Development

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Development is a leading research journal in the field of developmental biology, covering stem cells, regeneration, evodevo, epigenetics, morphogenesis and more.
Websitehttps://journals.biologists.com/dev
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Issue 22 is now complete!

On the cover: Dermal skin of an E14.5 Cxcl12-DsRed mouse embryo whole mount stained for the lymphatic endothelial cell marker Nrp2 (green), RFP (magenta) and the peripheral nerve marker Tuj1 (blue). See Research article by Do et al.

Also in Issue 22:
▪️4 Research Highlights on caspases, gastruloids, hepatocyte differentiation & placental development
▪️Ernest Arenas Obituary
▪️3 The people behind the papers interviews
▪️Review on cell competition

https://journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/151/22

Issue 21 is now complete

On the cover: A ‘Swiss roll’ preparation of a 2-month-old aSmaCre: mTmG mouse large intestine. Dividing cells are in yellow, cell membranes in turquoise, and fibroblasts and muscle cells in blue. See Simonin et al.

Also in Issue 21:
▪️Research Highlight on limb regeneration
▪️Perspective on the Heidelberg screen
▪️In preprints on pluripotency & mechanics
▪️David Ish-Horowicz Obituary
▪️Spotlight on C. elegans homeobox field
▪️Review on floral displays
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/151/21

📢Call for papers

We invite you to submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues, coordinated by Guest Editors Meritxell Huch and Mansi Srivastava.

Find out more and submit your articles by 15 May 2025:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/lifelongdev

Our Special Issue 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity' is now complete! #DevSIDiversity

Explore the full table of contents, including review-type articles and research papers highlighting 32 different organisms from across the multicellular tree of life:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/151/20

📢Register for tomorrow's Development presents… webinar!

📅Wed 30 Oct 15:00GMT

1️⃣Eirini Maniou (University of Padua)
‘Quantifying tissue mechanics during neural tube morphogenesis’

2️⃣Casey Griffin (New York University)
‘Teasing apart the role of SF34B4 in Nager syndrome: a tale of frogs and embryonic stem cells’

3️⃣Daniel Aldea (Aix-Marseille University)
‘Melanocytes in development and rare skin diseases’

Sign up now:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9716740379156/WN_S4HsVN8vTPyVCdW7cOaCzw

Welcome! You are invited to join the latest Development presents.... webinar. Please see https://thenode.biologists.com/devpres for more information.

On the topic of the development of ectoderm derivatives, chaired by Development Editor, Liz Robertson (University of Oxford). Eirini Maniou (University of Padua) ‘Quantifying tissue mechanics during neural tube morphogenesis’ Casey Griggin (New York University) 'Teasing apart the role of SF34B4 in Nager syndrome: a tale of frogs and embryonic stem cells' Daniel Aldea (Aix-Marseille University) ‘Melanocytes in development and rare skin diseases’ At the speakers' discretion, the webinar will be recorded for viewing on demand.

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Issue 19 is complete!

Cover: Timelapse images of a developing Arabidopsis sepal (3 time points). Each cell and its daughters are the same color. The plants have the lgo-2 mutation, which causes an increased number of cell divisions. See Burda et al.

Also in Issue 19:
▪️Research Highlights on sepal development & lactogenic differentiation
▪️Tsuku Mogami's final Developmental Twists
▪️Pathway to Independence Perspective
▪️Two interviews
▪️Cellular reprogramming Primer
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/151/19

At #EMBOtissueRepair this week? Our Senior Editor @amjeve is around to chat about the journal and our publisher @Co_Biologists.

To accompany the workshop, we've compiled this collection of the most recent regenerative biology articles in Development:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/collection/10713/Focus-on-regeneration/

Issue 18 is complete!
On the cover: the developing medulla in Drosophila melanogaster, with emc-lacZ (red), E(spl)-HLH-mg-GFP (green), a Notch signaling sensor, and Deadpan (blue), a marker for neural stem cells. See Akiba et al.

Also in Issue 18:
▪️Research Highlights on Hes1, retinal angiogenesis & wound healing
▪️People behind the papers interviews
▪️Transitions in development interview - Margarete Diaz Cuadros
▪️In preprints on vascular development
▪️Review on morphogens
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/151/18

📢**Tomorrow** Register now for our next Development Presents... webinar!

🗓️Wed 2 Oct 15:00BST

Chaired by @Dev_journal Guest Editor Karen Sears, the webinar will feature talks on the topic of environment, evolution and development by Girish Kale, Natasha Shylo and Sergio Menchero.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9716740379156/WN_O_FO7J1lQ7qQBXK782dAXQ

Welcome! You are invited to join the latest Development presents.... webinar. Please see https://thenode.biologists.com/devpres for more information.

On the topic of environment, evolution and development, chaired by Development's Guest Editor, Karen Sears (UCLA). Girish Kale (University of Hohenheim) ‘Elevated temperature fatally disrupts nuclear divisions in the early Drosophila embryo’ Natasha Shylo (Stowers Institute for Medical Research) ‘Gastrulation and Left-Right patterning in veiled chameleons’ Sergio Menchero (The Francis Crick Institute) ‘Understanding temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programmes using marsupial single-cell transcriptomics’ At the speakers' discretion, the webinar will be recorded for viewing on demand.

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