Development

We are pleased to welcome 8 new fellows to our Pathway to Independence programme. Welcome Maëlle Bellec, @iamZico91, Evan Healy, Josep Mercadal, @NMishra_bio, Jessica Perochon, Yamini Ravichandran and Margherita Zamboni. Read more⤵️ tinyurl.com/4bk4wrk7

Sean Wu @SeanM_Wu will be speaking on "Stem cells and AI approaches to understanding heart development" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/devhd… Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

📣 One week left for #HumanDev26 early-bird registration. We have teamed up with the @wellcometrust -funded consortium Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) to co-organise our 2026 Journal Meeting. Register by 8 May for early-bird registration at biologists.com/meetings/devhd…

Meet our Preprint Editors We are pleased to welcome our first group of Preprint Editors to our editorial team, responsible for handling our 'In preprints' articles. #preprints #preprinteds" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/edit…

See the full issue here: journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/153/7

Also in Issue 7: 🔹 3 Research Highlights 🔹 1 Editorial on the 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize 🔹 1 ‘In preprints' article 🔹 1 Obituary on John Gurdon 🔹 2 ‘People behind the papers’ interviews 🔹 1 review on the dynamic evolution of panarthropod germ cell specification

Issue 7 is now complete! Cover: The cell-to-cell variability arising from stochastic transcriptional activity in a #Drosophila embryo. DAPI (blue), anti-spectrin (yellow), snaTATAlight>yellow (transgene, smiFISH in magenta). See Maillard et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev.20…

Arnold Kriegstein @Kriegsteinlab will be speaking on "Genomic insights into early human brain development, evolution and disease" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/devhd… Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

An avidity-driven mechanism of extracellular BMP regulation by Twisted gastrulation Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Gareth Moore, Hilary Ashe @TheAsheLab & co from @OfficialUoM. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15… #Drosophila

John Gurdon (1933-2025) Sir John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. In this Obituary, Jim Smith writes about his legacy. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Hongmei Wang will be speaking on "In vitro models of human implantation and placental development" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/devhd… Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

We are pleased to be a media partner for the @embl Conference: Transcription and chromatin Abstract submission: 25 May 2026 Registration (On-site): 14 Jul 2026 Registration (Virtual): 18 Aug 2026 bit.ly/3LF8ZaK #EMBLTranscript @EMBLEvents

The dynamic evolution of panarthropod germ cell specification mechanisms In this Review, Jonchee Kao, Cassandra Extavour @redmakeda & co outline how germline specification mechanisms have evolved dynamically across panarthropods. doi.org/10.1242/dev.20…

Read the Research Article 'Dependence of cell fate potential and cadherin switching on the coordinate within the primitive streak during differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells' here. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Primitive streak cells retain broad fate potential uncoupled from cadherin switching This Research Highlight showcases work by Ye Zhu and Aryeh Warmflash. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Join researchers working on pediatric cancer at @DMM_Journal's Meeting this October at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA. Organisers: James Amatruda, Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, Ana Banito & Elaine Mardis Register at bit.ly/3OCi1q9 Early-bird deadline: 19 June 2026

In preprints: re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis @zhumeng123 discusses 3 preprints that extend the perspective that oxygen availability may function not merely as a permissive condition, but as an active developmental regulator.doi.org/10.1242/dev.20…

Jean-Léon Maître @maitrejl will be speaking on "Mechanics of blastocyst morphogenesis" at our Journal Meeting in the UK this September #HumanDev26 Register to attend: biologists.com/meetings/devhd… Early-bird deadline: 8 May 2026

@surojitsural @Columbia @Columbia_Bio @hhmi_science To learn more about this work and the people behind it, we talked to Antoine Sussfeld, Berta Vidal, Surojit Sural @surojitsural and Oliver Hobert. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

@surojitsural @Columbia @Columbia_Bio @hhmi_science Read the Research Article 'A conserved C. elegans zinc finger homeodomain protein, ZFH-2, is continuously required for the structural integrity and function of the alimentary tract and gonad' here. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

From eating to mating: ZFH-2 is required for alimentary tract and gonad development in worms This Research Highlight showcases work by Antoine Sussfeld, Oliver Hobert, @surojitsural & colleagues from @Columbia @Columbia_Bio @hhmi_science. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…