Summary: A guide to mechanics in development: unlock how forces, material properties and geometry shape the forms of life.

Gastrulation is the morphogenetic process by which the single-layered pluripotent epiblast is reorganised into the three germ layers and the basic bod…

We are saying goodbye to Dr O. Claire Moulton this week, who is retiring from her role as CEO of The Company of Biologists. We’d like to take this opportunity to look back at Claire’s career and her i...

Rigidity transitions govern tissue organization in ways reminiscent of inert materials. Yet, living tissues are composed of active units with autonomous timing mechanisms, raising the question whether...

Pérez-Verdugo et al. show that hindbrain neuropore closure is driven by surface ectoderm actomyosin purse-string tension and active migration. These forces create reproducible patterns of cell elongat...

Organ repair and growth rely on coupling tissue-wide membrane depolarization with intracellular proliferative signaling.

Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists Development's Pathway to Independence programme Launched in 2022, Development’s Pathway Independence programm...

Sparse mesenchymal cellular networks are ubiquitous across animals, shaping both embryonic and adult structures through dynamic interactions with epithelia. Yet, the physical principles underlying the...

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Organoids have revolutionized in vitro modeling of human development and disease, yet their full potential remains constrained by the limited spatial …

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

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With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

Spina bifida and anencephaly are neural tube defects caused by failure of embryonic neural tube closure. Successful closure requires elongation and apical constriction of neuroepithelial cells. These ...

As you may have seen in an earlier post, I'm moving on from Development after 13+ years as the journal's Executive Editor. The good news (for me at

IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology is one of the leading biomedical research institutes in Europe focusing on cutting-edge functional genomics and stem cell technologies. IMBA is located at t...