It's in the blood: non-cell-autonomous retinoic acid signalling governs definitive haematopoiesis This Research Highlight showcases work by Gordon Keller and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

🚨 Development's 20206 meeting Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos 🔬 @dev-journal.bsky.social & @wellcometrust.bsky.social - funded consortium HDBI's 2026 🗓️ 7 - 9 September 2026 University of Warwick, UK

Development Editor Peter Rugg-Gunn will be attending the upcoming International Dutch Embryo Model Meeting from 7-8 May 2026. Don't forget to speak to Peter about your next @dev-journal.bsky.social paper.

Attending the Weinstein Cardiovascular Development & Regeneration Conference? @weinsteinconf.bsky.social Take a look at our 2026 subject collection on cardiovascular development and regeneration, curated by @kenposs.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/collection/5...

Are you currently at the Weinstein Cardiovascular Development & Regeneration Conference? @weinsteinconf.bsky.social Development Editors, @benoitbruneau.bsky.social and @kenposs.bsky.social, are present - do make sure that you chat to them about publishing with us.

Antonio García-Bellido (1936-2025) In this Obituary, Marco Milán @milanlab.bsky.social discusses Antonio García-Bellido's legacy: his distinguished career, his mentorship and appointments to the world's leading scientific bodies. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Will you be there at the 9th Annual London Stem Cell Network Symposium on 15 May 2026? @lscn.bsky.social Reviews Editor @saanjbati.bsky.social will be attending to answer all your questions about @dev-journal.bsky.social, @the-node.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social.

The vertebrate yolk sac: evolutionary origins & current advances in #invitromodels Blagrove & co examine the evolution of the extra-embryonic endoderm, an evolutionarily ancient tissue co-opted to form the yolk sac, & explore how in vitro models are uncovering its biology. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Did you know authors are welcome to include a translation of their abstract in an additional language in all our journals: @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social?

I'm very excited to contribute to @dev-journal.bsky.social through its 'In preprints' series! I'm anyways always following cool preprints with my lab, we'll have fun covering them or inviting colleagues to do so (:

Excited to share that I’ve joined @dev-journal.bsky.social as a Preprint Editor. I’ll be highlighting interesting preprints and would love to involve others - if you’re keen to write about new work in the field, feel free to reach out 🚀🧠🧫

📣 One week left for early-bird registration. We have teamed up with the @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded consortium Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) to co-organise our 2026 Journal Meeting. Register by 8 May for early-bird registration at biologists.com/meetings/dev.... #HumanDev26

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

Issue 7 is now complete! On the cover: The cell-to-cell variability arising from stochastic transcriptional activity in a developing #Drosophila embryo. DAPI (blue), anti-spectrin (yellow), snaTATAlight>yellow (transgene, smiFISH in magenta). See Maillard et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Over the moon to see this work from my PhD finally published in Development! Using a combination of structural biology and genetics we identify an avidity-driven mechanism of BMP signal control in the extracellular space. (1/11)

Arnold Kriegstein from @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social will be speaking on "Genomic insights into early human brain development, evolution and disease" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/dev... Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

There is one week left to submit an abstract for the @socdevbio.bsky.social 85th Annual Meeting. If you are attending the meeting, remember to chat with @amjeve.uk and @andreamurillo.bsky.social to know more about @dev-journal.bsky.social, @the-node.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social.

An avidity-driven mechanism of extracellular BMP regulation by Twisted gastrulation Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by @garethmoore.bsky.social, @hilaryashe.bsky.social & co from @mcf-uom.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... #Drosophila

Are you attending the upcoming 11th International Symposium on Root Development? 11thinternationalsymposiumonrootdevelopment.com @andreamurillo.bsky.social will be there to talk about @dev-journal.bsky.social, @the-node.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social's charitable activities.

John Gurdon (1933-2025) Sir John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. In this Obituary, Jim Smith writes about his legacy. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

One week until the early-bird deadline for @dev-journal.bsky.social Meeting in September on Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos. Check out the programme & great line-up of speakers at tinyurl.com/85aeazvs and secure your discounted registration by 8 May: tinyurl.com/a87am9d6

The dynamic evolution of panarthropod germ cell specification mechanisms In this Review, Jonchee Kao, Cassandra Extavour & co outline how germline specification mechanisms have evolved dynamically across panarthropods. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Primitive streak cells retain broad fate potential uncoupled from cadherin switching This Research Highlight showcases work by Ye Zhu and Aryeh Warmflash. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Development is pleased to support the poster prizes for this #Morpho5 symposium, with our own Reviews Editor, @saanjbati.bsky.social, attending as well.

Jean-Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social will be speaking on "Mechanics of blastocyst morphogenesis" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/dev... Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

In preprints: re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis @zhumeng123.bsky.social discusses 3 recent preprints that extend the perspective that oxygen availability may function not merely as a permissive condition, but as an active developmental regulator. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

We are pleased to welcome 8 new fellows to our Pathway to Independence programme. Welcome Maëlle Bellec, @iamzico.bsky.social, @evhealy.bsky.social, @josepmercadal.bsky.social, @nikhil-mishra.bsky.social, Jessica Perochon, Yamini Ravichandran & Margherita Zamboni. Read more⤵️ tinyurl.com/4bk4wrk7

Development presents... finalists of the 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize 🏆 🚨One week left to register for @dev-journal.bsky.social's #DevPres webinar featuring two finalists of the 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize. 👇 thenode.biologists.com/devpres_2025...

