Advancing the Field of Developmental Biology
The Society for Developmental Biology fosters an inclusive, global community of scientists and educators dedicated to furthering the field of developmental biology.
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Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting
July 23-26, 2026 • Planet Hollywood Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV
The Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting will be held July 23-26, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Latest News
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
An op-ed by Carole LaBonne
We frequently hear of late that universities are “dependent on federal money,” as though they were passive beneficiaries of government largesse. The reality is closer to the opposite: The federal government depends on universities to conduct the research that keeps our nation healthy, safe and economically competitive.
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Crawling towards the evolutionary origin of novel structures
Heather Bruce’s childhood attempts to raise crawfish in a kiddie pool were excellent foreshadowing for her future work maintaining millipede colonies in the lab. Bruce, formerly a postdoc at Marine Biological Laboratory and a new faculty member at University of British Columbia was the recipient of a 2023 Society for Developmental Biology Emerging Research Organisms (ERO) grant.
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Bioluminescence sheds light on the developmental origin of novel organs: An interview with Lisa Mesrop
Most of us know about fireflies, but did you know that some of their distant relatives live underwater?Lisa Mesrop, a 2023 Society for Developmental Biology Emerging Research Organism Grant awardee, studies exactly that–bioluminescent ostracod Vargula tsujii, colloquially known as “sea fireflies”.
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Establishing the sea cucumber as an emerging model in developmental biology
Margherita Perillo, a research scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), was awarded the 2024 Society for Developmental Biology Emerging Research Organism Grant for her work on establishing the sea cucumber (Holothuria tubulosa), as an emerging model for developmental biology research.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEBINAR
Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar - Rui Yan and Taylor Medwig-Kinney
May 9, 2025 • Virtual
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time
Rui Yan (Harvard Medical School)
Flow-dependent mesenchymal force drives epithelial tube constriction and splitting
Taylor Medwig-Kinney (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Understanding how developmental patterning coordinates localization of myosin activating machinery to drive cell shape changes
REGIONAL
2025 SDB Southeast Regional Meeting
May 19–21, 2025 | University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
REGIONAL
12th Canadian Developmental Biology Meeting
May 25–28, 2025 | University of British Columbia Okanagen Campus, Kelowna, BC
REGIONAL
2025 SDB West Coast Regional Meeting
August 14–17, 2025 | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
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Journal
Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology, the official journal of the Society for Developmental Biology, publishes original research on mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals and plants at the molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary levels.