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Evolving initial conditions: an alternative developmental route to morphological diversity
with Shannon Taylor and @jamesehammond.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Editors, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social, @pfrancois.bsky.social, @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social & Matthias Lutolf, are present - chat to them about publishing with us.
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Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring
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Dr. Amber D. Ide
🗓️May 12th, 2026
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![Post-embryonic removal of ZFH-2 protein results in pumping defects. (F) DIC images of the pharyngeal-intestinal valve (vpi) in zfh-2(syb10278); osIs158[eft-3p::TIR1(F79G)] adults subjected to ubiquitous ZFH-2 depletion starting at mid-L1 stage. Animals were treated with either solvent (ethanol) or 100 µM 5-Ph-IAA starting at mid-L1. Scale bars: 10 µm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:btitwyhiegkb6f62oguxt6m6/bafkreidgzspfg245razwu2eq237gairwetwlpsf3k2eycqo2y67ve6z3ce)
Post-embryonic removal of ZFH-2 protein results in pumping defects. (F) DIC images of the pharyngeal-intestinal valve (vpi) in zfh-2(syb10278); osIs158[eft-3p::TIR1(F79G)] adults subjected to ubiquitous ZFH-2 depletion starting at mid-L1 stage. Animals were treated with either solvent (ethanol) or 100 µM 5-Ph-IAA starting at mid-L1. Scale bars: 10 µm.
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/...
The CODA workflow works for:
- any tissue type (eye, kidney, pancreas, brain,...)
- any disease (cancer, fibrosis, diabetes,...)
- any species (human, mouse, rhesus macaque, ...)
It can be integrated with any spatial omic technique (CODEX, Visium, IF, IHC,..)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Promotional graphic for a Development webinar announcing the Outstanding Paper Prize. The slide shows the date and time (Wednesday 29 April, 15:00 BST), chair Steve Wilson, and two speakers with headshots and paper titles, alongside a colorful fluorescent microscopy-style image and a QR code, with The Company of Biologists and Development logos at the bottom.
📢 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...
Percentage of PCs undergoing cell proliferation is not changed but the percentage of PCs undergoing apoptosis is increased upon CDK1 and PLK1 inhibition. (A) PCs were immunolabeled with the Sp1 antibody shown in red. Dividing cells at the gastrula stage are shown in green and DNA is shown in blue. Scale bar = 50 μm. Orthogonal projection of images shown.
#DBfeature
Proteins involved in cell division have broad tissue-specific functions in sea urchin development
By Jessica Benito, Elizabeth McCulla, Raisa Sumaiya, Jia Song
tinyurl.com/554jhd6h
Bravo @drosopachea.bsky.social
@institutcurie.bsky.social @institutcochin.bsky.social @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social @ibps.bsky.social @college-de-france.fr @pasteur.fr @ensdelyon.bsky.social @hopitalnecker.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social
🎉 Great success for our 2nd SFBD-SBCF science outreach day in Ivry-sur-Seine, with the support of the city!
Over a thousand children came to take part in our workshops, led by around fifty researchers from institutes in Paris and Gif-sur-Yvette! Thank you all for your enthusiasm! 🔬🧬
Fantastique journée de médiation organisée par la @sfbd.bsky.social (Maëva Luxey, Eglantine Heude et moi-même) et @sbcf.bsky.social (Stéphanie Lebreton) à Ivry-sur-Seine avec le soutien de la mairie !
4 ateliers, plus d'un millier d'enfants, une cinquantaine de volontaires ! Merci à tous !
A fantastic day of outreach in Ivry with 43 classes, 1075 kids and 47 scientists from the @sfbd.bsky.social and @sbcf.bsky.social. Thanks: Mairie of Ivry, @drosopachea.bsky.social Maeva Eglantine and Stéphanie for organizing! And many participants @antoinezalc.bsky.social @michaelrera.bsky.social +
The vascular network in developing embryos follow a similar geometric fractal pattern across species and development stages.
More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Tg(elavl3:mCherry-CAAX) labels axons within the larvae spinal cord
#DBfeature 🐟
Effects of age on the response to spinal cord injury: optimizing the larval zebrafish model
by Whitney Walker, Karen Mruk et al.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats @canaztekin.bsky.social ! You are our 1000th follower!
And congrats on your recent beautiful paper!
Let's reach 2000 followers now !
Examples of the new model organism shirts for sale on the SDB merchandise website
Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me
Now also featured in the cover of @devbiol.bsky.social
Promotional graphic for a Development webinar announcing the Outstanding Paper Prize. The slide shows the date and time (Wednesday 29 April, 15:00 BST), chair Steve Wilson, and two speakers with headshots and paper titles, alongside a colorful fluorescent microscopy-style image and a QR code, with The Company of Biologists and Development logos at the bottom.
📢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...
Whole organism 3D mapping reveals universal branching topology and biophysical optimization governs vascular and nervous system development
Read about our work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Epigenetics Update - De novo formation of cis-regulatory contacts in the absence of NIPBL-driven chromatin loop extrusion go.nature.com/4cnKLeo
@nicholas-aboreden.bsky.social/Han Zhao and Haoyue Zhang/Gerd A. Blobel in @natgenet.nature.com
#Epigenetics #Chromatin
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Genomic rearrangement of the Hox cluster in a dung beetle species with derived cephalic horn morphology
#DBfeature #InHoxWeTrust 🪲
Divergent Hox cluster arrangement in horned beetles retain conserved embryonic and adult expression patterns.
by Erica Nadolski, Isabel Manley, Sukhmani Gill, Armin Moczek @ericanadolski.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ycxabrh5
ElmoFire.gif @mads100tist.bsky.social @nkonst4.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social
Looking forward to having Dr. Mad Scientist (AKA Joaquin) grace our humble institute! 🐟🧪
I am SO excited about SDB's new merch. Get your favorite model organism, and help support our society! (PS: more organisms will be added in the future).
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Epigenetics Update - Postmitotic transcription and 3D regulation show locus-specific and differentiation-specific sensitivity to cohesin depletion go.nature.com/48ISkLD
UkJin Lee and @efapostolou29.bsky.social at @weillcornell.bsky.social
#Epigenetics #Chromatin
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Congrats @camilledumas.bsky.social who is the 999th to follow us!
Who wants to be the 1000th !
#BidenFundedNASA
In 2025 Chump tried to defund NASA but he failed. He is trying again this year.
Who else is still feeling the joy this morning? 🙋♀️🚀🧑🚀 THIS is what science can do!!
📣 New paper from #SEBD board member @estella-carlos.bsky.social @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social Check it out! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
