Mastodawn

“Non-coding RNAs turn out to regulate everything from embryonic development to immune responses to brain function. They help determine which genes get turned on and off, and when. They can promote cancer or suppress it.”
#Science #Scicomm #RNA #Medicine #DevBio
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/noncoding-rna-molecules-in-cells

The silent majority: RNAs that don’t make proteins

Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — with much still to be discovered

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews

Xenbase 4d ago

Save the date! Xenopus Resources and Emerging Technologies (XRET) Meeting: October 2-5, 2026 at MBL, Woods Hole, MA https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1048 #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

Sally Lowell 4d ago

Favourite talk so far at BSDB2026 was from Cliff Tabin, entitled 'Quack science':

Proper hardcore dev-bio airway-patterning mechanisms... explaining distinct vocalisations in birds!

Estrogen modulates developmental signalling, explaining why male (but not female) ducks can whistle as well as quack.

Left-Right asymmetry during development of airways explains why some songbirds can harmonise with themselves.

#DevBio

@Co_Biologists 4d ago

The Node welcomes Andrea Murillo as the new Community Manager. Here she introduces herself to our #DevBio and #StemCell communities. https://thenode.biologists.com/hi-from-the-new-community-manager/news/

Xenbase Mar 20

Spatial Mapping of Kidney Development and Disease Mechanisms in Xenopus laevis: Wednesday, April 1st 2026 @ 11:00AM EDT. Hosted by Dr. Rachel Miller and Dr. Adrian Romero Mora. https://my.demio.com/ref/2ZwGxz9PLnnJ0BFR #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

EvoDevo PanAm Mar 18

PASEDB community 🤩

We are excited to announce our first Research Webinar series called:

⭐️EvoDevo Mondays⭐️

Save the date - April 13

With our amazing speakers Luiza de Oliveira Saad and João Francisco Botelho

Session chair Professor Natalia Pabón-Mora

#EvoDevo #DevBio #PASEDB

Xenbase Mar 12

Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting: August 24-28. 2026 - University of California, Santa Cruz. Registration now open: https://scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu/ #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs