Development

Issue 19 is now complete! Cover: Mouse cervix at gestation day 14. Epithelia layers are indicated by E-cadherin (yellow) and nuclei (cyan). Goblet cells & the secreted mucus express OLFM4 (magenta), a progenitor marker of cervical secretory cells. See Madhukaran et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Mechano-metabolic control of multicellular morphogenesis Bodineau, Pourquié, @mongeralab.bsky.social & co discuss how research into mechano-metabolic feedback loops during multicellular morphogenesis has the potential to drive major advances in our understanding of #DevBio. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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

Jointly organised by @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @dmmjournal.bsky.social, this meeting will explore the latest discoveries at the interface of cell biology, developmental biology & disease modelling and at how metabolic regulation shapes normal physiology & disease pathology.

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

Metabolism is traditionally studied at the individual cell level, yet its role during development is very much under-appreciated. @mongeralab.bsky.social, @matyasbl.bsky.social and Olivier Pourquié lab discuss this interesting interplay between metabolism and morphogenesis: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

An interview with Neil Vargesson @ingridtsang.bsky.social speaks with @nvargesson.bsky.social about what the BSDB Wolpert Medal means to him as Lewis Wolpert's last PhD student, his ethos and advice for #sciencecommunication, and his outlook on the future of drug safety. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

This #OAWeek, the theme is 'The Cost of Knowledge'. Read our Editorial by @katherine-brown.bsky.social, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social & @amjeve.uk on the costs of publishing. It explores Development's finances and tackles common myths. We hope it sparks discussion around the #CostOfKnowledge.

Read & Publish agreements are a good example of publishers working together with librarians to get the most for researchers and the scientific community. Thank you to the librarians at over 1,000 institutions in 57 countries for their continued support and partnership. #OAWeek

Really enjoyed doing this interview with @Ingrid Tsang at @development regarding recent award of @BSDB Lewis Wolpert medal, what it means to me and some thoughts for the future journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

In preprints – emerging role of circadian rhythms in refractive development and early-life immune regulation @singhlab.bsky.social & co discuss 2 #preprints by Palumaa & co and Scheiermann & co showing that #circadianrhythms do more than just regulate mature physiology. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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:

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.

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.

Three weeks left to submit your research to our special issue, Plant and Algae Development. Edited by @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and Susana Coelho, we welcome submissions studying plant and algal reproduction, including seed development. Deadline: 2 November 2026. tinyurl.com/ykvs896x

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

Three of our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3k to graduate students and post-docs wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Next deadline: 23 October More at www.biologists.com/grants/trave...

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

Development is happy to be a @reviewcommons.org affiliate journal, aiming to reduce reviewer burden and speed up publishing for authors. Read the articles we've published via Review Commons here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti... And find out more about the platform:

Really enjoyed the opportunity to chat to Naomi about her career path and research. I loved the opportunity to delve back into the world of gastruloids - a topic close to my own research background. It's amazing what pluripotent stem cells can build in a dish!

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...

Limb regeneration from amphibians to mammals Sammarco & McCusker present regenerative modules as a framework for dissecting amphibian limb #regeneration & systemically identifying which underlying processes are conserved, altered or absent in mammals. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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-...

Transitions in development – an interview with Naomi Moris Read about @nmoris.bsky.social's transition to group leadership, her experience establishing new in vitro embryo models, and the importance of transparent public engagement in research on human development. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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

#Mastodon paper was published in @dev-journal.bsky.social. A great home for this outstanding piece of software, long in the making. @preibischs.bsky.social ambitious plan for SPIM data processing and analysis from 2007 is finally finished 😀 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Call for papers - Plant and Algae Development Submit to our 2027 special issue on plant and algae development, edited by @stanfordstomata and Susana Coelho. We particularly welcome research on algae and non-flowering plants. Deadline: 2 November 2026. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

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:

In preprints – reading a cell in two tenses: the proteome holds the present, the transcriptome points to the future Roshana Thambyrajah discusses a preprint by @mannlab.bsky.social & co, showing that the most complete picture of cellular identity may come from reading RNA and protein together.

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

In preprints – not just a cage: vitelline membranes (VM) as scaffolds for tissue morphogenesis @yosoyden.bsky.social & co discuss preprints by @cuencam15.bsky.social & co and @lakshmib02.bsky.social & co, positioning the VM as an essential structural player in early embryogenesis.

We're really entering a new era of lepidopteran developmental biology, and two great new papers highlight this. First, Ximena Ramos, Katie Reding and Leslie Pick investigate segmentation in V. cardui with RNAi, @dev-journal.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...