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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 08/10/2026

I don't think ctenophores are "born" at all, really.

Screenshot of a X post from @NewsfromScience posted on 08/10/2026. "No, you're not seeing double. This translucent marine creature called a sea walnut, which is a species of comb jelly, or ctenophore, does indeed have two mouths and two "rear" ends-pores from which it ejects waste. Yet it wasn't born with these double features. In 2024, researchers found injured sea walnuts can join bodies and thrive again by merging some of their systems. Learn more: scim.ag/4dyeV9J #ScienceMagArchives.

Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 11/09/2026

Having just returned from the wonderful human development meeting from @dev-journal.bsky.social and the HDBI, I'm delighted Development's next special issue is on the same topic! We're glad to have Hongmei Wang on board as a Guest Editor Find out more: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/hu...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 21/08/2026

WTH is wrong with people today. Learning how to improve your own abilities is not 'suffering'. I'm glad I left X but there's so much weird stuff going on over there. It's scary.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 26/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Dhelmise, the Sea Creeper Pokemon and the final talk partner of the meeting.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 26/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Dundunsparce, the Land Snake Pokemon and one of the few Pokemon really inspired by (Drosophila) developmental genetics: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dudunsp...

A 3-segment Dundunsparce image from Bulbapedia.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 26/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Wailord, the Float Whale Pokemon.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 26/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Komala, the Drowsing Pokemon.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 26/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Zygard (cell), the Order Pokemon.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 25/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Tropius, the (flying) Fruit Pokemon.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 24/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Exeggcute, the Egg Pokemon.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 24/07/2026

This #2026SDB talk's #PokemonPartner is Florges, the Garden Pokemon.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 15/07/2026

Less than a week now until I head to Vegas for #2026SDB. Drop by the @biologists.bsky.social booth for goodies and a chat about @dev-journal.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 09/07/2026

Now's your chance to collect citeable 'at a glance' posters from @dev-journal.bsky.social & @dmmjournal.bsky.social at #ISSCR2026, including 'Stem cell-based models of early human development' by @liliulab.bsky.social and @jun-wu-lab.bsky.social l. Visit @biologists.bsky.social booth #1005.

A small preview of 'Stem cell-based models of early human development' Development at a glance poster by Lizhong Liu and Jun Wu.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 01/07/2026

I'm attending #ISSCR2026. Visit The Company of Biologists' @biologists.bsky.social booth to learn more about publishing in our journals, including @dev-journal.bsky.social. I'll also be participating in 'How to get your paper ready for peer review' organised by @stemcellreports.bsky.social.

I am attending ISSCR 2026 social media card.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 19/06/2026

Please do chat to Dominique and Saanjbati about submitting to Development and our upcoming Special Issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 01/06/2026

Exciting announcement! @dev-journal.bsky.social has a new call for papers for our next Special Issue – Plant and Algae Development, edited by @stanfordstomata.bsky.social & Susana Coelho Celebrate the huge contribution of photosynthetic organisms to #devbio journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 13/03/2026

Planarians also reproduce asexually by fission – pulling their body in two & then regenerating the missing halves. Breaking occurs all over development; see this recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review from @torres-sanchez.bsky.social, @rashmi-priya.bsky.social & colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 12/03/2026

#gfe2026 @gfeev.bsky.social PhD Award goes to Tatiana Lebedeva 🎉 for Tatiana's thesis investigating the role of β-catenin in specifying germ layers in one of my favourite organisms, the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 11/03/2026

The central nervous system forms by 'folding in' part of the outer layer of the embryo. Kerstin Feistel studies the cytoskeleton and tissue stiffness to understand how cells change shape to orchestrate tissue folding in frogs. #gfe2026 Video from @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 10/03/2026

Girish has also written an 'In preprints' article for @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... If you're interested in writing and commissioning these articles, Development currently has a call for Preprint Editors until 30 March Learn more here: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pr...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 13/02/2026

Speak to @ingridtsang.bsky.social if you'd like a copy of @dev-journal.bsky.social's 'Stem cell-based models of early human development' poster by @liliulab.bsky.social and @jun-wu-lab.bsky.social You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 09/01/2026

If you're looking for a quick and light-hearted weekend read I'd recommend 'An interview with Mole' in @jcellsci.bsky.social! #biologists100 doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

A cartoon drawing of 'Mole' in a picture frame. Artwork by Pete Jeffs – www.peterjeffsart.com

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 25/11/2025

I'll be bringing along a handful of our 'Development at a glance articles' from Miyuki Suzawa and Michelle Bland Insulin signaling in development doi.org/10.1242/dev....

A tiny thumbnail of a poster illustrating the role of insulin signalling in development.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 27/08/2025

Any news-type post on the Node @the-node.bsky.social between now and the end of September is in for a chance to win £200 and an interview - a little incentive to put pen to paper and finally get your piece shared with the #devbio & #stemcell community. thenode.biologists.com/the-node-wri...

