The elephant in the room: impact factor @amjeve.uk & @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social offer an honest look at impact factor trends in #DevBio, explain how Development serves its community, & make the case that sustaining developmental biology journals is a shared responsibility. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

More than a KAT-alyst: KAT6 proteins function beyond acetyltransferase activity This Research Highlight showcases work by Tim Thomas, Anne Voss and colleagues from @unimelb.edu.au and @wehi-research.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

I am having a great time at #ICAR2026 in Singapore! It's already the penultimate day of the meeting and @roederlab.bsky.social opened the @dev-journal.bsky.social-sponsored session on vegetative development. I am here until tomorrow - feel free to come by for a quick chat about #DevSIPlantAlgae.

Meet our Preprint Editors We are pleased to welcome Gwendolyn K. Kirschner @gwenkirschner.bsky.social to our first group of Preprint Editors to our editorial team, responsible for handling our 'In preprints' articles. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pr...

Are you currently at #ICAR2026? Make sure to speak to @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and Reviews Editor @saanjbati.bsky.social about publishing in Development, including our newly announced Special Issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae

Did you know that Development publishes Techniques and Resources papers? They cover new or improved techniques, as well as new, impactful resources for #devbio. Browse a selection of these free-to-read articles in our subject collection. journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

Issue 11 is now complete! Cover: An adult ascidian of the HM-line, one of two genetically controlled closed colonies newly established. These ascidian colonies promise to significantly enhance experimental reproducibility & traceability. See Satou et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

We are looking forward to attending #ISSCR2026 along with our colleagues from @dev-journal.bsky.social. We hope to see you there.

The last couple of days to vote for the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology image competition. The winner will be featured on a @dev-journal.bsky.social cover! thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-a-d...

The notochord: development, disease and stem cell-based modelling In this Review, Julie Warin and colleagues discuss how #DevBio and #StemCell studies of the notochord can reveal key insights into spine formation and intervertebral disc development and maintenance. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Are you attending ICAR 2026 next week (from 22-26 June) at National University of Singapore? @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor, @stanfordstomata.bsky.social, and Reviews Editor, @saanjbati.bsky.social, will be there. Feel free to chat with them about your next Development paper.

As Editor of @dev-journal.bsky.social I get asked "What are you doing about your impact factor?" In our new editorial we say: Ask not what Dev can do for the impact factor. Ask what you can do for Dev's IF The IF is about how we all cite, review & assess each other's work doi.org/10.1242/dev....

🌺 How does a hibiscus flower pattern its petals? A new computational model reveals hidden "boundary" cells can spontaneously emerge during flower development, helping to create stable petal patterns. Prediction confirmed experimentally! 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/how-hib... #PlantsInTheSpotlight

Are you attending ICAR 2026 next week (from 22-26 June) at National University of Singapore? @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor, @stanfordstomata.bsky.social, and Reviews Editor, @saanjbati.bsky.social, will be there. Feel free to chat with them about your next Development paper.

If you are attending BaCell3D (@bacell3d.bsky.social) from 22-24 June in Basel, Switzerland, Reviews Editor @ingridtsang.bsky.social will also be there. Don't forget to chat to Ingrid about @dev-journal.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social.

Transitions in development – an interview with James Glover We spoke to James to learn more about his transition to becoming a group leader and his commitment towards supporting the next generation of scientists. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Also: For people working in Developmental Biology, I can recommend @biologists.bsky.social PI Fellowship which culminates in a fantastic leadership course in Cambridge.

Journal impact factors were released yesterday. In our latest @dev-journal.bsky.social Editorial, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social and I discuss how we are all architects of impact, highlighting that measuring the influence and support journals provide goes beyond a single number. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Eulogizing one’s own mentor is so hard. Thanks to @marklewandoski.bsky.social and Francesca Mariani for sharing and capturing so much of Gail in this piece.

In this Obituary, Francesca Mariani & Mark Lewandoski write about Gail R. Martin, one of developmental biology's most influential conceptual architects, a scientist who reshaped how we think about signalling, pattern formation & genetic analysis in the mouse. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Did you know that Development publishes Research Reports? These short articles emphasise an important finding, laying the groundwork for future research. Browse a selection of our latest, free-to-read Research Report highlights in our subject collection journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

It was fun to contribute to @dev-journal.bsky.social “In preprints” series and cover this beautiful preprint on mechanics and epithelial multilayering - check it out!

