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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hear Lena Claesson-Welsh at #Angioscience26! Lena fundamentally advanced vascular biology by uncovering how VEGFR signaling, junctional dynamics & proteins like CD93 regulate endothelial permeability & vessel leakage in tumor metastasis & inflammatory diseases. See our program: www.vwfb.de

Announcement for the Kloster Seeon Angioscience meeting in Bavaria, Germany this coming September 18-22, 2026. Fantastic intimate meeting with cutting edge edge scientists, leaders in the field, and a focus on early career investigators (abstract-chosen short talks and a Young Investigators Meeting (YIM)). Deadline for abstract submission is June 15th, though we will take late breaking abstract submissions until June 30th. Register and join us!

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Come hear Anne Eichmann at #Angioscience26! Anne not only helped elucidate neuronal cue guidance of angiogenesis, but also how sensing of hemodynamic flow via Piezo1 can go awry leading to vascular malformations & how ROCK is critical to vessel stability. Find the Seeon program here: www.vwfb.de/

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hear Pipsa Sararinen at #Angioscience26! Pipsa studies endothelial junctions & vascular stability. She showed how Ang-2 drives endothelial destabilization via beta1-integrin & how targeting b1-integrin can inhibit pathological capillary leakage in diseases like sepsis. More info here: www.vwfb.de

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hear Tatiana Petrova at #Angiogenesis26! Tatiana studies lymphatic vascular development & tissue-specific remodeling, showing how Prox1, organ-specific mechanical forces, & metabolic pathways govern lymphatic endothelial identity & functional maturation. Register today! www.vwfb.de/start/regist...

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hear Tatiana Petrova at #Angioscience26! Tatiana studies lymphatic vascular development & tissue-specific remodeling, defining how Prox1, organ-specific mechanical forces, and metabolic signaling pathways govern lymphatic endothelial cell identity & maturation in health & disease.

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@NicoliLab @nicolilab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thanks to the organizers! I can’t wait to be there in such a beautiful place to discuss vascular biology, exchange ideas, and catch up with so many amazing researchers!!! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Come hear Stefania Nicoli at #Angioscience26! Stefania examines how non-coding RNAs integrate metabolic & biomechanical signals to regulate cell behavior in cardiovascular development & disease. 🔬 Register today! www.vwfb.de/start/regist...

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hear Li-Kun Phng at #Angioscience26! Li-Kun studies endothelial cell behavior during angiogenesis, revealing how cell polarity, migration, and signaling dynamics shape vascular network formation and remodeling in vivo. 🐟 Deadline tomorrow, June 15th! www.vwfb.de/start/regist...

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Come hear Ben Hogan at #Angioscience26! Ben uses high-resolution live imaging, forward genetic zebrafish screens 🐟 and single-cell transcriptomics to study lymphangiogenesis, the blood-brain barrier formation and pericyte maturation. 🔬 Deadline June 15th! www.vwfb.de/start/regist...

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Hear Shane Herbert at #Angioscience26! @herbertlab.bsky.social examines how cells coordinate their behavior to build new tissues, using live-cell imaging in 🐟. He showed how Notch signaling & mechanical feedback drive endothelial tip-stalk competition during sprouting. Deadline June 15th!

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Hear Taija Mäkinen at #Angioscience26! Taija studies lymphangiogenesis and showed that dermal lymphatic vasculature arises from non-venous mesenchymal progenitors. Her work has underscored lymphatic heterogeneity and lymphangiocrine signaling. Deadline June 15th! www.vwfb.de/start/regist...

Vascular biology conference in the Bavarian countryside, Sept 18-22, 2026. Registration deadeadline June 15th, 2026.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Join us to hear Bong-Inh Koh at #Angioscience26! Bong-Inh showed how VEGFR2 signaling drives meningeal vascular regeneration after severe head injury & characterizes organ-specific vascular niches in craniofacial bones. Deadline June 15th. Register today! vwfb.de/start/regist...

Meeting announcement for the 2026 Kloster Seeon Angioscience meeting in Bavaria, on September 19-22. Register soon. Deadline June 15th.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Join us to hear Maike Frye at #Angioscience26! Maike studies how extracellular and physical microenvironments govern vessel integrity, notably demonstrating how matrix stiffness instructs lymphatic vessel formation. Deadline June 15th. Register today!

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Li-Kun Phng @phnglab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Looking forward to participating in this top-notch meeting!

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Join us to hear Hellmut Augustin at #Angioscience26! Hellmut studies how Ang-Tie signaling regulates vessel maturation, stability and tumor angiogenesis & how organotypic endothelial cells control metastasis, immune responses and organ function via angiocrine signaling. Deadline June 15th!