Writing challenge from the Node
Post of the Node before 30 September and win £200

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 15/08/2025

thenode.biologists.com/network/ #devbio

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 19/06/2025

Celebrate by picking up your own @dev-journal.bsky.social Hox poster "Hox genes in development and beyond" by Katharine Hubert and Deneen Wellik at @biologists.bsky.social booth #4. #2025ICDB #2025SDB #ICDB2025 And/or see the full article here: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

A thumbnail for a scientific poster entitled "Hox genes in development and beyond".

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 18/06/2025

Check out the "Stem cell-based models of early human development" poster by Lizhong Liu and @jun-wu-lab.bsky.social in @dev-journal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/dev..... Pick up your own paper copy at @biologists.bsky.social's stand - booth 4 at #2025ICDB #2025SDB #ICDB2025.

A small image summarising the content of a scientific poster entitled 'Stem cell-based models of early human development".

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 16/12/2024

“What are you doing over Christmas?” Me:

An edited shot of - scene from The Simpsons showing a pamphlet entitled “So you’ve decided to become isolated and weird.”.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 01/12/2024

Trees are up. Happy advent

Photo of a Christmas tree in a living room decorated with colourful baubles.

Photo of a Christmas tree decorated with white ornaments and sloths.

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 21/11/2024

I'll be chairing the last #DevPres webinar of 2024, featuring three talks on gene regulation from Madalena Maderia Reimão Pinto, Tran Phuc Khoa Le (@LeTranPhucKhoa1 on X) and Gabriel Aughey. It's on 4 December at 15:00 GMT - register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Development presents...
Wednesday 4 December 15:00 GMT
Chair Alex Eve
Madalena M. Reimão Pinto (Biozentrum)
‘The regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis’

Tran Phuc Khoa Le (University of Michigan)
‘Embryonic stem cell quiescence: beyond a quiet state’

Gabriel Aughey (University College London)
‘Characterisation of an RBL2-associated neurodevelopmental disorder sheds light on neuronal cell-cycle exit and re-entry’
#DevPres
thenode.biologists.com/devpres

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 14/11/2024

Next week, there's a #DevPres #devbio webinar featuring the prize winners from the #BSDB Spring meeting and hosted by BSDB chair Marysia Placzek from the University of Sheffield. You can register to watch live here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 22/02/2024

Development presents... #DevPres webinars happening soon: Next week (27/2, 15:00 GMT), organogenesis w/ Paolo Panza and Jean-Francois Derrigrand. Chair: Liz Roberston The week after (6/3, 16:00 GMT), RNA biology w/ Eric Cornes and Maya Spichal. Chair: me Register: thenode.biologists.com/devpres/

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 17/01/2024

I'm looking forward to attending the FSSCR congress in Paris next week on behalf of Development, the Node and The Company of Biologists. Attendees might be interested in our 'In vitro models of development' collection: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

Screenshot of the collection linked via URL

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 12/12/2023

Development has announced the next call for applications for the 'Pathway to Independence' programme - aimed at supporting postdocs going on the job market. Application deadline 31 January 2024. Full details can be found at journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 21/11/2023

The next #DevPres webinar will be on germ cell development and chaired by Development Editor, @swathiarur.bsky.social. Join in on Tuesday 5 December Register: thenode.biologists.com/development-...

Development presents...
Tuesday 5 December 2023 – 15:00 GMT
Chair: Swathi Arur

Gabriele Zaffagnini (Centre for Genomic Regulation)
‘Why don’t oocytes get Alzheimer’s?’

Diego Sainz de la Maza (University College London)
‘Somatic cells support germ cell survival by shuttling glycolytic products’

Güneş Taylor (Francis Crick Institute)
‘The role of FOXL2 in pregranulosa cell specification within the vertebrate ovary’

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 02/11/2023

Join us for the next Development presents... webinar on Tuesday 14 November from 16:00 GMT on the theme of development and disease. Find out more and register: thenode.biologists.com/devpres #DevPres

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 14/10/2023

The next DevPres webinar is on Wednesday 25 October at 15:00 BST, featuring talks from three early-career researchers in the field of metabolism and development, chaired by Irene Miguel-Aliaga Find out more and register: thenode.biologists.com/development-...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 14/10/2023

Development are currently accepting submissions and review article proposals for the next special issue, 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity', coordinated by Cassandra Extavour, Liam Dolan and Karen Sears @searslab.bsky.social More details: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/di...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 22/09/2023

Join us on Wednesday 4 October for Development presents... #DevPres. Debby Silver will be chairing talks from Baptiste Libe-Philippot, Idoia Quintana Urzainquiv and Leo Otsuki. See the full programme and catch up on past webinars by watching the recordings: thenode.biologists.com/devpres

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 19/09/2023

Next up at #DevMeeting23, Andrew Gillis uses cartilaginous fishes, such as skate, to understand the evolution of jawed vertebrates. You may recognise the skate from @the_Node postcards! Learn more in Development doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 19/09/2023

#DevMeeting23. Check out Ivan's paper for some great videos! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 18/09/2023

Today at 16:00 BST, Development will be live-streaming a session from #DevMeeting23. Visit the page on the Node to watch and interact! thenode.biologists.com/development-...

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