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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Looking forward to tomorrow’s speakers in our Metabolism in Development Zoom Seminar: @martinestermann.bsky.social & Lea Hund Joining link below 😉

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

¿Participas en el XIV Congreso Nacional de la SMBD? 🇲🇽 ¡Acompáñanos en la sesión “Creando puentes desde Latinoamérica hacia el mundo”🌎! Conoce experiencias y oportunidades para realizar un doctorado o postdoc en el extranjero. 📅 2 de septiembre | 14:00–15:30 📍 Juriquilla, Querétaro ¡Te esperamos!

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

✨ New LatinXDB interview! 🇧🇷 Meet Dr. Bruno Vellutini and learn about his passion for evo-devo, his research on mechanical forces during epithelial folding, and his commitment to science beyond the lab. Thanks, @bruvellu.bsky.social ! Read the full interview 👇 sites.google.com/view/latinxi...

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LatinxDB - Bruno Vellutini

Dr. Bruno Vellutini Federal University of Minas Gerais

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International Society of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

‼️One week left to register to our 2027 EMBO Developmental Biology course in Quintay: biodesarrollo.unab.cl/how-to-apply We showed you 🪰, we showed you 🐥, now we'll show you some🥚 taken by 1 of our 2026 attendees. We also have 🐟, 🐸, and maybe even 🦑. I guess you'll have to go to find out! 😜

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Attending #2026SDB? Stop by our Theme Table #9! Our team member @martinestermann.bsky.social will be there representing Latinx in DevBio. We'd love to meet you! 🌎🧬

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Darío Lupiáñez @dariloops.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🚨 Job Alert - Please share 🙏 Interested in 3D gene regulation in development & evolution? 🤓🧬 💥 Our lab at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social is expanding! ✅ 4 years fully funded PhD position 💻🧪 Experimental or computational backgrounds welcome 👇 Details below #PhDPosition #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

📬 Stay connected with Latinx in DB! Join our mailing list to receive updates about our initiatives, interviews, events, and other opportunities to connect with our community. 👉 Join here: mailchi.mp/7d3ca61c90fe... We look forward to growing this community together!🌎💙 #latinxDB #ResearchCommunity

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Martín Estermann @martinestermann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🧵1/6 Excited to share that our new STAR Protocols paper is out! 🧬✨ We describe an improved protocol for culturing mouse fetal gonads ex vivo using 3D-printable molds. 🐭🧫 www.cell.com/star-protoco...

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Martín Estermann @martinestermann.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is now PMOS: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. A much-needed change that better reflects the endocrine, metabolic, and reproductive features of the condition. Hopefully this improves awareness, diagnosis, and care ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

*** GRC Developmental Biology 2027 - Jan 17-22 @ Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort *** Join us for a fabulous 2027 Gordon Conference on all things #devbio & the trainee-led GRS! More info on registration, abstract submission, et al., here: www.grc.org/developmenta... #GRCDevBio2027 🧬🐭🐟🪰🌱❤️

Flier for the Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar 2027 on Developmental Biology, held at the Renaissance Touscany Il Ciocco Resort in Italy, January 17-22 2027. List of speakers, organizers, and tag line of Organizing Principles of Growth, Form, and Regeneration Driving Transformative Applications.

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Latin American Developmental Biology @lasdb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We have launched a call for the renewal of the Society’s logo, and we invite developmental biologists working in Latin America, as well as Latin American developmental biologists working abroad, to participate in this contest. More information at lasdb-development.org/pages/news.h...

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Erik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

🦋Monarch butterflies are fluorescent!🦋 Images by Chris Clemens. #FluorescenceFriday #SciComm

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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Community✨ It’s time for nominations in the #PASEDB Elections will be held on June 1, 2026 To nominate colleagues, or yourself, please email @ischneider.bsky.social at igors@lsu.edu and include: - History with #PASEDB - Contributions to #EvoDevo - Why is running/nominated

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VSD @biol-vsd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

VSD SOUVENIR ! 🎁 For this 10th edition of the VSD meeting, we designed a special bottle for each one of you ! 🥰 You can get your bottle in front of the Athena room from now on (and as such stay hydrated ) ! Thanks to our VSD23 logo winner Somboon Wankanit 🎉 #VSD26 #souvenirs #crete

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VSD @biol-vsd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

We have also prepared a special conference bingo for you 🎉 You have until Thursday to complete it and the winner will be announced on Friday (with a prize). Good luck ! @gunes-taylor.bsky.social @martinestermann.bsky.social

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🥁 New Latinx in Dev Bio interview! From Argentina to the world 🇦🇷🌎🔬 Martín Estermann shares his journey, research, and exciting next step—starting his own lab at the Czech Academy of Sciences. @martinestermann.bsky.social Read here: sites.google.com/view/latinxi... #DevBio #LatinxInSTEM #NewPI

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Dr. Martín Estermann: From Argentina to the world

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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

PASEDB community 🤩 We are excited to announce our first Research Webinar series called: ⭐️EvoDevo Mondays⭐️ Save the date - April 13 With our amazing speakers @luiza-o-saad.bsky.social and João Francisco Botelho Session chair Professor Natalia Pabón-Mora #PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #EvoDevo

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

1st McKinley Lab grad student’s 1st preprint! @claireang.bsky.social studied how the uterus safely excises massive amounts of tissue during menstruation and pregnancy. Come for her GORGEOUS images, stay for her incredible discoveries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... w/ @akelleher1017.bsky.social

Immunofluorescence image of a mouse uterus with epithelium labeled in cyan. There is a folded lumen in the center and glands branching off like bunches of grapes.

