Alex Eve

Having just returned from the wonderful human development meeting from @dev-journal.bsky.social and the HDBI, I'm delighted Development's next special issue is on the same topic! We're glad to have Hongmei Wang on board as a Guest Editor Find out more: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/hu...

"We were not pretending to convert established scientists to developmental biology, we were thinking of the new generations." An inspiring interview with Professor Roberto Mayor on his effort to bring #devbio education to Latin America. 👏👏 www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res... @socdevbio.bsky.social

But some miners became attached to their sentinel friends. They would whistle to their canary, cared for it. So someone had to invent this device. A canary cage with built-in resuscitator. Should the bird fall, a door could be closed, and an oxygen tank opened, reviving it & keeping it safe.

Our review on the interplay between metabolism and tissue mechanics is now published in @dev-journal.bsky.social Development!

Registration is now open to attend our 2027 Journal meeting on #metabolism, organised by Sally Dunwoodie, Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social, Satdarshan [Paul] Singh Monga & Hans-Georg Sprenger Apply to attend at tinyurl.com/32yam6jk #BiologistsMetabolism

I just published: The Church of Impact Factor is selling indulgences Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I'm shocked. I'm not surprised. #CellOnions #Elsevil #ScienceCrisis kamounlab.medium.com/the-church-o...

Just your friendly community reminder/ public announcement that @biologists.bsky.social is a not-for-profit publisher that supports biologists and inspires biology. @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social & more Together we can do so much more! 💪

Calling future preLighters! We're looking for early-career researchers to join us at preLights and help uncover exciting #preprints + contribute to constructive discussions around new research. Interested? Apply by 22 November ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/news/become-...

4月から10月に独立・栄転された発生生物学関連の研究者のリストです。皆様、おめでとうございます㊗️ 青木 佳南 九州大　hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/html/1000185... 岡本 直樹　@NaokiOkamoto23 名古屋大　www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/ 菊地 真理子 理研 www.riken.jp/research/lab... 山下 晃弘 広島大　www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/dent/researc...

Very excited to be heading to Huelva next week for #SEBD2026.

Meet Bill Hinchen, winner of the 2026 writing challenge Read our interview with Bill Hinchen, winner of the Node's #2026writingchallenge, whose entry explores the story of the unsung hero, the beach hopper. thenode.biologists.com/meet-billy-h...

🌟 We're thrilled to see the remarkable achievements of @mayorlab.bsky.social Roberto Mayor, UCL Professor and a member of our CDB department, featured in this inspiring article from the Society for Developmental Biology. 📖 Read here: www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

In preprints – pushing the limits of morphogen scaling in #limbregeneration @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social discusses a recent preprint by Tardivo, Tanaka & co that shows how #morphogenscaling coordinates growth & patterning to determine the form of a regenerated limb. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

#Pokemon #Pokemonart #pokemonfanart #corsola #galariancorsola #Cursola

Yesterday, we held our annual Development Editors’ meeting and discussed the journal's future plans. Thank you to our Editors, all active researchers and your peers, colleagues and mentors. Their dedication makes it possible for us to publish papers the community can be proud of.

Development wants to help you publish It's easy to submit, with presubmission enquiries, format-free submission and competitive handling speeds. We are also an affiliate of @reviewcommons.org and offer Fast track transfers for manuscripts reviewed elsewhere. More reasons to publish:

Attending the 16th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society for Stem Cell Research in Wuhan, China, from 23–25 October 2026? Reviews Editor @saanjbati.bsky.social will be presenting at the 'Meet the Editors' session during the meeting. Do chat with Saanjbati about your next Development paper.

Are you interested in developmental biology? Then we have news for you: #EESDevelopment is coming to EMBL next year which will explore how emerging technologies and transformative concepts are reshaping the field. 🧪 Submit your abstract by 2 March: s.embl.org/ees27-02-bl

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Always great to publish a paper, but @biologists.bsky.social when you publish you also help plan a tree! forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...

An echidna day is always a good day!

Register for a free scientific storytelling workshop @the-node.bsky.social, @prelights.bsky.social & @focalplane.bsky.social are excited to announce our free half-day workshop on scientific storytelling! Join us on 10 November 2026 from 13:00-17:00 GMT. #ScienceStorytelling #ECR #Scicomm

Are you looking to improve your presentation skills, make your written work more compelling or learn how to use graphics to tell the story of your research? Join us at our free workshop on scientific storytelling on 10 November from 13:00 – 17:00 GMT. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/10/16/w...

