Society for Developmental Biology

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the 20th International Congress of Developmental Biology being held June 18-22 in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Submit your abstract by March 12. Travel assistance is available. Learn more: sdbonline.org/2025icdb #2025SDB #2025ICDB

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🧠✨ E14 mouse embryo lighting up with neural progenitors! Nestin (⚪️), p73 (🟢), and Tbr2 (🔴) mark distinct progenitor populations shaping the nervous system. @VishalLolam is investigating how their balance is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorders. #FluorescenceFriday

🧠✨ A window into the embryonic brain of Drosophila!🪰 This stage 15 embryo cross-section captures the developing optic lobes: 🔴 marks mitotic nuclei 🟢 outlines cell membranes 🔵 highlights apical domains Image taken by Milena Pellikka from @tepasslab #FluorescenceFriday

Applications are now open for the 2026 SDB Science Communication Internship. Graduate student and postdoc members of the Society for Developmental Biology are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 15. Learn more: sdbonline.org/science_commun…

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🐣✨ TUJ1 staining reveals the forming trigeminal ganglion in a chick embryo! Image taken by @RocioBMarquez from @PstroblM lab, where they investigate how neural crest and placode cells communicate during the formation of this sensory structure 🔬🧪 #FluorescenceFriday

Since their announcement at the LASDB–ISDB–SDB joint meeting in Puerto Rico, we’re proud to honor the LASDB Prize winners! 🌎 👏🏼 Congrats Natalia Pabón-Mora and Miguel Concha! #LatinxDB #2025ICDB #LASDB2025 #DevBio

#DevBio #Postdocs! Abstracts are being accepted for speakers in the 2025-2026 Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series. SDB postdoctoral members are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 1. #SDBPostdocSeminar bit.ly/3x1ptgb

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 🧪

🧠⚡️Electroporated and glowing! This E17.5 mouse cortex shows GFP-labeled cells (green), EdU+ proliferating cells (red), and nuclei (DAPI, blue). Image taken by @agnihotrinitin 🔬 #FluorescenceFriday

Will you be in #2025SDB #2025ICDB this week? Visit the @Co_Biologists booth (#4) to ask about @BiologyOpen's Fast & Fair peer review initiative. bit.ly/41N31tO

#2025ICDB, #2025SDB, #2025LASDB opening with Presidential Symposium @SocDevBio

Natalia Pabón-Mora @NataliaPabonMo1 receives the LASDB Young Investigator Award for her innovative research on the genetic control of floral and fruit development in plants 🌸🧬🌿🎉 #ICDB2025

Miguel Concha receives the LASDB Senior Investigator Award for his pioneering work on brain asymmetry and morphogenesis in zebrafish 🧠🐟🧪 Proud to celebrate his contributions to developmental biology at #ICDB2025! 🌎🧬

Joaquin Navajas Acedo @MadS100tist will receive the SDBTrainee Science Communication Award #ICDB2025 for his role in promoting Developmental Biology and Zebrafish in social media 🐟🧪

Mubarak Hussain Syed @NeuroSeq receives the SDB Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award for their work on understanding the transcriptional rules during development of the fly CNS #ICDB2025 🪰🧪

Erica Crespi @ejcrespi will receive the SDB Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize #ICDB2025 for her work on teaching the next generations about developmental biology, ecology and her commitment to inclusion 🧪🐸

🎆🧬 Fireworks in the making! At 3 days, Nematostella vectensis is already producing stinging cells across its body. These genes (🩷💛💙) cluster in the tentacle tips and across the sea anemone juvenile body 🪼✨ image provided by @GelatinousSting #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio

Billie Swalla @EvoDevoDiva receives the SDB Lifetime Achievement Award for her beautiful work on the evolution of body plans using tunicates and hemichordates 🪱🧪

Blanche Capel receives the SDB Edwin G. Conklin Medal Award for her crucial work on Sex Determination, Testis and Ovary Development, and Germ Cell Biology #ICDB2025 🧪🧬