The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting is gonna be awesome! DEADLINE to register is June 1st! Sign up now! scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

We look forward to welcoming @rashmi-priya.bsky.social at @crick.ac.uk, Prof. Paul Riley at @idrm.ox.ac.uk@ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk & @carolineleiwee.bsky.social at A*STAR-IMCB in September! For a full list of speakers, check out: www.zdmsociety.org/speakers

*** GRC Developmental Biology 2027 - Jan 17-22 @ Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort *** Join us for a fabulous 2027 Gordon Conference on all things #devbio & the trainee-led GRS! More info on registration, abstract submission, et al., here: www.grc.org/developmenta... #GRCDevBio2027 🧬🐭🐟🪰🌱❤️

Elephants in the spotlight! Two recent features highlight research from the Milinkovitch lab: @quantamagazine.bsky.social on the mechanics behind African elephant skin cracking, and Horizon on how elephant trunk biomechanics inspire versatile soft robotic grippers. www.lanevol.org/news/article...

How plants pattern with precision and flexibility Thoroughly enjoyed reading this review by Mabel and @stanfordstomata.bsky.social it nicely explores asymmetric cell division as a strategy for generating diversity, linking early symmetry-breaking to stable cell fates across plants and algae.

The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publisher that exists to support biologists and inspire biology. This video tells you more about our aims and activities.

Cambridge → Boston → Cambridge again: I’m thrilled to return to Cambridge(UK) to open my lab at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge!🥳 (mzhulab.com) We study how dev timing shapes and being shaped by plasticity, evolution & ageing. 🚩Hiring at all levels: pls email me if interested!📩

Happy to share our new paper on collective cell dynamics. Great work from Yuan Shen @ijmonod.bsky.social ! Dynamic heterogeneity and hidden fluidity in dense epithelial tissues | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Did you know that fully half of the talks at the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting this year will be chosen from submitted abstracts? It's true! Great opportunities for trainees and PIs, too! @socdevbio.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Welcome 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows Maëlle Bellec, @iamzico.bsky.social, @evhealy.bsky.social, @josepmercadal.bsky.social, @nikhil-mishra.bsky.social, Jessica Perochon, Yamini Ravichandran & Margherita Zamboni More info journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

Now published. Congrats to Soham and all co-authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... @embl.org

Did you know the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting has an entire session just for NEW PI Talks? And a New PI Keynote Talk? It does! These will be chosen from the abstracts. New PIs, sign up! @socdevbio.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

A question I get asked all the time by @dev-journal.bsky.social authors "Why does it cost so much to publish a paper?" We break down the finances and explain where the money goes Spoiler: quality publishing takes a village (people + infrastructure) journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

🐟!JOB ALERT!Duke, Durham, NC!🐟 We are looking for a research tech (our current tech is starting grad school this Fall (Yay!)). The candidate will contribute to our ongoing research projects on tissue morphogenesis using zebrafish. Please RT🙏 www.munjallab.com/join-us

A unique opportunity to lead the most wonderful company in scientific publishing (I might be slightly biased here). The Company of Biologists are searching for a CEO. www.inspiredselection.com/jobs/jo00000...

Finished your PhD & looking for a Postdoc position? Intrigued by #zebrafish heart morphogenesis? Job available in the @rashmi-priya.bsky.social Lab at @crick.ac.uk (Initial 4 years funding w/ potential for 2 additional years)🐟❤️ More details: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Please share 🧪

New paper alert!🤩Super proud that our story led by superstar postdocs @liujinghui.bsky.social and @nerlielisa.bsky.social is finally out! We found how electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth!!! A thread 🧵https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec0687

How does tissue mechanics drive the evolutionary diversity of forms/morphology we see around us? Our views and review of literature on the importance of studying forms, and more authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Our study on shape diversity in cnidarians is now published. The final version includes extensive new data that substantially extend the original bioRxiv preprint. Congrats to everyone who contributed to this work! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @embl.org

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....

"...I have learnt that success does not overcome bias. Women are doubted until they overdeliver... the glass ceiling remains. Cracked it might be, but it still holds..." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are very proud to present our newest paper on the role of Wnt signalling in abscission dynamics in stem cells! A brief thread to entice you to read Snježana’s exciting foray into signalling.

