Transitions in development – an interview with Katie Long We talked with Katie about her transition to becoming a group leader, her insights on taking the ‘risky’ route(s) in science to find one's passion & research niche, & her dedication to scientific outreach programmes. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Our Editor-in-Chief @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social spoke at the 2026 @bsdb.bsky.social meeting about Development, the Node and The Company of Biologists' initiatives. Please speak to James about the many reasons to choose Development to publish your paper. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ab...

Are you attending @bsdb.bsky.social 2026: Molecules to Morphogenesis in Warwick this week? Visit our stand to complete our quick survey and be in with a chance of winning a special goodie bag.

Come say hi at the @biologists.bsky.social booth to talk about @the-node.bsky.social, @dev-journal.bsky.social & our other journals and charitable activities!

Very excited to be representing @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social at @bsdb.bsky.social this year... we even have an exhibitor stand! Come say hi if you're around 👋

PDGF signalling de-livers cues for biliary re-differentiation This Research Highlight showcases work by Jianlong Ma and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Just one week left to express your interest in becoming a Preprint Editor. Find out more and apply: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pr...

Excited for BSDB's 2026 Meeting organised by @abinagui.bsky.social @vmetzis.bsky.social, @gastruloids.bsky.social & co? Our Reviews Editor @ingridtsang.bsky.social & the Node's Community Manager @andreamurillo.bsky.social will also be attending - come and chat to them about our journal & the Node.

Issue 5 is now complete! On the cover: Human neural progenitor cells showing microtubules (alpha tubulin, green) and DNA (DAPI, magenta). For more details, see the Research Article by Phillips et al. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

In preprints: illuminating germline dark matter – pachytene piRNA biogenesis and function Hadas Gayer & @ethanewe.bsky.social discuss two recent preprints that illustrate the intricate regulation of the pachytene piRNA pathway. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Our Editor, @swathiarur.bsky.social, has curated a new subject collection for the journal, highlighting the intersection between developmental and cell biology. Take a look at the collection 'Cell biology in development' here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

Grow with the flow: neural activity drives axon arbour growth in #zebrafish sensory neurons This Research Highlight showcases work by Lucia Salatino, Paola Plazas and colleagues journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Our Editor, Ken Poss, will be attending the @embo.org Workshop 'Limb development and regeneration' #EMBOLimbDev, which starts next week in Tokyo, Japan. meetings.embo.org/event/26-lim... Please speak to Ken about publishing your regeneration papers in Development.

It's all about timing: EB2 is required for mitotic progression in the developing #brain This Research Highlight showcases the work of David Keays and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... #BrainAwarenessWeek

Our Associate Editor, Anna Bigas, will be attending The European Hematology Association Conference #EHAReCon2026, which starts next week. ehaweb.org/connect-netw... Please speak to Anna about submitting your #haematopoiesis manuscripts to Development.

Preprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscape In this Editorial, @reinierprosee.bsky.social, @amjeve.uk and @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social announce a call for Preprint Editors in Development. Apply by 30 March. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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Planarians also reproduce asexually by fission – pulling their body in two & then regenerating the missing halves. Breaking occurs all over development; see this recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review from @torres-sanchez.bsky.social, @rashmi-priya.bsky.social & colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Here are some links to things I mentioned during my talk at #gfe2026 - Summary of @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100 celebrations: www.biologists.com/100-years/ - Grants from the Company: www.biologists.com/grants/ - @dev-journal.bsky.social/HDBI meeting: www.biologists.com/meetings/dev... ...

Foxn3 represses cilia genes in the developing retina This Research Highlight showcases work by Huanqing Zhang, David Turner and colleagues from @umich.edu journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

New organisms are unlikely to evolve from single gene changes. Felicity Jones uses stickleback (with distinct ecotypes) to show morphological changes associate with non-coding DNA regions that likely regulate gene repertoires, such as fat metabolism. #gfe2026 More from @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social ⤵️

Enhancers are genetic regions that promote the activation of neighbouring genes. @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social asks how long-range enhancers maintain specificity by constructing synthetic gene landscapes and exploring how they affect gene activity. #gfe2026 Alvaro's @dev-journal.bsky.social Review⤵

#SY-Stem2026 has begun! Come find me during coffee breaks today and tomorrow to chat about @dev-journal.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social. @imbavienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

Learn more about how the microenvironment regulates cell behaviour in @dev-journal.bsky.social's Special Issue - The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells #DevSIextracellular, currently being compiled for completion this summer journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...

Now at #gfe2026, @katjaroeper.bsky.social shows how, in making tubes, individual cells organise supracellular 'cables' across tissues that provide zones protected from large mechanical forces, highlighting the value of cross-scale perspectives. See Katja's recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review⤵️

More on temperature now at #gfe2026, with @girishkalephd.bsky.social exploring how fly embryos adapt to changes in environmental temperature and why high temperatures are lethal. Girish is one of @dev-journal.bsky.social's Pathway to Independence fellows. Learn more about Girish in this interview⤵️

Girish has also written an 'In preprints' article for @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... If you're interested in writing and commissioning these articles, Development currently has a call for Preprint Editors until 30 March Learn more here: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pr...

