O'Connor, Thomas Schilling, Nancy B. Schwartz, Karen E. Sears & David R. Sherwood bit.ly/4bUl72y

The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held this Friday, February 13 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Gopal Kushawah @gopalkushawah.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social and Neha Ahuja at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Register today and join us. bit.ly/46K9iss #SDBPostdocSeminar

#DBfeature 🐠 Development of the zebrafish anterior lateral line system is influenced by underlying cranial neural crest By Vishruth Venkataraman, Noel McGrory, Theresa Christiansen, Joaquin Navajas Acedo, Michael Coates, Victoria Prince tinyurl.com/22z6fsbh

✍️The Konstantinides Lab ( @nkonst4.bsky.social ) published a new article 📖 @devbiol.bsky.social 📃 Gene expression cartography of a developing neuronal structure 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#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. < 1 month till Deadline: March 5 @socdevbio.bsky.social www.sdbonline.org/gethired

#DBfeature 🪱 Wnt/β-catenin signaling promotes posterior axial regeneration in non-regenerative tissue of the annelid C. teleta, enabling the prospect of increasing regeneration ability in regeneration-deficient tissues By Lauren Kunselman, Elaine Seaver tinyurl.com/2bxpecek

#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