This was fun! Thanks @quantamagazine.bsky.social for the feature. Read this piece ⬇️ why Breaking is not always Bad in biology —and is often the first step toward building something new!

“In biology, breaking isn’t always a failure,” said the developmental biologist Rashmi Priya (right). “It’s often a necessary step in building something new.” www.quantamagazine.org/break-it-to-...

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...

Let's get this hashtag started! The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting is happen this August! We will share updates using #SCDB26. Can't wait! scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

We welcome submissions to our upcoming special issue on the extracellular environment, guest edited by @hugheslabpenn.bsky.social and @rashmi-priya.bsky.social. Send your #devbio, #regeneration and #stemcell papers by 1 March 2026. For more information, see journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...

Excited to share our work on epithelial multilayering - identifying why stem cell stay in the basal layer and how and why differentiating cells move up. Great collab with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen labs! Check out preprint and great summary below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Development builds... But it also breaks! Planarians split to reproduce. Hydra tears open a mouth. Embryos fracture to make cavities. Failure? No. Fracture is essential to development. Our new review on fracture physics and its uses in development: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Switching fields or wanting to become an expert in #zebrafish research? The @mblscience.bsky.social 2026 Zebrafish Development & Genetics course offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from leaders in the field! Application deadline: March 2 Please spread the word! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word! @mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Our latest with @torres-sanchez.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article-... Breaking isn’t always a bad thing! Think of birth, seed release... We highlight how living tissue not only tolerates fractures but actively fracture to grow, shape, reproduce, or adapt – across species and scales.

Such an absolute honour 🙏 Thank You @bscb-official.bsky.social Incredibly lucky to be surrounded by the most supportive colleagues and community. This award truly belongs to my wonderful, wonderful lab @crick.ac.uk

We are delighted to announce that @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @ucllifesciences.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Postdoctoral researcher medal You can read about Giulia's work on how tissues withstand mechanical stress here: bscb.org/postdoctoral...

#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 sdbonline.org/gethired

We spy a few #zebrafish peeps as invited speakers 🤩

The message here is that publishing in Development might not be as hard as you think. This is supported by policy changes such as: - publishing peer review history files where authors agree - cross-reviewer consultation - ongoing editor consultation - using 'Limitations' sections [1/2]

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

Really happy to see my PhD first-author paper published in @nature.com! I’m very grateful to have worked with such a great team. Huge thanks to Urša Uršič, Michael Staddon, and Jan Brugués, as well as the @brugueslab.bsky.social, and the @poldresden.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de community!

How can cells use information from neighboring cells to improve the spatial precision of morphogen patterns? 🤔 We show that cells can gain positional information by "talking" to their neighbors - how much depends critically on spatial correlations of the patterns. buff.ly/w56OUJT

We welcome submissions to our upcoming special issue on the extracellular environment, guest edited by @hugheslabpenn.bsky.social and @rashmi-priya.bsky.social. Send your #devbio, #regeneration and #stemcell papers by 1 March 2026. For more information, see journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...

After all the anticipation - FrugalScience 2026 - a collaborative global collective is LIVE again for 2026 season. www.frugalscience.org Apply - deadline 9th January (midnight)

(1/n) What if you never had to make your bed? What if your laundry could fold itself? Folding is everywhere around us - but did you know that folding flat sheets are at the ❤️ of diversity of shapes in the animal world - since 500 million years ago. Our latest work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nudC...

Transitions in development – an interview with Alejandro Torres-Sánchez We caught up with Alejandro @torres-sanchez.bsky.social from @embl.org Barcelona to talk about his path to becoming a group leader, ongoing collaborations and addressing gender imbalance in the lab. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...

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

As part of our #biologists100 celebrations, historian Nick Hopwood looks back over the history of our journal and the story of how we came to be named Development. Read 'Identities of an embryology journal in a molecular age; or, How Development got its name' here: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Enjoying a visit @DBT_inStem & @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social Beautiful campus, great Science, amazing students Thank you @InamdarManeesha for the opportunity and @kvijayraghavan.bsky.social for a stimulating conversation