#JobOffer Join an exciting project in a growing team! @sebioldev.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social @segenetica.bsky.social @sebbm.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @pablodeolavide.upo.es @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

#Collagen IV intercellular concentrations mediate cell–cell #adhesion in the #Drosophila #adipose tissue. New study from Almasoud, Franz et al. @ucl-cdb.bsky.social finds that the adipose tissue has apical-basal cell #polarity, which regulates this adhesion. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting! Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us! bsdb.org/meetings/ March 23-26, 2026 - UK

Looks like a fantastic meeting. Register now.

Don't forget to register for our upcoming Spring Meeting: 'Molecules to Morphogenesis' Get your abstracts submitted by the 16th of January! bsdb.org/meetings

Don't forget to register for our Spring Meeting: Dynamic Cell VI A joint meeting with the @biochemsoc.bsky.social Super early bird registration ends 21st Jan

We are looking for a Bioinformatician (both graduate and postdoctoral levels) to join our lab. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity! Applicants should submit their motivation letter, full CV and academic record to Juan R. Martínez-Morales: [email protected]

I’m thrilled to share the first preprint from the Piacentino Lab @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social! We show that developing inner ear requires a secreted lipid chaperone, APOD, working in a positive feedback loop to amplify FGF/MAPK signaling. 👂 #DevBio Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroup www.nature.com/articles/s41... - so cool!

Julie Nielsen, Richard Treisman and colleagues @crick.ac.uk find that MRTFs link cytoskeletal dynamics to cell cycle progression. Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #OpenAccess #ReadandPublish

This is really cool work!

With Byung Ho Lee and Kana Fuji as first/lead authors, @anne-grapin.bsky.social group, @utokyoofficial.bsky.social, Inst. of Physics of Academia Sinica, & @igbmc.bsky.social found the shape of lumens in the developing pancreas is controlled by pressure & proliferation. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Predicting cell state in previously unseen conditions has typically required retraining for each new biological context. Today, Arc is releasing Stack, a foundation model that learns to simulate cell state under novel conditions directly at inference time, no fine-tuning required.

Microscopy Bat signal! I want to compile a list of biological samples that demonstrate microscope capabilities, including the reagents to generate them. Please send me anything you know of!! Beads are great for QC, but there's a different teaching benefit with biology. 1/n

Meningeal lymphatic drainage: novel insights into central nervous system disease Drain immune cell, neurotoxic protein, senescent astrocyte Lymphangiogenesis & Valvulogenesis 👉CCBE1▶️VEGFC processing 👉Piezo1 👉CGRP-CLR/RAMP 👉SOX18 👉GATA2 #STTT 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Organoid technology is one of the most significant advancements deriving from developmental biology. Yet, many aspects of the biology of organoid itself remain elusive, one of which is the role of mesenchymal stem cells. This review: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd... by Wang et al discusses this in detail.

Join us next week for #DevPres to hear 3 of our PI fellows talk about the environment & evolution 14 January 15:00 GMT/UTC With talks from @ethanewe.bsky.social, @maxfarnworth.bsky.social & @sonyawiden.bsky.social, chaired by @pritiagarwal.bsky.social. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DevPres

And if you can't make it, we at CSH Protocols have put together a collection of reviews and protocols for work on Xenopus! Guest edited by Hazel L. Sive. Link below.

Modern Xenopus research uses this system to study #devbio, genetic diseases, biomechanics, and cell biology. If you want hands-on experience, register now to the CSHL Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... Deadline: January 16, 2026

Link to collection: cshprotocols.cshlp.org/site/misc/ma...

Modern Xenopus research uses this system to study #devbio, genetic diseases, biomechanics, and cell biology. If you want hands-on experience, register now to the CSHL Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... Deadline: January 16, 2026

This is our last post of the year. Hope you have a wonderful holidays. Remember, good science only comes from a well-rested mind. We will see you again next year! #MicroscopyMonday #Christmas Image: 3D Christmas spheroids Staining: Phalloidin Photo credit: Postdoc Hoang Anh Le, @ucl-cdb.bsky.social

Thank you for all the engagements. Have a wonderful holiday. We will see you again next year 👋

This is our last post of the year. Hope you have a wonderful holidays. Remember, good science only comes from a well-rested mind. We will see you again next year! #MicroscopyMonday #Christmas Image: 3D Christmas spheroids Staining: Phalloidin Photo credit: Postdoc Hoang Anh Le, @ucl-cdb.bsky.social

The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.) scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Meeting Alert! Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting! 👇 @socdevbio.bsky.social @insdb.bsky.social @bscb-official.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social

Check out Part II of our special collection celebrating the centennial of the discovery of the organiser. From classical developmental biology, to tissue mechanics, and organoid and plant development, we've got it all!