Meeting announcement for the Angioscience meeting Sept 2026. Register now! Deadline June 15th.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Calling all vascular biologists! Join us for cutting edge science at #Angioscience26 in gorgeous Seeon, Bavaria. Awesome speakers, intimate setting, many talks from abstracts. Deadline June 15th to register! vwfb.de/start/regist...

Flyer for the #Angioscience26 meeting. Speakers listed. Pretty image of Kloster Seeon and fun image of attendees.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Thanks for the feature Hao! Great work by Steve Spurgin. Amazing how altering flow in pulmonary vessels impacts blood vessel maintenance and integrity so dramatically. Pulsatility from the heart pumping is critical!

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Makinen lab - Lymphatic Biology and Pathology @taijamakinenlab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Registration open for Seeon Angioscience Conference - hope to see many of you there!

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Vicky Prince @vprincelab.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I'm thrilled to be co-teaching this wonderful course again this fall. Come join us at the MBL for a transformative experience!

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Ben Hogan @benjhogan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This is going to be awesome! Can’t wait.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🚨 SAVE-THE-DATE 🚨 SEEON ANGIOSCIENCE! Fantastic, long-running meeting on Development & Maintenance of the Vasculature. 🗓️ Sept 2026 🌍 Bavaria, Germany Registration open! Join us! vwfb.de/start/regist...

Information on the conference on vascular development and maintenance held in Bavaria, Germany in September 2026. Conference is held in a historical monastery on a lake in beautiful Bavaria. Registration is now open! Lots of great speakers that are leaders in the field. We will pick a large number of talks from abstracts to elevate early career investigators. Join us!

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT

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Vicky Prince @vprincelab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I am looking forward to co-teaching GetHired! This course is suitable for postdocs in developmental, cellular, molecular, genetics and similar research fields who are prepping for the faculty job market.

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

#DBFeature Connecting developmental biology to societal and political issues in the classroom boosts student engagement and critical thinking, fostering a deeper understanding of both science and social justice. - Megan Morgan Hoffman #SpecialIssue on teaching #DevelopmentalBiology for #SocialChange

Hand written notes on the developmental cascade leading to ovaries, testis, and their hormonal and genetic interconnections

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

So excited to be serving as Guest Editor for a special issue in @devbiol.bsky.social on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development. Please consider contributing!

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Prakash Lab @ Miami @vprakashlab.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Our new collaborative paper with Cyndi Bradham's lab at BU, led by first author @alexandralion.bsky.social is out in @devbiol.bsky.social & featured on the Sept 2025 cover! 😀🥳 PFAS (PFOA & GenX) disrupt sea urchin embryo development! Cover art: embryos + flow fields 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Check out the latest President's Corner by SDB President Richard Behringer @rrbehringer.bsky.social on challenges. www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

Richard Behringer pointing to the Society for Developmental Biology sign outside the SDB office.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Biomechanics influence morphogenesis of the lung. Really cool paper by Shelby and Victor at UT Southwestern and UTD!

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#DBFeature 🐣🫀 Heart cells in chick embryos emerge from a continuous field, not separate regions. Incorporation of cells into the heart depends on cell position, morphogenetic movements and break-down of tissue bridges. tinyurl.com/2bbwtacd #Embryology #HeartDevelopment

Diagram showing developmental stages of the chicken embryo heart, with labeled cross-sections and ventral views from stage HH6 to HH14. Coloured regions identify anatomical structures such as the paraxial and lateral head mesoderm, neural plate, neural tube, and early and late second heart field, illustrating tissue movements and the continuum between first and second heart fields during heart formation.

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Katrin Kierdorf @katrinkierdorf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

To all hemocyte lovers: Angela and me are hosting a special issue on Drosophila hemocytes 🪰👾We have some brillant drosophilists around the world who agreed to submit a review to this special issue! If you are also interested to contribute, reach out to us and we can give you more information!

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🧪 DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis. Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio

Image showing a CALL FOR PAPERS for a special issue of Developmental Biology on "Receptor Tyrosine Kinase signaling in Development".

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS for our upcoming SPECIAL ISSUE Ion channels are emerging as critical regulators of tissue morphogenesis in diverse animals from planaria to humans. Mutations in ion channels can cause craniofacial and limb abnormalities in frogs, mice &humans #DevBio Submit today! shorturl.at/LPMbc

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

#DBfeature #chick🐥 Generation of a transgenic chicken line with reporters for limb bud mesenchyme and apical ectodermal ridge cells Yuji Atsuta, Yi-Chen Chen, Yuna Hattori, Tatsuya Takemoto, Daisuke Saito tiom33.short.gy/DB520,53-61

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Join me next week, if you have interest in reviewing for the SDB's society ( @socdevbio.bsky.social 's) official journal, Developmental Biology (DB!) Always a fun and useful discussion. Sign up today! forms.gle/4ZGYMErrA8YU...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Deadline to register for Get Into Grad School Webinar approaching! Share with interested #undergraduates and #postbacs Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 18. bit.ly/3HFJ9BG

