Developmental Biology

#DBfeature🐸 TMBIM4 affects left-right patterning via pluripotency exit during gastrulation Loss of tmbim4 in X. tropicalis replicates the phenotypes of human congenital heart disease patients by Nicholas Diab, Mustafa Khokha et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature Editorial: Bridging developmental biology and social justice to reclaim trust in science and society by Nicole Theodosiou, Michael Barresi @theodosn @mjbarresi sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature🌊 #DBreview Germ cell formation and reproduction in tunicates by Yasunori Sasakura et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨Next DevBioConnect is 10 days away Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Diana Fulmer @DianaBFulmer Dr. Amber D. Ide 📷May 12th, 2026 📷 @SocDevBio Register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

P21 mouse vomeronasal organ (VNO) stained to view neurons in the basal region. 📸 Image credit: Nikki Dolphin (State University at Albany) #FluorescenceFriday #Neuroscience #CellBiology #Microscopy #DevelopmentalBiology ✨🧬

#DBfeature Hypothesis: Germline rejuvenation during meiosis underlies animal oogenesis "Rejuvenated organelles are stored in the oocyte's Balbiani body; with other germ cell components they make up 'germ plasm.'" by Allan Spradling et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature A modular enhancer mediates SCRT2 repression of ISLET1 in the spinal cord by Vitória Botezelli et al @v_samartin sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature🐣 Nkx2.5 triggers vascular remodeling in chicken but not in emu wing mesoderm "Emu Nkx2.5-positive limb cells belonged to muscle, not hematoendothelial clusters" by Ingrid Cordeiro, Mikiko Tanaka et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature 🐠 The early arrest mutant speedbump is a loss-of-function mutation in the zebrafish ortholog of wee1, required for G2 regulatory processes. By Rachel Warga and Donald Kane tinyurl.com/3vadyyc9

The April 10 #SDBPostdocSeminar with Joaquín Navajas Acedo of @biozentrum and @YiqunWang3 of @UCSanDiego has been posted. Thank you to moderators Martha Echevarría-Andino and Feña Palominos. Watch here: youtu.be/xSbo-DTBX-0

#DBfeature PRDM13 is required for specification of PAX2 lineage inhibitory neurons in the developing cerebellum "PRDM13 is required for Purkinje cell numbers & proper placement of TBR1+ cells" by Z. Zack Ma, Jane E. Johnson et al @ZZackMa sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.x.com/geN973D9Vj

#DBfeature 🪰 Ketone body supplementation into a standard high-carbohydrate diet reduces fecundity, delays larval development, and may induce autophagy in Drosophila melanogaster By Meredith Becher, Fangyi Coco Zhai, et al tinyurl.com/3uwwbfhb

#DBfeature Early and transient requirements for FGFR2b/1b ligands in cochlear sensory and neural cell subtype differentiation "Inducing a dnFGFR2b ligand trap reveals novel cochlear functions for FGF3 & FGF10" by Suzanne Mansour, Lisa Urness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature Early and transient requirements for FGFR2b/1b ligands in cochlear sensory and neural cell subtype differentiation "Inducing a dnFGFR2b ligand trap reveals novel cochlear functions for FGF3 and FGF10" by Suzanne Mansour, Lisa Urness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature Towards functional genetics in the European amphioxus: Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 editing reveals Ascl1/2.1 requirement for peripheral nervous system development by Rafath Chowdhury, Agnès Roure, Sébastien Darras @RafathChowdhur1 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨Next DevBioConnect on the way Developmental Biology Author webinar featuring Dr. Diana Fulmer @DianaBFulmer Dr. Amber D. Ide 🗓️May 12th, 2026 ⏰11 am–12 pm CST @SocDevBio Register here👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The final version of our new paper, "Fog signaling is dispensable for Drosophila tracheal invagination" @Dev_Bio_Journal is available online: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mx902mzTomF5

#DBfeature🫁 #InHoxWeTrust HOXA5-driven transcriptional program in lung development "HOXA5 directs Fgf10, Tbx4/5, Ptch1, Bmp4 and Wnt2 expression during lung formation" by Béatrice Frenette, Lucie Jeannotte et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature POGLUT2/3 mediated EGF O-glucosylation promotes separation of digits 2 and 3 by influencing fibrillin network reorganization, signaling, and cell dynamics by Sanjiv Neupane, Bernadette Holdener et al. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DBfeature #SeaUrchin🌊 Germline factors, TDRD & Piwi, colocalize with Vasa on the mitotic apparatus during the embryogenesis of the sea urchin Spindle localization of TDRD & PIWI proteins in sea urchin embryo by Mariana Witmer, Mamiko Yajima et al sciencedirect.com/science/articl…