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Martín Estermann @martinestermann.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨New paper out in Cell Reports ‼️ www.cell.com/cell-reports... Why do fetal Sertoli cells store glycogen 🍬 during testis development? It turns out they are feeding germ cells. We discovered a previously unrecognized metabolic coupling between Sertoli cells and germ cells in the fetal testis 🧵

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Glycogen and lactate metabolism in mouse fetal Sertoli cells sustain the germ line

Estermann and Sheheen et al. identified a metabolic coupling between fetal Sertoli and germ cells in mice, driven by glycogen breakdown and lactate transport through the MCT4/MCT1 shuttle. This intera...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held Friday, February 13 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Martha Echevarría-Andino @uwmadison.bsky.social and M. Fernanda Palominos @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/47QVIEK #SDBPostdocSeminar

Society for Developmental Biology Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series
Friday, March 13, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time
Martha Echevarría-Andino (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Hoxa11/Hoxd11 transcription factors regulate extracellular matrix genes during osteochondral differentiation
M. Fernanda Palominos (University of California, Berkeley)
Novel craniofacial genes linked to extreme jaw evolution in pupfishes revealed by tissue-specific transcriptomics and speciation genomics

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Darío Lupiáñez @dariloops.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🤩💪 Out now! 3D regulatory hubs in sex determination With @mamartirenom.bsky.social & Capel labs, led by @imotagom.bsky.social & @jrotwitguez.bsky.social 1️⃣ METALoci – explore #3DGenome 🧬 2️⃣ Non-coding region controlling Fgf9 🧩 3️⃣ Meis genes = new key players 🌟 👉 rdcu.be/e5sm2 1/n Bluetorial 👇

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Chromatin spatial analysis by METALoci unveils sex-determining 3D regulatory hubs

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - METALoci, a new three-dimensional genome computational tool, reveals a major rewiring of regulatory interactions during sex determination. By combining...

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We’re launching our Latinx DevBio interview series 🌎🧬 Our first inspiring conversation features Dr. Rosa Navarro: Leading Developmental Biology research in Mexico. Read here: sites.google.com/view/latinxi... Thanks, Dr. Navarro, for sharing your journey and insights with us! #LatinxInScience

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“The only limit is your imagination”-Dr. Rosa Navarro.

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Martín Estermann @martinestermann.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Honored to receive the 2026 R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology from the @anatomyorg.bsky.social 🏆 Excited to keep exploring how metabolism, genetics, and epigenetics shape gonadal development and cell differentiation 🧬Grateful to my mentors, collaborators, and lab mates who made this possible.

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VSD @biol-vsd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

👋 Welcome to the official BlueSky account of the #VSD scientific community ! This account was created to 👇 -share official announcements -highlight scientific content & speakers during the #VSD2026 meeting - support live discussions and help our community stay connected 1/3👇

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Özge Özgüç @oozguc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

For this festive season, I’m sending friends and family something a little different: postcards straight from the microscope. 🔬 Featuring my hiPSC Christmas tree from last year and a hiPSC colony turned into a festive bauble, with wishes for a season that’s festive at every scale. 🎄

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Dr. B. Duygu Özpolat (she/her) @biyolokum.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Are you going to SICB in Jan2026? I can't but I'll be there in spirit with these plates I am donating for the Division of Invertebrate Zoology Libbie Hyman Auction. Show up and support student travel funds by bidding for them! Featuring #membracids #acoels #cnidarians #rotifers @sicb.bsky.social

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🎄 Day 1 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬 This study shows how different fixation methods (PFA vs. TCA) change what researchers can visualize in chicken embryos using HCR or IHC. 🔍🐣🔬 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🎄✨ Introducing 24 Days of Development! Each day we’ll highlight one of 2025’s most influential papers published in Developmental Biology, the official journal of the Society for Developmental Biology. Follow along! 🧬❄️🌟 #DevBio

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Martín Estermann @martinestermann.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I can’t believe it’s already been a year! 🎉 Grateful to share this initiative with such an amazing group of Latinx scientists in developmental biology 🙌 More to come! ✨

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Happy to report that our recent findings on the innervation of the masseter made the cover of the International Journal of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social . Early post for #FluorescenceFridays #DevBio @brchfx.bsky.social 🧪 ijdb.ehu.eus/issue/69/

Beta3-tubulin staining in a whole mount mouse embryo (embryonic day 10) in blue, with neural crest cell derivatives labeled with tdtomato transgene (red).