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#DBfeature 🐣❤️ Automated non-invasive laser speckle imaging of the chick heart rate and extraembryonic blood vessels and their response to Nifedipine and Amlodipine drugs by Carol Readhead, Simon Mahler et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Features extraction from a LSCI recording of the blood vessels in a chicken egg

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The best part about science (on top of the science) is the friendships you make on the way. 🥰 Scientists coming together to share ideas, give critical feedback, and also climb mountains 😅 Thanks Li-Kun and all for coming from so far, to meet where I grew up. 🙏

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#DBfeature #cilia Moderate levels of folic acid benefit outcomes for cilia based neural tube defects David Engelhardt, Juliette Petersen, Cara Martyr, Hannah Kuhn-Gale, Lee Niswander tiom33.short.gy/DB520,62-75

Figure showing the effects of different folic acid (FA) dosages on primary ciliogenesis in various mouse embryonic fibroblast genotypes. Panels A-D present box plots quantifying ciliated cells or percent cilia under moderate and fortified FA conditions at 225, 450, and 3600 ng/mL FA in Intu+/+, Intudm/dm, Rsg1+/+, and Rsg1β13/β13 MEFs, highlighting statistically significant differences at moderate doses. Panel E displays immunofluorescence images of MEFs stained for ARL13B (red), γ-tubulin (green), and DAPI (blue), showing cilia presence and structure with scale bars indicating 15 μm and zoom-ins at 5 μm.

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

#DBfeature Epithelial and mesenchymal compartments of the developing bladder and urethra display spatially distinct gene expression patterns by Baraiya, D. H., Kavya, T. T., Mandal, A., Chakraborty, S., Sathish, N., Francis, C. M. R., & Joseph tiom33.short.gy/DB520,155-170

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)🦎 can regrow limbs, tail, spinal cord, heart, and even parts of its brain. Axolotls are champions of regeneration and also shed light on limb patterning, wound healing, and developmental plasticity. Image from Prayag Murawala #ModelMonday #DevBio

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

🎉 The Midwest SDB Regional Meeting is happening soon! Join at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for exciting developmental biology from across the Midwest. 🧬 Registration deadline: September 2nd ✨. More information here: www.midwestsdbincincy.org #MIDWESTSDB25

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#DBfeature #Oocyte Transcriptomic analysis and epigenetic regulators in human oocytes at different stages of oocyte meiotic maturation by Carla Caniçais, Joana Marques et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Characterization of human oocyte maturation stages

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🔬Two heads are better than one… even in frogs! 🐸✨ This Xenopus laevis embryo developed with two heads, offering a striking view of early developmental patterning. 🟢 actin 🟣 neural tissue 🔵 nuclei. Image by Kourtnie Whitfield. #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio #Xenopus

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#DBfeature 🐣 CRISPR-Cas13d enables targeted gene expression knockdown in chick embryos, expanding the experimental potential and versatility of this model system. by Minyoung Kim and Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CRISPRCas #ChickEmbryo

Cross-section of HH9 chick embryo head showing reduced PAX7 signal on CRISPR-Cas13d knockdown side (~17% decrease, n=15), highlighted in GFP+ cells.

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🪰 Drosophila blood cells - Our #DBspecialissue highlights novel findings on hemocyte diversity in Drosophila melanogaster. The reviews explore diversity in terms of ontogeny, functional specification and organ-organ communication. Submit today! tinyurl.com/357v25tj

Drosophila blood cells - Our special issue highlights novel findings on hemocyte diversity in Drosophila melanogaster. The reviews explore diversity in terms of ontogeny, functional specification and organ-organ communication.

Submit today! https://tinyurl.com/357v25tj

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS! Ion channels are emerging as critical regulators of tissue morphogenesis in diverse animals from planaria to humans. Mutations in ion channels can cause craniofacial and limb abnormalities in frogs, mice & humans. Submit today! shorturl.at/LPMbc

Call for papers for “Ions in Morphogenesis” Special Issue!

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

#DBfeature Disease susceptibility implications of preferential inactivation of the paternal X chromosome in extraembryonic endoderm of the mouse by Virginia Papaioannou www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Distribution of primitive endoderm and cellular descendants until midgestation.

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Beautiful cerebral organoid study by my friend and Lab neighbor Mike Buszczak! #DevBio @buszczaklab.bsky.social #UTSW

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🐟 Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Clear as glass, zebrafish embryos let you watch organs form in real time. A powerhouse for studying organogenesis and regeneration, they’re also champions of transgenic expression of fluorescent proteins 🌈 image from Gopi Shah 🧪 #ModelMonday #DevBio

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