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🎁 Season of Sharing with the Society for Developmental Biology⭐️
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This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
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Developmental Biology Fun Fact
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December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎁 Season of Sharing with the Society for Developmental Biology⭐️
This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
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This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
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🎄 Day 24 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🎄 Day 24 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers created a high-resolution fetal retina cell atlas 👁️ 🗺️ to study how human 👶 retinal cells develop and mature over time ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 23 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎄 Day 23 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 22 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎄 Day 22 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Potassium channel Kcnj2 shapes electrical activity in embryonic mouse palate cells 🐭⚡ tuning gene networks that guide palate development and helping explain how disruptions can lead to cleft palate 🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 21 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎄 Day 21 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Researchers reveal how oocyte growth in C. elegans relies on cytoplasmic bridges 🌉 that shuttle material from nurse cells to developing eggs 🥚❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
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A nice write up of my experience with @socdevbio.bsky.social GetHired! workshop, which I highly recommend for any postdoc on the job market! www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A nice write up of my experience with @socdevbio.bsky.social GetHired! workshop, which I highly recommend for any postdoc on the job market! www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...
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#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
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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
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December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
🎁 Season of Sharing with the Society for Developmental Biology⭐️
This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
👉 Share yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
👉 Share yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Developmental Biology Fun Fact
The Society for Developmental Biology is seeking input! We are looking for fun, short facts about the following organisms: cnidarian, slug, plant, shark, mouse, bat, echinoderm, zebrafish, c. elegans...
docs.google.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎁 Season of Sharing with the Society for Developmental Biology⭐️
This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
👉 Share yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This season, we’re inviting our community to share fun, bite-sized facts about their favorite organisms 🐸🐔🐟🪱🦋🐍
👉 Share yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎄 Day 20 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎄 Day 20 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
Light up your RNA like a Christmas tree with these techniques! 🎄This review showcases methods to track RNA dynamics from CRISPR tools to fluorescent aptamers🔬💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.07.011
🎄 Day 19 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🎄 Day 19 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Age matters in spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration in zebrafish 🐟 young larvae (3 dpf) resolve SCI quickly & regenerate axons better than older larvae (7 dpf), which show increased inflammation ⛄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 18 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🎄 Day 18 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Using sea urchins to study the effect of PFAS ⚠️ PFOA alternative GenX turns out to be more teratogenic to sea urchins ❄️ by acting earlier to perturb development & axis specification‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
The December 12 #SDBPostdocSeminar with @weiyiqian.bsky.social from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Robyn Allen of @universityofky.bsky.social has been posted. Thank you to moderators Olya Yarychkivska and Anthony Galenza. Watch here: youtu.be/yKFlB_nB2lo
SDB Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series - Weiyi Qian and Robyn Allen
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December 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The December 12 #SDBPostdocSeminar with @weiyiqian.bsky.social from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Robyn Allen of @universityofky.bsky.social has been posted. Thank you to moderators Olya Yarychkivska and Anthony Galenza. Watch here: youtu.be/yKFlB_nB2lo
🎄 Day 17 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎄 Day 17 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🔬
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Students use fruit flies to study how diet links to disease & cancer. Student-led research makes biology accessible, relevant, and prepares future STEM health advocates! 🐛📖 #ScienceEducation #PublicEngagement doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 16 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎄 Day 16 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Ever wondered how electric eels develop their powerful electric organs?⚡️Discover how electrocytes form and differentiate during development ☃️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🚨Last day to apply‼️‼️
📣 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...
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...
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨Last day to apply‼️‼️
🎄 Day 15 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🎄 Day 15 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
How do reduced levels of Adenylate Kinase 7 (AK7) contribute to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)? This study uses amphibian models 🐸 to uncover how centriolar defects lead to impaired ciliary function doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 14 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🎄 Day 14 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Interested in the history of cellular dedifferentiation🧫? Explore Betty Hay’s pioneering contributions and how her work continues to shape regeneration biology🦎 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 13 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
December 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🎄 Day 13 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
Did you know cavefish 🐟 can reproduce even under nutrient-limited conditions? Learn how Astyanax mexicanus adapts through larger maternal deposits 🍳and unique developmental strategies ☃️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.006
🎄 Day 12 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎄 Day 12 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
This study shows that Capicua is crucial for oocyte 🥚 development in the cockroach Blattella germanica 🪳, revealing a conserved gene role and functional divergence in insect oogenesis❄️ doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be (today) Friday, December 12 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Weiyi Qian @weiyiqian.bsky.social at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Robyn Allen @universityofky.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/46rb0NZ #SDBPostdocSeminar
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be (today) Friday, December 12 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Weiyi Qian @weiyiqian.bsky.social at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Robyn Allen @universityofky.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/46rb0NZ #SDBPostdocSeminar
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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!
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December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!
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🎄 Day 11 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎄 Day 11 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling is important in early heart development🫀🐟 The authors showed that inhibiting RA in embryos results in smaller ventricles, reduced smooth muscle and abnormal ventral aorta! doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 10 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎄 Day 10 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In developing zebrafish, the growth factors Mdka and Mdkb, act through the receptor Ptprz1b 🐟 This study reveals a novel mechanism where this trio coordinates neural plate circuit development 🧠🔬
doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
🎄 Day 9 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎄 Day 9 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🪸
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
In Drosophila Robo3 guides axons independently of the canonical repellent, Slit. The authors' findings challenge current models moving the field deeper into understanding the nervous system development! 🪰🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...