Are you ready to share your science with the world? ISD Travel Awards provide financial support to help members present their work in cell and developmental biology at major scientific meetings. Apply now to expand your reach: https://bit.ly/4gp0go3 The deadline is Feb 28.

“Odd-skipped family members have conserved roles in segmentation, appendage, excretory system and gut development in bilaterian animals,” by Vasikar Murugapoopathy et al. Read the open access Perspectives article in Differentiation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2025.100930

Review article: Siti Nurnasihah Md Hashim et al. explored how chemical and mechanical microenvironments cooperate to guide epithelial commitment across both conventional 2D and advanced 3D culture models. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2026.100931

New to Differentiation: Explore the curated collection of 11 articles highlighting the latest key advancements and discoveries in osteo biology—from 2023 to present: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10DXVD79TL0

Parth Aphale, Himanshu Shekhar, and Shashank Dokania provide a critical appraisal of “Osteocyte-like differentiation of osteosarcoma by inorganic phosphate,” by Suzuki et al. (Differentiation, 2025, 146:100912). Read the letter to the editor to learn more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2025.100915

Deadline approaching: Submit to the forthcoming Differentiation special issue, “Splicing in Development and Disease,” by December 30, 2025! Learn more about the scope, guest editors, and benefits of publishing in a special issue: https://bit.ly/4o6TAxW

“fam20b-dependent proteoglycans do not affect dermal bone formation and fin regeneration, but Bmp signalling promotes fin regenerate outgrowth,” by Elham Koosha et al. Read the open access article in Differentiation to learn more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2025.100914

Thank you, everyone, who joined the latest “Biological Differentiation Across the Scales” virtual seminar last week with Pavani P. Perera from Misty Riddle’s lab at @unevadareno.bsky.social. Couldn’t attend the live seminar? The recording is now available online! Watch now: https://bit.ly/4oIeT9k 🐟

TOMORROW: Join the Editors-in-Chief of Differentiation at 12:00 p.m. Central for a free virtual seminar with Pavani P. Perera. Registration closes 30 minutes before the event: https://bit.ly/4oaU71P Article: https://bit.ly/478UZhu

Please join us on Friday November 14th for: Differentiation Across Scales, "Enteric neural crest development in Astyanax mexicanus surface fish and cavefish.” Our presenter will be Pavani Ponnimbaduge Perera from Misty Riddle’s lab. It’s free to register! my.isdifferentiation.org/ISD/Events/E...

Mirco Galiè summarizes studies that support the hypothesis that the partially or fully mesenchymal phenotype might represent a general paradigm of stem cell plasticity underlying embryonic development, regenerative potential, as well as their pathological counterparts: https://bit.ly/3JADAW0

Interested in development? Cave fish? Enteric nervous system? Pretty pictures? Please join us next Friday! We are looking forward to the talk! 🤩

One week left to register! Join the Editors-in-Chief of Differentiation on November 14 at 12:00 p.m. Central for a virtual seminar with Pavani P. Perera on the enteric nervous system, evolution, and cave fish. Register for free: https://bit.ly/4oaU71P Topic: https://bit.ly/478UZhu

Call for papers: Are you studying the role of splicing in development and how disruption of these processes leads to disease? Submit your manuscript to the “Splicing in Development and Disease” special issue by December 30, 2025! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4o6TAxW

Review article: “Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering potential of mesenchymal stem cells exosomes-derived microRNAs,” by Navidreza Shayan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2025.100911

Just announced: Join the Editors-in-Chief of Differentiation and Pavani P. Perera for the upcoming "Biological Differentiation Across the Scales" virtual seminar on November 14, at 12–1:30 p.m. Central! Topic: https://bit.ly/478UZhu Register for free: https://bit.ly/4oaU71P

NEW: The Editors-in-Chief of Differentiation, @rogerslabucd.bsky.social, @uribelab.bsky.social, and Loydie Jerome-Majewska, have curated a special collection of papers, “Osteo biology: from differentiation to regeneration.” Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/3JlXEey

Yuya Suzuki et al. evaluated the ability of two types of Pi (i.e., disodium phosphate [Na2HPO4] and monosodium phosphate [NaH2PO4]) to promote the osteogenic differentiation of osteosarcoma cells. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2025.100912

“Inhibition of Atg13-mediated autophagy enhances the anti-osteoclastogenic effect of sirolimus by counteracting its pro-autophagic activity,” by Tingwei Gao et al.: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

📢 Deadline extended: Submit to the "Splicing in Development and Disease" special issue by December 30, 2025! Guest editors: Natoya Peart and Karine Choquet Learn more and submit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/322731/splicing-in-development-and-disease

Arne C. Lekven, Sarah Empie, and Richard Saoud review the history of Wnt1, its gene structure and regulation, expression, loss-of-function consequences, and connection to human disease. Read “One Wnt to lead them all: a Wnt1 primer” to learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

Join the editors-in-chief of Differentiation on July 11 at 1:30 p.m. Central for a virtual seminar with Julie Siegenthaler on retinoic acid signaling in retina endothelial cells and early angiogenesis. 👁️🔬💉 Register for free: www.isdifferentiation.org/Events/Semin...

“The primary cilia: Orchestrating cranial neural crest cell development,” by Hiroyuki Yamaguchi et al., discusses the current understanding of the role of cilia and potential mechanisms of ciliogenesis in cranial neural crest cells. Learn more: Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

The "Biological Differentiation Across the Scales" virtual seminar series kicked off on April 28 with an insightful, engaging talk by @ecbrooks96.bsky.social. Missed it live? Watch the recording: www.isdifferentiation.org/Journal/Page... @rogerslabucd.bsky.social @uribelab.bsky.social #devbio

This paper is now published at @diffjournal.bsky.social! Congratulations to all the hardworking students who made it happen! Shout out to authors 1 & 2! MJ is our “axolotl whisperer” and Raneesh is our computational wizard- both DVM/PhD students @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social! 💫 doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

Excited to be the inaugural speaker for this new seminar series from @diffjournal.bsky.social. I’ll be presenting on work from my PhD thesis focused on the role of cilia in lower jaw development. Thanks to Loydie Jerome-Majewska, @rogerslabucd.bsky.social, and @uribelab.bsky.social for the invite!

Join us for Biological Differentiation Across the Scales, a free virtual seminar series from Differentiation. Hear from authors and the editors-in-chief as they discuss key research. Stay at the forefront of biological differentiation—register now: www.isdifferentiation.org/Events/Semin... #devbio

Hello everyone! Differentiation has arrived on Bluesky! We are the flagship journal for the International Society of Differentiation with EICs- Loydie Jerome-Majewska, Crystal Rogers (@rogerslabucd.bsky.social), and Rosa Uribe @uribelab.bsky.social). Please consider us when you are submitting!