❗PREPRINT ALERT❗ doi.org/10.64898/202... The lab of M. Lisa Manning at @syracuseu.bsky.social in collaboration with Ale Mongera at @ucl-cdb.bsky.social show that in the avian presomitic mesoderm, Contact Inhibition of Locomotion has a tissue-wide effect, making tissue act like a fluid under tension.

Congrats to the leading author @agrigas.bsky.social!

❗PREPRINT ALERT❗ doi.org/10.64898/202... The lab of M. Lisa Manning at @syracuseu.bsky.social in collaboration with Ale Mongera at @ucl-cdb.bsky.social show that in the avian presomitic mesoderm, Contact Inhibition of Locomotion has a tissue-wide effect, making tissue act like a fluid under tension.

Check out Part II of our special collection celebrating the centennial of the discovery of the organiser. From classical developmental biology, to tissue mechanics, and organoid and plant development, we've got it all!

Check out the summary written by our Editor in Chief, Professor Roberto Mayor: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... And if you missed it, here is the link to Part I of the collection: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

We're in love with this cover image! 🧡 Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...

One of our favourite activities each year too.

Predicting and Designing Red Fluorescent Protein Variants Using Sequence-to-Function Machine Learning Models by Yufeng Zhao and team: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Looks like a really useful tool!

#SpatialTranscriptomics STcompare github.com/JEFworks-Lab... Test your gene of interest if it is differentially spatially patterned (r, p, s)🤠 Spatial correlation Spatial fold change Control for spatial autocorrelation @jef.works bioRxiv 2025 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Vertebrates can use entirely different mechanisms to generate its anterior and posterior dorsal tissue. In this thorough review from the lab of Lance Davidson, different morphogenetic events are compared between the front and the back in a developing embryo. Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

Check out this work from @yuritakahashi.bsky.social that reveals reciprocal interactions between cell migration and fate specific to drive collective cell invasion. And follow Yuri at the same time

Hi bsky! How do cells coordinate fate with migration during development? 🐣 Turns out EMT doesn't just drive cell behaviour changes... it actively primes BMP signalling competence, creating a reciprocal coupling that drives collective invasion! (@bensteventon.bsky.social lab) tinyurl.com/2ncc8zap

Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking. It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... [1/6]

You can also find the Github code here: github.com/WhoIsJack/Dy...

Do your samples move out of view? Tired of manually adjusting the stage? Introducing DySTrack developed by @zimengwu33.bsky.social and Jonas Hartmann from UCL, a tool that can be integrated into modern microscopes to automate the tracking of moving samples. #MicroscopyMonday doi.org/10.64898/202...

Do your samples move out of view? Tired of manually adjusting the stage? Introducing DySTrack developed by @zimengwu33.bsky.social and Jonas Hartmann from UCL, a tool that can be integrated into modern microscopes to automate the tracking of moving samples. #MicroscopyMonday doi.org/10.64898/202...

We have one of those too, by Lizhong Liu and Jun Wu. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Stunning poster. Yo @cellsdev.bsky.social, can we have our version too?

This makes a fantastic poster to compare the differences between models of development.

Primate amnion development In this Review, Nikola Sekulovski, Amber E. Carleton, Chien-Wei Lin and Kenichiro Taniguchi (@taniguchi-lab.bsky.social) discuss recent advances in primate amnion development doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Decoding the role of SOX2 in retinal progenitor competence This Research Highlight showcases the work of Fuyun Bian, Kimiasadat Golestaneh, Emily Davis, Abdullah Khan, Issam Al Diri and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Great to see this published: Fitting dynamical landscape models to single-cell data, creating interpretable maps of cell decision making & developmental logic Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...