Alex Eve
@amjeve.uk
Developmental biologist and Executive Editor of Development @dev-journal.bsky.social. Part of the Node @the-node.bsky.social and The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social. Own views.
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Alex Eve
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📢Call for papers. Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells
Guest Editors: Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya
📅 Deadline: 1 March 2026
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#DevBio
Guest Editors: Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya
📅 Deadline: 1 March 2026
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...
#DevBio
Don't miss your chance to contribute to Development's next special issue, which takes a non-cell-centric approach to devbio, stem cells & regeneration. We hope to capture papers that discuss how secreted factors, external forces and the shape of spaces instruct development.
#DevSIextracellular
#DevSIextracellular
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The most beautiful #snail ever to exist!
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The most beautiful #snail ever to exist!
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
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Throughout the year, our community has been sharing stories with us about how The Company of Biologists has supported you over time. Your stories were heartfelt, and we feel grateful and humbled that we have been able to be part of your journeys. bit.ly/4q7C0Ki
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Throughout the year, our community has been sharing stories with us about how The Company of Biologists has supported you over time. Your stories were heartfelt, and we feel grateful and humbled that we have been able to be part of your journeys. bit.ly/4q7C0Ki
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In preprints: shedding light – chemogenetic induction of menstruation in mice
Aishwarya V. Bhurke and Ripla Arora from @aroralab.bsky.social discuss the recent preprint by @cagricevrim.bsky.social, @karalmckinley.bsky.social and colleagues on the X-mens menstruation model.
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Aishwarya V. Bhurke and Ripla Arora from @aroralab.bsky.social discuss the recent preprint by @cagricevrim.bsky.social, @karalmckinley.bsky.social and colleagues on the X-mens menstruation model.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
In preprints: shedding light – chemogenetic induction of menstruation in mice
Aishwarya V. Bhurke and Ripla Arora from @aroralab.bsky.social discuss the recent preprint by @cagricevrim.bsky.social, @karalmckinley.bsky.social and colleagues on the X-mens menstruation model.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Aishwarya V. Bhurke and Ripla Arora from @aroralab.bsky.social discuss the recent preprint by @cagricevrim.bsky.social, @karalmckinley.bsky.social and colleagues on the X-mens menstruation model.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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The most recent addition to our academic team, Associate Editor Anna Bigas, will be speaking at the Dubai Stem Cell Congress that starts next week on Saturday 7 February.
Chat with Anna about publishing #haematopoiesis in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
Chat with Anna about publishing #haematopoiesis in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The most recent addition to our academic team, Associate Editor Anna Bigas, will be speaking at the Dubai Stem Cell Congress that starts next week on Saturday 7 February.
Chat with Anna about publishing #haematopoiesis in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
Chat with Anna about publishing #haematopoiesis in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
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Development Editor Jim Wells is attending the Takeda Science Foundation symposium, 'ORGANOID 4D: Development, Disease, Diversity and Discovery', starting on Friday 23 January.
Use the opportunity to meet Jim and speak about publishing in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
Use the opportunity to meet Jim and speak about publishing in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Development Editor Jim Wells is attending the Takeda Science Foundation symposium, 'ORGANOID 4D: Development, Disease, Diversity and Discovery', starting on Friday 23 January.
Use the opportunity to meet Jim and speak about publishing in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
Use the opportunity to meet Jim and speak about publishing in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...
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Our Editor-in-Chief, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social, will be attending the St. Anna CCRI Symposium on Cell Fate in Cancer and Development meeting, starting on Friday 23 January.
Please speak to James about publishing your research in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/aims
Please speak to James about publishing your research in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/aims
January 20, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Our Editor-in-Chief, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social, will be attending the St. Anna CCRI Symposium on Cell Fate in Cancer and Development meeting, starting on Friday 23 January.
Please speak to James about publishing your research in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/aims
Please speak to James about publishing your research in Development.
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/aims
Well now I'm jealous of a jelly.
Blue buttons jellies float at the oceans surface, like little animal flowers, living between sea and sky. There are millions of them out there right now, and most will live their whole lives without even being seen by a human.
Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.
Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.
January 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Well now I'm jealous of a jelly.
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Our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme is open.
Apply by 2 February 2026 for support in transitioning from a postdoc to a independent group leader, including:
▪️mentoring
▪️leadership training
▪️profile raising
▪️peer–peer network
➡️ www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
Apply by 2 February 2026 for support in transitioning from a postdoc to a independent group leader, including:
▪️mentoring
▪️leadership training
▪️profile raising
▪️peer–peer network
➡️ www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme is open.
Apply by 2 February 2026 for support in transitioning from a postdoc to a independent group leader, including:
▪️mentoring
▪️leadership training
▪️profile raising
▪️peer–peer network
➡️ www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
Apply by 2 February 2026 for support in transitioning from a postdoc to a independent group leader, including:
▪️mentoring
▪️leadership training
▪️profile raising
▪️peer–peer network
➡️ www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
This afternoon! Still time to register
Environment & evolution take centre stage at January’s #DevPres
📅 14 January 15:00 GMT/UTC
Three talks, three unique stories. Told by @ethanewe.bsky.social @maxfarnworth.bsky.social @sonyawiden.bsky.social
Chair: @pritiagarwal.bsky.social
🔗Learn more & register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 14 January 15:00 GMT/UTC
Three talks, three unique stories. Told by @ethanewe.bsky.social @maxfarnworth.bsky.social @sonyawiden.bsky.social
Chair: @pritiagarwal.bsky.social
🔗Learn more & register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This afternoon! Still time to register
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There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Development's Pathway to Independence programme
Launched in 2022, Development’s Pathway Independence programm...
journals.biologists.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
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
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- publishing peer review history files where authors agree
- cross-reviewer consultation
- ongoing editor consultation
- using 'Limitations' sections
[1/2]
The hard truth about how hard it is to publish in Development
Editor-in-Chief @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social leads our team of Academic Editors in addressing the perception that Development is ‘too hard to publish in’ by discussing the journal's review process.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Editor-in-Chief @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social leads our team of Academic Editors in addressing the perception that Development is ‘too hard to publish in’ by discussing the journal's review process.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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]
- publishing peer review history files where authors agree
- cross-reviewer consultation
- ongoing editor consultation
- using 'Limitations' sections
[1/2]
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I’ve been so lucky to be part of the PI Programme by @biologists.bsky.social this past year and met so many incredible people! Come hear us talk about what keeps us up at night this Wednesday!
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
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
January 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I’ve been so lucky to be part of the PI Programme by @biologists.bsky.social this past year and met so many incredible people! Come hear us talk about what keeps us up at night this Wednesday!
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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
Get your abstracts submitted by the 16th of January!
bsdb.org/meetings
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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
Get your abstracts submitted by the 16th of January!
bsdb.org/meetings
If you're looking for a quick and light-hearted weekend read I'd recommend 'An interview with Mole' in @jcellsci.bsky.social!
#biologists100
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#biologists100
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January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
If you're looking for a quick and light-hearted weekend read I'd recommend 'An interview with Mole' in @jcellsci.bsky.social!
#biologists100
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#biologists100
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
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We’re hiring!
@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community!
Details below👇
@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community!
Details below👇
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb.
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
Work for us
Working for us We’re always looking for talented and motivated people to work as part of our close-knit team. Roles range from editorial to production, marketing to event co-ordination, HR to accounts...
www.biologists.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:13 AM
We’re hiring!
@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community!
Details below👇
@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community!
Details below👇
Reposted by Alex Eve
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb.
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
Work for us
Working for us We’re always looking for talented and motivated people to work as part of our close-knit team. Roles range from editorial to production, marketing to event co-ordination, HR to accounts...
www.biologists.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb.
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
What beautiful coats!
Ground squirrels pack their eyes with colour-detecting cells, and this study shows how their developing retinas are rewired to make it happen.
buff.ly/nqRC6Fv
buff.ly/nqRC6Fv
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
What beautiful coats!
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And for those of you who are also running out of the discontinued commercial Drosophila anti-Myc antibody, Felicity CRISPR tagged endogenous Myc with HA and it works beautifully! Ask for the line and we will send it.
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
And for those of you who are also running out of the discontinued commercial Drosophila anti-Myc antibody, Felicity CRISPR tagged endogenous Myc with HA and it works beautifully! Ask for the line and we will send it.
The first article in #DevSIextracellular has already been published!
In their work, Rohan S. Roy & A. J. Hudspeth (@rockefeller.edu) show how gaps in tissue boundaries determine where regenerating axons branch, dependent on a secreted extracellular matrix protein.
Read the paper ⤵
In their work, Rohan S. Roy & A. J. Hudspeth (@rockefeller.edu) show how gaps in tissue boundaries determine where regenerating axons branch, dependent on a secreted extracellular matrix protein.
Read the paper ⤵
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The first article in #DevSIextracellular has already been published!
In their work, Rohan S. Roy & A. J. Hudspeth (@rockefeller.edu) show how gaps in tissue boundaries determine where regenerating axons branch, dependent on a secreted extracellular matrix protein.
Read the paper ⤵
In their work, Rohan S. Roy & A. J. Hudspeth (@rockefeller.edu) show how gaps in tissue boundaries determine where regenerating axons branch, dependent on a secreted extracellular matrix protein.
Read the paper ⤵
I think the latest cover helps to remind us that Development is not just a faceless brand of a journal eager to line shareholder pockets - it's a group of people who share a love for #devbio and, in my experience, really are trying to do their best for their community.
#not-for-profit
#not-for-profit
Issue 24 is complete!
Marking the end of #biologists100, the cover features members of our community, including some featured 'extraordinary biologists' #100biologists, as well as our Editors and in-house team.
Thank you to all our authors and reviewers, past and present, for their contributions.
Marking the end of #biologists100, the cover features members of our community, including some featured 'extraordinary biologists' #100biologists, as well as our Editors and in-house team.
Thank you to all our authors and reviewers, past and present, for their contributions.
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I think the latest cover helps to remind us that Development is not just a faceless brand of a journal eager to line shareholder pockets - it's a group of people who share a love for #devbio and, in my experience, really are trying to do their best for their community.
#not-for-profit
#not-for-profit
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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...
Send your #devbio, #regeneration and #stemcell papers by 1 March 2026.
For more information, see journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...
January 7, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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...
Send your #devbio, #regeneration and #stemcell papers by 1 March 2026.
For more information, see journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex...
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In preprints: understanding leaf form for better crop designs
Neha Bhatia from @slcuplants.bsky.social discusses two preprints on soybean leaf development by Chancelor Clark & colleagues and Bishal Tamang & colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Neha Bhatia from @slcuplants.bsky.social discusses two preprints on soybean leaf development by Chancelor Clark & colleagues and Bishal Tamang & colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making!
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making!
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
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Another fascinating - and totally serendipitous - example of how human biological sex isn't always binary, despite executive orders that it is. In this case an XX/XY mosaic individual was a fertile female. Other XX/XY mosaics can be phenotypically male.
A fascinating case report.
The DNA of a female murder victim was genotyped and it turns out that she has been a chimera: a mixture of 46XX/46XY cell lines.
The analysis (STR-based) found:
1. The maternal chromosome was identical between the two cell lines.
www.fsigenetics.com/article/S187...
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The DNA of a female murder victim was genotyped and it turns out that she has been a chimera: a mixture of 46XX/46XY cell lines.
The analysis (STR-based) found:
1. The maternal chromosome was identical between the two cell lines.
www.fsigenetics.com/article/S187...
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Forensic analysis of a parthenogenetic 46, XX/46, XY congenital chimera: A case report
In forensic identification, chimerism is an extremely rare phenomenon in which DNA
samples can easily be misidentified as mixtures from two individuals. If only a single
cell population from the chime...
www.fsigenetics.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Another fascinating - and totally serendipitous - example of how human biological sex isn't always binary, despite executive orders that it is. In this case an XX/XY mosaic individual was a fertile female. Other XX/XY mosaics can be phenotypically male.