Our latest paper is now out in @dev-journal.bsky.social. We investigated how Notch signalling, implicated in Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) regulates human enteric nervous system (ENS) development (1/n): journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Check out this recent InPreprints for @dev-journal.bsky.social by @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social

Call for papers - Plant and Algae Development Edited by @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and Susana Coelho, we welcome submissions studying the interface between development and the environment. Deadline: 2 November 2026. tinyurl.com/ykvs896x

How do small axolotls regenerate small limbs while big axolotls regenerate big ones? 🦎💪 Enjoyed writing about the stellar preprint from Tardivo and Olmeda from the Tanaka and @ehannezo.bsky.social labs, pushing the limits of scaling in this remarkable system journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Development supports our scientific community We welcome researchers from all backgrounds and career stages with inclusive policies, such as author name changes and non-Western characters, as well as additional language abstracts. More reasons to publish: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/re...

What #preprints have the @dev-journal.bsky.social Preprint Editors been reading? Since June, they've been showcasing standout #DevBio preprints through the ‘In preprints’ series. We've collected the ones published (so far!) in one #preList ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/prelists/in-...

AI image generators are being used to make movies that, at 1st glance, look like real microscopy but on closer inspection are misleading slop. Ok to use these images for public engagement, competitions, decoration, research? Join live discussion later today: events.bitesizebio.com/nikon-small-...

Beetles secrete jelly to embed & sustain symbionts with impossibly tiny genomes🪲 But what is this jelly made of? And how does it help maintain a partnership that has lasted over 62 million years? Thrilled to share our latest, out now in @natcomms.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Development wants to help you publish. We have a strong commitment to publishing your paper after inviting revision. Our peer review history files, published alongside research articles, show how constructive peer review process improves the papers we publish. More reasons to publish:

Excellent summary of two preprints showing how extra-embryonic apical ECM ( #aECM ) shapes development. Maybe this will finally connect the roles of the zona pellucida (ZP) protein family in fertilization with its roles in tissue morphogenesis! @jovinelab.org @meera-sundaram.bsky.social

We wrote about two recent preprints that further our understanding of how vitelline membranes stabilize embryonic movements in chicks and flies. Check them out!

We spoke with four researchers who have repeatedly chosen Review Commons as a preprint #PeerReview platform for their own work. 🧪 Learn why they decided on Review Commons here: https://www.embo.org/features/why-i-chose-review-commons/ #LifeSciences #research #publishing #preprint

I don't think ctenophores are "born" at all, really.

"On behalf of all authors, I would like to thank you for a positive and fair review process. Publishing our work in Development was a good experience, and I appreciate the strong editorial contribution as well." – @mahjoublab.bsky.social, @washu.edu, USA More reasons to publish:

DNA → RNA → protein. From single mRNAs to an entire developing vertebrate embryo, we can now watch this last step unfold in real time. Our paper is out today! 🐟🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Curated in celebration of the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth for their groundbreaking work in #optogenetics, this collection highlights recent optogenetics articles published in @dev-journal.bsky.social. bit.ly/4yDx8lm

Development promotes you and your papers. By featuring some of the most exciting papers as ‘Research Highlights’ and profiling authors through our ‘The people behind the papers’ interviews, Development helps bring your story to our readers. More reasons to publish:

This year's cohort of Pathway to Independence Fellows is visiting the @biologists.bsky.social building today for leadership and management skills training by hfp consulting. It is great for our team to get to meet them in person. Best of luck with this training!

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Excited for the 15th biennial meeting on Germ Cells at @cshlnews.bsky.social, 6-10 October? #cshlgermcells Our Editor and meeting organiser @swathiarur.bsky.social and Reviews Editor @katiepickup.bsky.social will be there - do chat with them about your next @dev-journal.bsky.social paper.

Really looking forward to this meeting! Join us if you're interested in the intersection between metabolism, development and disease!

If you're looking for a fun weekend read, I recommend @katiepickup.bsky.social's interview with the brilliant @nmoris.bsky.social in @dev-journal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Development wants to help you publish and it’s easy to submit to us. We offer pre-submission enquiries, format-free submission and competitive handling speeds. We are a Review Commons affiliate journal, and offer Fast track journal transfers. More reasons to publish:

Call for papers - Plant and Algae Development We are welcoming submissions for our 2027 special issue on plant and algae development, edited by @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and Susana Coelho. Submit your manuscript by 2 November 2026. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Josep Mercadal In this interview, @josepmercadal.bsky.social talks about the importance of interdisciplinary diversity for developmental biology, as well as his hopes and plans for his future lab. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Swarnabh Bhattacharya (Zico) In this interview, @iamzico.bsky.social discusses his research, as well as his future plans to understand the epigenetic and molecular programmes that regulate stem cells. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Evan Healy In this interview, we learn about @evhealy.bsky.social's career path, what he hopes to gain from the Pathway to Independence programme, and what questions he hopes to tackle with his own group. doi.org/10.1242/dev....