In preprints: building a resilient barrier – tissue mechanics control epithelial multilayering @giuliapaci.bsky.social highlights research from Villeneuve & co, who show that tissue mechanics control epithelial multilayering. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

An oscillatory dance of fate: HES1–HES5 dynamic co-expression precedes cell fate resolution in spinal cord development This Research Highlight showcases work by Veronica Biga, Cerys Manning @manning-lab.bsky.social and colleagues from @manchester.ac.uk. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Naomi Moris @nmoris.bsky.social will be speaking on "Emergent cell fates in developing gastruloids" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/dev... Abstract deadline: 12 June 2026

I'm thrilled to see our recent paper out in @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉 Here we look into the transition from cell division to differentiation in the late stomatal lineage and identify regulators of guard cell morphology and function doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Happy to share our new paper in @dev-journal.bsky.social . This project started while I was at Stanford with @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and was completed at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social by @pablidopsis.bsky.social . Find it here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Sigolène Meilhac @meilhacsigolene.bsky.social will be speaking on "Congenital structural heart defects" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/dev... Abstract deadline: 12 June 2026

🚨Abstract deadline is tomorrow, Friday, 12 June, for our 2026 Journal Meeting. #HumanDev26

Meet our Preprint Editors We are pleased to welcome Xianfa Yang to our first group of Preprint Editors to our editorial team, responsible for handling our 'In preprints' articles. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pr...

Registration is open for @dmmjournal.bsky.social 2026 meeting 'Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research' organised by James Amatruda amatrudalab.bsky.social, Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, bandolab.bsky.social, Ana Banito & Elaine Mardis. Find out more bit.ly/46r84Ca #DMM2026cancer

Issue 10 is now complete! On the cover: Limb skin from endothelial cell-specific von Hippel-Lindau (Vhl) mutant mice (right panel) and their control littermates (left panel). PECAM-1 (magenta, endothelial cells) and Tuj1 (green, axons). See the Research Article by Li et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Vote for a @dev-journal.bsky.social cover from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology We’re excited to launch a cover competition to select an image from the 2025 cohort of @devbioquintay.bsky.social. Voting closes on 24 June 2026. thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-a-d...

I had a great time at #Morpho5 (@cammorphoseries.bsky.social) last Friday, representing @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social, who sponsored the meeting and poster prizes. It was a pleasure to speak with the speakers and attendees. Congratulations again to the poster prize winners!

Mapping embryonic and placental defects in 22 knockout mouse lines This Research Highlight showcases work by Taylor Guertin, Kim Tremblay and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Development Editor @swathiarur.bsky.social will be attending the MAPSS 2026 and DevCell meeting from 10-14 June 2026 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Stop by to chat with her about your next @dev-journal.bsky.social paper.

The impact of transcription factors Nr2f1a & Isl1 on differentiation of different heart cells during cardiac development 📷 Kendall E. Martin et al @cincyresearch.bsky.social in @dev-journal.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

📣 One week left to submit your abstracts. We have teamed up with the @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded consortium Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) to co-organise our 2026 Journal Meeting. Submit your abstracts by 📆 12 June at biologists.com/meetings/dev.... #HumanDev26

No loose connections: a conserved scleraxis enhancer regulates limb tendon development and deltoid tuberosity formation This Research Highlight showcases work by Chisa Shukunami and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Call for Papers Submit your latest plant and multicellular algae #DevBio research to our upcoming special issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae Editors: @stanfordstomata.bsky.social & Susana Coelho Deadline: 2 November 2026 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

Check out our 2026 subject collection, showcasing recent papers in @dev-journal.bsky.social on evolutionary developmental biology: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti... It has been curated to support the 2026 Euro-Evo-Devo conference in Glasgow, UK. #EED2026

Are you attending the 10th Euro-Evo-Devo meeting in Glasgow from 9-12 June 2026? #EED2026 Our Reviews Editor @ingridtsang.bsky.social will be there. Do make sure that you chat to her about @dev-journal.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social.

An essential role for actinotrichia in #zebrafish fin patterning and courtship behavior Read this #OpenAccess Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Paulina Hanzelova, Marie-Andrée Akimenko and colleagues. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

In vivo evidence that full-length Slits have biologically distinct activities compared to the proteolytic fragments. Cultured DRG axons branch in response to Slit2-N and this is opposed by Slit2-FL. In vivo, Slit2-N appears to promote fasciculation, not repulsion. bsky.app/profile/dev-...

Just 1 week to go until the Cambridge Morphogenesis Symposium @cammorphoseries.bsky.social. If you are attending the meeting, Reviews Editor @saanjbati.bsky.social will be there in person and happy to chat about @dev-journal.bsky.social, @the-node.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social.

SLIT2 repellent is cleaved by TLL1 protease and promotes sensory axon fasciculation Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Lauren Jones, Thomas Kidd, Grant Mastick & co from @unevadareno.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Thank you Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez @rodrigofg.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with @utoronto.ca Read Rodrigo’s paper: tinyurl.com/2peknzn6 Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

New insights into microcephaly: centrosome proteins Asp and Sas4 preserve nuclear shape and genome stability in flies This Research Highlight showcases work by Laura Ciapponi, Patrizia Somma and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

The choreography of development: RNA localization across time and space Chia-Fang Lee, @flydrbnl.bsky.social & @debbysilver.bsky.social highlight developmental roles for RNA localisation in cell polarity, fate and function across model organisms. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...