SDB News Archive
Boosting Developmental Biology in Latin America: The Legacy of Roberto Mayor
September 25, 2026
By Brenda Pardo After finishing a postdoctoral fellowship in the United Kingdom, Roberto Mayor returned to his home country, Chile, to start his own research group. During his postdoctor...
Interview with Jeffrey Farrell, 2026 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award Winner
September 14, 2026
By Liam Russell The Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award honors early career investigators—those at the pre-tenure assistant professor rank at the time of their nomination—perfo...
Lee Niswander awarded 2026 Edwin G. Conklin Medal
August 6, 2026
By Mikayla Eppert Lee Niswander was named the 2026 recipient of the Edwin G. Conklin Medal . A distinguished professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder,...
Alexandra Joyner Awarded 2026 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award
August 6, 2026
By Kate Windsor Alexandra Joyner is the recipient of the 2026 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award . She was surprised and honored to hear the news from SDB president ...SDB Members Elected as 2024 & 2025 AAAS Fellows
March 26, 2026
The Society for Developmental Biology would like to congratulate the following SDB members elected as 2024 and 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "Election as a ...
NIH Public Access Compliance at Developmental Biology
March 5, 2026
Dear SDB Members, I am writing to clarify how to fully comply with the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy without paying the current $3,910 Article Processing Fee for Open Access for your paper accep...