We have launched a call for the renewal of the Society’s logo, and we invite developmental biologists working in Latin America, as well as Latin American developmental biologists working abroad, to participate in this contest. More information at lasdb-development.org/pages/news.h...

We’ve made our website more accessible and inclusive 🌎 Latinx in Developmental Biology is now available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese — so more of our community can connect, learn, and be represented. 🔗 sites.google.com/view/latinxi... Inclusion matters in science 💙 #LatinxDB

Read about our awesome chair @niasv.bsky.social. From the Peruvean Andes to the Californian coast 🧫 🧬 🧪 #stemcells

✨ Meet Estefanía Sanchez-Vasquez, our 2025–2026 Chair. @niasv.bsky.social From exploring nature in the Andes to stem cell research, her journey shows where curiosity leads 🧬🔬 Now she pairs cutting-edge tools with mentorship to make academia more accessible. Read: sites.google.com/view/latinxi...

🚨 Last Day❗❗to submit your abstract for the Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting 2026 in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 Don’t miss your chance to share your science, connect with the dev bio community, and join us in Vegas ➡️ www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg_abst... ✨ #SDB2026 #DevBio

Yay! Our paper is now out @emboreports.org! I posted about it a while back (tinyurl.com/yc7td3px) but the work really improved thanks to the wonderful feedback from three anonymous reviewers 🙏 (1/4)

Opportunity for the Global South! #LatinxDB

🥁 New Latinx in Dev Bio interview! From Argentina to the world 🇦🇷🌎🔬 Martín Estermann shares his journey, research, and exciting next step—starting his own lab at the Czech Academy of Sciences. @martinestermann.bsky.social Read here: sites.google.com/view/latinxi... #DevBio #LatinxInSTEM #NewPI

PASEDB community 🤩 We are excited to announce our first Research Webinar series called: ⭐️EvoDevo Mondays⭐️ Save the date - April 13 With our amazing speakers @luiza-o-saad.bsky.social and João Francisco Botelho Session chair Professor Natalia Pabón-Mora #PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #EvoDevo

🚨New paper out in Cell Reports ‼️ www.cell.com/cell-reports... Why do fetal Sertoli cells store glycogen 🍬 during testis development? It turns out they are feeding germ cells. We discovered a previously unrecognized metabolic coupling between Sertoli cells and germ cells in the fetal testis 🧵

The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held Friday, February 13 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Martha Echevarría-Andino @uwmadison.bsky.social and M. Fernanda Palominos @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/47QVIEK #SDBPostdocSeminar

Hi friends! Please check Dr. Rosa Navarro’s interview: she is a Professor and PI at #UNAM and the current President of the Mexican Society for Developmental Biology 🪱 🧬 🧫 #LatinaxinDevBio #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology @lasdb.bsky.social Stay tuned as we highlight more #latinx scientists! 🫶

We’re launching our Latinx DevBio interview series 🌎🧬 Our first inspiring conversation features Dr. Rosa Navarro: Leading Developmental Biology research in Mexico. Read here: sites.google.com/view/latinxi... Thanks, Dr. Navarro, for sharing your journey and insights with us! #LatinxInScience

Congratulations @mayorlab.bsky.social on this awesome-deserverd recognition by the @socdevbio.bsky.social ! Dr. Roberto Mayor career is a powerful example of the excellence, leadership, and creativity that #Latinx scientists bring to #DevelopmentalBiology!

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC

Three years after a devastating fire threatened the Biblioteca Amazónica in Iquitos, Peru, UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor of Latin American Literature Amanda M. Smith and her collaborators have completed the library’s first open-access digital archive.

📣 Applications Open! SDB is seeking applicants for the 2026 GetHIRED! Internship, a unique chance to gain hands-on experience supporting an e-course for postdocs entering the academic job market. 📆 Deadline: December 15, 2025. Learn more & apply today: www.sdbonline.org/gethired_int...

Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

Happy to be part of this mission 🌎🧬🐸🔬#LatinxDB

I can’t believe it’s already been a year! 🎉 Grateful to share this initiative with such an amazing group of Latinx scientists in developmental biology 🙌 More to come! ✨

Vamos por más!

✨ Proud to celebrate our first year as a network empowering Latinx developmental biologists worldwide. Thanks to everyone helping our mission—here’s to growth and stronger community 🌎 #LatinxDB #LatinxInScience #DevelopmentalBiology

Hydra (Hydra vulgaris) ✨Small but mighty! Hydra can regenerate its entire body, even its head 🧠 A classic model for regeneration, stem cell dynamics, and body axis patterning 📸 Image by Daniel Bressan de Andrade #ModelMonday #DevBio #Regeneration

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

🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio

Thank you @sacnas.bsky.social for granting us the space for our professional development workshop! #NDiSTEM2025 #latinxdb We connected with so many amazing people in the #SACNAS community! @niasv.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social

First time ❤️

🚨Join us today! We are looking forward to seeing you there! 🌎 @niasv.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social

Ascidians (Ciona intestinalis)🪸Our distant chordate cousins! 🌊 Simple sea squirts that reveal how vertebrate body plans evolved 🧬 A key model for notochord formation, neural induction, and cell lineage mapping 📸 Video by MBL Embryology 2019 #ModelMonday #DevBio #EvoDevo

Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio

🤩🤩🤩 Paper’s out here: tinyurl.com/craniofacial...

Our most recent study shows that stem cells in Schmidtea mediterranea do not rely on physical contacts or fixed structures to maintain their identity and regenerative potential. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

💭Transitioning to independence isn’t only a Latinx concern! One key takeaway from our workshop at ICDB in Puerto Rico: this is a shared challenge across the field. @socdevbio.bsky.social Proud of the diversity — celebrating Latinx representation, gender balance, and early career voices in Dev Bio!

The 4th Latin America Worm Meeting!

📢 Join us in Ohio! Learn what to expect from a PhD or postdoc in life sciences — the things no one tells you! 📆 October 30th, 2:00 PM @sacnas.bsky.social @niasv.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social #NDISTEM2025 #LifeInScience #LatinxDB #LatinxInScience #SACNAS

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

VOR!!! HIF1A-mediated pathways promote euploid cell survival in chromosomally mosaic embryos doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

There is still time to apply ! Deadline extended: 24 October 2025. Fellowships for students in Latin American are available.

Are you attending SACNAS NDiSTEM 2025!? Don't miss this awesome session about "How to Identify the Right Mentor for You" hosted by @greisha-ortiz.bsky.social @neuro-explorer-lc.bsky.social @luisci22.bsky.social and @joele-r.bsky.social. #NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEMResearch #PLI @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪🔬🥼

We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...

It is so cool to be able to see things like this (#DevBio) in real life and share it with students. 🤩

🚨 🚨 Science Alert: Join us by the end of the month at the @sacnas.bsky.social NDiSTEM 2025 Meeting! We’ll be hosting a workshop with Emma Rangel-Huerta from @stowersinstitute.bsky.social and @niasv.bsky.social from @ucscscience.bsky.social to talk about navigating a PhD in life sciences 🤩🫶

We are pleased to announce the public call for proposals to host and organize the next LASDB Meeting, scheduled for 2027. lasdb-development.org/pages/news.h...

Some good news!!!! @latinxdb.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social See you all in Ohio!

🚨LatinxDB organize: “Why didn’t I know this before? What to expect from a PhD or a postdoc in life sciences” Thanks Estefania Vasquez, M. Fernanda Palominos and Emma Rangel for creating this space and discussion. @niasv.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social Join us at 2025NDiSTEM @sacnas.bsky.social