From eating to mating: ZFH-2 is required for alimentary tract and gonad development in worms This Research Highlight showcases work by Antoine Sussfeld, Oliver Hobert, @surojitsural.bsky.social & co. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Attending 'Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues: Emergence and Self-Organization' by @lakeconferences.bsky.social? Editors, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social, @pfrancois.bsky.social, @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social & Matthias Lutolf, are present - chat to them about publishing with us. tinyurl.com/yvrse8se

Editor in chief of Development @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social opening the floor today at the Allen Institute Lake Conference 2026 meeting ! @biologists.bsky.social

📢 Register for our #DevPres webinar featuring the finalists of the 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize The webinar, chaired by Steve Wilson, features talks from Xi Yang and Bénédicte Lefèvre @drosopachea.bsky.social. 🗓️29 April, 15:00 GMT/UTC us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Attending the @bscb-official.bsky.social tomorrow? Be sure to visit the @biologists.bsky.social exhibit and chat with our colleagues at @jcellsci.bsky.social. Also, take a look at our 2026 cell biology subject collection, curated by @swathiarur.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

These images show live embryos of animals (jellyfish, crustacean, worm, sea urchin, sea squirt, beetle) and one of animals closest single-celled relatives. They were captured taking advantage of fluorescent proteins localised on the outer membrane of cells, allowing us to observe cell outlines. 1/9

I almost forgot: a big thank you to Development's @dev-journal.bsky.social editorial and production teams for being supportive, flexible and responsive re: editorial communication and deadlines, during a period when I faced a serious health problem. It means a lot to have this support.

Anna Beaudin @beaudinlab.bsky.social will be speaking on "Developmental origins of tissue immunity: modelling the effects of early life inflammation" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September. #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/dev... Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

📢Register for our #DevPres webinar featuring the finalists of the 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize The webinar, chaired by Steve Wilson, features talks from Xi Yang and Bénédicte Lefèvre @drosopachea.bsky.social. 🗓️29 April, 15:00 GMT/UTC us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Register for On Demand Access to @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #StemCell Models of #Embryology, to explore emerging research #KSEmbryology26 Visit hubs.la/Q03VtrQK0 and click on Pricing & Registration

Congratulations to the @dev-journal.bsky.social 2025 Outstanding Paper nominations, & special mention to the winner by Yang et al doi.org/10.1242/dev.... For the top three nominations and an interview with the winners see: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

‼️The registration for the Development Journal Meeting 2026 - Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos is now open. This year marks a collaboration between @dev-journal.bsky.social and the Human Developmental Biology Initiative consortium. www.biologists.com/meetings/dev...

Deeply honored to be among the finalists of @dev-journal.bsky.social 's 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize for the latest article of my PhD, together with Michael Lang, @courtier-orgogozo.bsky.social and our colleagues! doi.org/10.1242/dev.204662 1/3

One month until early-bird deadline for @dev-journal.bsky.social & @wellcometrust.bsky.social-funded consortium HDBI's 2026 Meeting on Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos. Check out the programme biologists.com/meetings/dev... and register by 8 May www.biologists.com/meetings/dev...

WNT activity disrupts early neuronal fate specification This Research Highlight showcases work by Amrita Singh @amritacantsing.bsky.social, Shubha Tole @shubhatole.bsky.social and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

@dev-journal.bsky.social’s 2025 outstanding paper prize. The top nominees include a fetal human heart atlas from the group of Heather Etchevers and Stéphane Zaffran, that I nominated journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Congratulations to Xi Yang, Yun Zhou & co for winning our 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize. Their paper addresses broad & long-standing questions about how cells become new stem cell populations in the fern Ceratopteris. Read the Editorial: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... Paper: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Catch up on Development presents… webinar on neural development Our February webinar featured early-career researchers studying neural development. Here, we share the talks from Joaquín Navajas Acedo @mads100tist.bsky.social & Carlo Donato Caiaffa. #DevPres thenode.biologists.com/catch-up-on-...

Jason Spence will be speaking on "Using organoids to interrogate human development and cellular heterogeneity" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/dev... Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

Opposing roles for lipocalins and a CD36 family scavenger receptor in apical extracellular matrix-dependent protection of narrow tube integrity Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by @bellefeuille.bsky.social, Meera Sundaram & colleagues. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Issue 6 is now complete! On the cover: Fluorescence micrograph of a Caenorhabditis elegans gonadal region showing the spermatheca (cyan) and adjacent syncytial gonad (magenta). For more details, see Chan et al. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

"Cell Cycle in Plant Development and Reprogramming”, @dev-journal.bsky.social W/ a fantastic ECR, Prof. Laura Lee @uncbiology.bsky.social! Artwork by Dr. Ramin Rahni. Thanks for the wonderful opportunity @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🌱 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...