Thank you to the Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social it was a tremendous honour to receive the Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Education Award. Special thanks to @rrbehringer.bsky.social and all the organisers of the SDB meeting in Las Vegas for such a truly remarkable meeting.

Interested in gaining insight into modern #DevelopmentalBiology and #neurobiology? Sign up now for EMBO Practical Course "Developmental biology: From cells to neural systems" in Valparaiso, #Chile, 7–20 Jan 2027. Deadline: 30 Jul https://meetings.embo.org/event/27-dev-bio #EMBOdevBio #EMBOevents 🧪

‼️2 weeks left to registre to our EMBO practical course in Developmental Biology‼️. If you love microscopy, want to work with different model organisms, learn from some of the best scientists in #devbio, this is for you! biodesarrollo.unab.cl/how-to-apply 🎥 of 🐥 embryo by one of our 2025 attendees!

Only two weeks left to apply for the Quintay Developmental Biology Course! The application deadline is 31 July 2026. biodesarrollo.unab.cl/how-to-apply

Roberto Mayor Lab@mayorlab.bsky.social · 3w ago

Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition thenode.biologists.com/winners-from...

Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition thenode.biologists.com/winners-from...

Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition - the Node

We find out more about the winners of the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition.

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✨ Excited to host invited speaker Roberto Mayor (@mayorlab.bsky.social) at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 His research explores morphogenesis, focusing on how cells migrate, interact, and generate diverse cell types during development. 🧬✨ #devbio

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There is still time to apply to our EMBO 2027 developmental biology course in Quintay. If you'd like a view like this where you collect samples for your experiments on a beach, then you're in the right place! Fellowships are available! #devbio #embo Apply here: biodesarrollo.unab.cl/how-to-apply

Cells and Development is our official journal. We covers topics within cells and #devbio, but also mechanobiology, theoretical biology, differentiation, organoid, and more, in both plants and animals. Consider publishing with us!

Cells & Development@cellsdev.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excellent news: The latest figure shows that our impact factor has risen to 2.5. This takes an incredible amount of work, from how papers were selected, to how they were perceived by scientists in the field. We covers topics in cells, #devbio, 🌱or animals, biomechanics, and more. @isdb.bsky.social

Excellent news: The latest figure shows that our impact factor has risen to 2.5. This takes an incredible amount of work, from how papers were selected, to how they were perceived by scientists in the field. We covers topics in cells, #devbio, 🌱or animals, biomechanics, and more. @isdb.bsky.social

The 2025 Quintay Dev Bio cohort is not just scientifically excellent but also ✨artistically✨ talented. They've generated some breathtaking photos 🔬🌈. Please VOTE for your favourite as the winning image will be the cover of an issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-a-d...

Vote for a Development cover from the Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology - the Node

Browse through the gallery of the 9 images and vote for your favourite by Wednesday, 24 June 2026.

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Being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society is a tremendous honour. My deepest thanks go to the hundreds of students and postdocs who have passed through my lab over the last 30+ years. They have been the soul of the lab, and this recognition belongs as much to them as it does to me.

Spectacular Developmental Biology Jacques Monod Conference in Roscoff. Thanks to @bardinlab.bsky.social and @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social for putting together such an exciting scientific program. And the setting was incredible too, with a beautiful sunset to end the meeting.

New edition of the great Quintay Developmental Biology Course !!! More information at: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

The 2027 EMBO practical course on #devbio is now open for registration. You'll get work with a lot of different model organisms, from fly to frog and everything in between, plus amazing imaging too. And the city is beautiful, so what I've heard 😌!

Roberto Mayor Lab@mayorlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

PL retweet. Developmental Biology Course (Quintay). More information: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

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Do you work with #zebrafish? Wanting a budget-friendly housing system capable of thermal control and filtration? Perhaps you just set up your lab and are looking for a short term solution? Then ZebRack designed by the Valdivia lab might pique of your interest? Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

🚨 How do mechanical forces shape a developing organ? Our new #ScienceAdvances @science.org study, led by the amazing @cvagenapantoula.bsky.social, reveals a Piezo1-driven hydraulic mechanism, where mechanical cues control cell volume to guide cardiac formation ❤️🐟 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Piezo1-mediated mechanohydraulic control of cell volume drives cardiac morphogenesis

Mechanical forces shape the developing heart by controlling cell volume through a Piezo1-driven hydraulic mechanism.

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Force coordination distinguishes epithelial and mesenchymal modes of collective #chemotaxis. New study from Jorge Diaz and Roberto Mayor @mayorlab.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Migration #motility #Development

So proud to share my paper on collective chemotaxis and force coordination in epithelial and mesenchymal cells, developed in the Mayor Lab and now published in JCB. Deeply grateful for everything I learned from Xenopus NC and the amphibian world, where adaptation is everything🐸

International Society of Developmental Biology@isdb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A new paper published in @jcb.org by postdoc Jorge Diaz from the Mayor lab at UCL shows that during collective migration, epithelial-like clusters generate traction force mainly through cryptic protrusions at the centre, while mesenchymal clusters do so at their periphery: doi.org/10.1083/jcb....

Pacheco & @drericabiophd.bsky.social discuss new study from @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social & @mayorlab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) which reveals the distinct force-generating mechanisms used by epithelial and mesenchymal cells during collective cell migration rupress.org/jcb/article/...

We had the privilege of contributing a @jcb.org Spotlight about the exciting new work from @mayorlab.bsky.social ! Check them out! Spotlight: rupress.org/jcb/article/... Featured article: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Two ways to move together: Force coordination in collective chemotaxis

Pacheco and Hutchins preview a new study from Diaz and Mayor, which reveals the distinct force-generating mechanisms used by epithelial and mesenchymal cel

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Collective migration is not just about leaders at the front, but about coordination across the group. Always exciting to see these dynamics visualized. Many thanks to @jcb.org for featuring our work 🐸🔬🌹

Journal of Cell Biology@jcb.org · 5mo ago

🔬 From our March issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): Epithelial neural collectives undergoing #chemotaxis, stained for phospho-#myosin (magenta), #actin (cyan), and nuclei (yellow). From @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social and @mayorlab.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

🔬 From our March issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): Epithelial neural collectives undergoing #chemotaxis, stained for phospho-#myosin (magenta), #actin (cyan), and nuclei (yellow). From @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social and @mayorlab.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Beautiful, thorough, personal in places, memoir of John Gurdon from Eddy de Robertis, disciple and friend. Å #MustRead about a generation and a time from which we have moved on but that laid the foundation for contemporary biology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Two ways to move together: force coordination in collective #chemotaxis. Jessica Pacheco & Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social discuss study from @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social & @mayorlab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) in Spotlight rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Congratulations @mayorlab.bsky.social on this awesome-deserverd recognition by the @socdevbio.bsky.social ! Dr. Roberto Mayor career is a powerful example of the excellence, leadership, and creativity that #Latinx scientists bring to #DevelopmentalBiology!

Society for Developmental Biology@socdevbio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC

Congrats @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social !!! He is doing some of the most important work bringing Dev Bio to the 21st century... (the other winners are pretty good too I hear)

Society for Developmental Biology@socdevbio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC

Oh man! What a crazy honor to receive this award from SDB!! I love being a part of SDB so much - it has led to so many awesome ideas, collaborations, and friendships over the last 13 years, so this is really exciting. Looking forward to seeing you all at the meeting. Thank you, SDB!!!

Society for Developmental Biology@socdevbio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC

Huge congrats to all!

Society for Developmental Biology@socdevbio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC