SDB News Archive

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...

Passing of Conklin Medalist and SDB President Gail R. Martin

February 17, 2026

The Society for Developmental Biology is sad to announce the passing of Gail R. Martin (1944-2026), after a short illness, in San Francisco.  Martin served as SDB President in 2007 and was the r...

2025 SDB Academy Members

February 13, 2026

We are excited to announce the 2025 elected members of the Society for Developmental Biology Academy , an initiative to recognize and celebrate our dedicated long-standing SDB members. These individ...