Dilp8/Lgr3 sets the beat of spontaneous #Drosophila ovulation This Research Highlight showcases work by Alisson Gontijo, Andres Garelli and colleagues journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Check out our conference attendance calendar to connect with our Editors at other upcoming meetings and conferences journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/co...

We are pleased to sponsor the joint meeting on Development & Regeneration, starting this afternoon. Visit the @biologists.bsky.social's exhibit to pick up some Development at a glance posters and postcards from @the-node.bsky.social. Also see our Executive Editor's (@amjeve.uk) talk on Thursday.

Lh3 lights the way for optic nerve regeneration in #zebrafish This Research Highlight showcases work by Beth Harvey, Michael Granato and colleagues (@upenncgh.bsky.social) . journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Ready for #SYStem2026 next week? Our Reviews Editor @saanjbati.bsky.social is also attending the whole meeting and will be available at the ‘Meet the editor’ session on 12 March 2026 during the coffee breaks to talk about @dev-journal.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social

Highlighting preprint stories from within the preLights community 📽️ Here, Teodora narrates her preprint showing that functional decline in the ageing retinal epithelium results from a change in the mechanical balance of the tissue due to natural cell loss! #Short ⬇️ www.youtube.com/shorts/CWYRX...

Our Executive Editor @amjeve.uk will be speaking at the Development & Regeneration joint international meeting of the GfE, DSDB and @sebioldev.bsky.social in Germany next week. Visit The Company of Biologists' booth to speak to him about Development, @the-node.bsky.social & @biologists.bsky.social

excited that this work is on the cover!

Issue 4 is complete! On the cover: Neural crest genes in X. laevis embryos (NF stages: 13, 15, 17 and 20). Left to right: snai2 - cyan, green, green, yellow; foxd3 - magenta, magenta, yellow, magenta. See the Research Article by Andrew Montequin and Carole LaBonne: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Scavenging for drains in the brain: depleted lymphatic cells replaced by new vasculature This Research Highlight showcases work from Stefan Schulte-Merker and colleagues ( @uni-muenster.de ): journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Really interesting article about fracture in developing tissues. For a deep dive into examples across species, you can also check out @rashmi-priya.bsky.social and @torres-sanchez.bsky.social's recent Review in Development @dev-journal.bsky.social ⬇️ journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Very happy about this nice piece of work by @eugeniapitsili.bsky.social on developmentally controlled cell death in plants @dev-journal.bsky.social‬ ! Special thanks also to @ingridtsang.bsky.social for a terrific editorial job bringing out the best of this manuscript!! doi.org/10.1242/dev....

In this Primer, @eugeniapitsili.bsky.social and @moritznowack.bsky.social discuss the cellular and molecular frameworks governing the initiation and execution of programmed cell death in plants: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

New from @dev-journal.bsky.social: we're launching a new initiative and hiring Preprint Editors to help navigate the growing world of preprints in developmental & stem cell biology Join our community & shape the future of research journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

We are inviting experienced researchers to apply to become Preprint Editors, a new type of editorial role responsible for handling our 'In preprints' articles and forging links with preprint literature. #prepints Learn more and apply before 30 March 2026: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pr...

A metabolic paradox: mTor promotes lysosome biogenesis in sea urchin embryos This Research Highlight showcases work from Sonia Dufour, Julia Morales and colleagues (@cnrs.fr): journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Transitions in development – an interview with Soumyashree Das We caught up with Soumyashree from @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social to talk about her research on vascular development and regeneration, and her experience establishing a new lab under pandemic conditions: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

How to build the regulatory genome: a constructionist guide to the cis-regulatory code @carldeboer.bsky.social and colleagues summarise some of the 2024 @biologists.bsky.social Workshop's discussions on constructionist approaches in genome regulation: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

There's still time to submit your research manuscript to Development's special issue on the extracellular environment. Deadline: 1 March 2026. Browse the articles that have already been published here: journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...

Incisor knowledge: ZBTB20 directs dental differentiation and proliferation This Research Highlight showcases work from Zhifang Xie, Weiping J. Zhang, Jiang Tao and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Time plays the matchmaker: early-born ganglion neurons connect with early-born central neurons This Research Highlight showcases work from Stephanie Huang, @denagoldblatt.bsky.social and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Our Associate Editor, Samantha Morris, will be attending the @fusionconf.bsky.social, Probing Human Disease using Single-Cell Technologies, in Mexico on 1 March. Please speak to Sam about publishing your own #SingleCell studies in Development. #SingleCellTech #FusionHumanDisease

Gut instincts: hAGOs to model human stomach development This Research Highlight showcases work from Daniel O. Kechele, James M. Wells and colleagues (@cincyresearch.bsky.social): journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...