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

💚🦴 Fluorescence Friday: Halloween edition! 🎃 This glowing mouse embryo skeleton is serving serious spooky vibes 👻 Who knew bone development could look this eerie and elegant? 💀 Image by @martinestermann.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday #SpookyScience

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Amoyel lab @amoyellab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Join us for a new zoom series on metabolism and development. This will be a monthly feature with PIs and trainees presenting. Sign up here (forms.gle/Y8QzucogKKrZ...) to get the Zoom link and join the mailing list.

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Metabolism in Development and Physiology, Virtual Seminar Series @devmetphys.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural Metabolism in Development & Physiology virtual seminar, a new series connecting researchers across all stages & disciplines in metabolism! 🗓 13 Nov 2025, 16:00 CET 🎙 Alexander Aulehla (EMBL Heidelberg), & 🎙 Christopher Bell (Uni of Oxford) See you there!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It is so cool to be able to see things like this (#DevBio) in real life and share it with students. 🤩

A 5-day old chicken embryo above a yolk. The vasculature and yolk remain in tact.

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latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🚨LatinxDB organize: “Why didn’t I know this before? What to expect from a PhD or a postdoc in life sciences” Thanks Estefania Vasquez, M. Fernanda Palominos and Emma Rangel for creating this space and discussion. @niasv.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social Join us at 2025NDiSTEM @sacnas.bsky.social

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Our next #DevPres webinar focusses on development across scales with talks from Osvaldo Contreras @osvaldoics.bsky.social & Yinan Wan, chaired by Alex Eve @amjeve.bsky.social 📅 15 October, 09:00 BST (UTC+1) Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Poster of Development presents... webinar on Wednesday 15 October at 09:00 BST (UTC+1). Chair: Alex Eve. Details of 2 speakers and talks: Osvaldo Contreras from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, talk titled 'OpenEMMU: A low-cost EdU multiplexing methodology for studying DNA replication and cell cycle dynamics’; then Yinan Wan from Biozentrum University of Basel, talk titled ‘Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics: from fate to form’.

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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Our latest ‘call for preLighters’ closes tonight! Interested, but didn’t find the time to write an application? Expressions of interest are also welcome – just email us at prelights@biologists.com Why join? See what other preLighters have to say…⬇️👀

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Nitzan Gonen @nitzan-gonen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

📢To all the sex determination lovers! 📢 Get ready for the 10th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertabrate Sex Determination (VSD). We exchange the nostalgic Hawaii beaches with the gorgeous Crete beaches 🏖! The meeting will take place on 23-27 March 2026. biology-of-vsd.my.canva.site

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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🚨 New call for preLighters!🚨 Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍 Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢 More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

✨If Monet studied mouse ovaries 🎨 Stromal cells 💜 Follicular cells 🔵 and Fatty Cells 🟡. Together, they reveal the cellular architecture and functional zones of the ovary 🔬 Image provided by @shmimberly.bsky.social 🧪 #FluorescenceFriday #ReproductiveBiology

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

✨Development meets design in this embryonic chameleon lung 🫁 🦎. Smooth muscle swirls 🟣 and branching tips and cartilage 🟢 come together in reptilian lung morphogenesis. Image taken by @drkatiegoodwin.bsky.social 🔬🧪 #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio

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Cameron A. Schmidt PhD (He/Him) 🇺🇲 @cas-reprolab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

From Shosei Yoshida's beautiful talk @ssrepro.bsky.social. Differentiation waves in mouse seminiferous tubules (Stra-8 eGFP). Absolutely spectacular👏 #ReproRocks #ComplexSystems #Microscopy

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

✨Unexpected but beautiful! 🔬 4 hpf zebrafish embryos injected with BFP 🔵, GFP,🟢 and RFP🔴 mRNAs (1:1:1) showed mosaic, multicolor expression, resembling a brainbow without any genetic recombination 🧬🌈 image taken by A.J. Treichel  #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio

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Amoyel lab @amoyellab.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Lovely work by @martinestermann.bsky.social and colleagues from the Capel lab! Together with our recent work (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...), this really makes a strong case that lactate is crucial to supporting male germ cells in vivo - from flies to mammals.

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Martín Estermann @martinestermann.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Excited to share the preprint that marks the beginning of my journey into the world of metabolism! 🍭🧬 A new chapter exploring how metabolic pathways shape gonadal development. There’s more to come, stay tuned! #DevelopmentalBiology #Metabolism

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🐌💫 Snail embryos never looked so fabulous! Tubulin (white), phospho-histone H3 (pink), and F-Actin (cyan) light up this early stage like a cytoskeletal disco ball. Image from Clemens Cabernard & Adam von Barnau Sythoff 🪩🧬 #FluorescenceFriday

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