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Boosting Developmental Biology in Latin America: The Legacy of Roberto Mayor
After finishing a postdoctoral fellowship in the United Kingdom, Roberto Mayor returned to his home country, Chile, to start his own research group. During his postdoctoral studies, he identified, for the first time, genes that mark the neural crest and was excited to continue this work.
Interview with Jeffrey Farrell, 2026 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award Winner
The Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award honors early career investigators—those at the pre-tenure assistant professor rank at the time of their nomination—performing outstanding and expansively impactful research in developmental biology. This year’s recipient is Jeffrey Farrell, who since 2020 has served as an Earl Stadtman Investigator in the Unit on Cell Specification and Differentiation at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ...
Alexandra Joyner Awarded 2026 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award
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 Richard Behringer. Joyner helped to create the foundation of mouse genetics and in 1983 published one of the first textbooks on manipulating the mouse genome...
Lee Niswander awarded 2026 Edwin G. Conklin Medal
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, she joins a group of researchers recognized for their exceptional contributions to developmental biology and their dedication to training the next generation of scientists.
Congress must stop the politicization of peer review and American science
Op-Ed by Carole LaBonne
For generations, the U.S. has led the world in scientific discovery because federal research grants are judged primarily by scientists, not by politicians. That principle is now in jeopardy.
SDB Members Elected as 2024 & 2025 AAAS Fellows
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 Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues."
NIH Public Access Compliance at Developmental Biology
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 accepted in Developmental Biology. Attached is a diagram showing the process.
Passing of Conklin Medalist and SDB President Gail R. Martin
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 recipient of many awards including: SDB’s Edwin G. Conklin Medal in 2002 and the Excellence in Science Award from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) in 2011.
Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology, the official journal of the Society for Developmental Biology, publishes original research on mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals and plants at the molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary levels.
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WIREs Mechanisms of Disease
WIREs Developmental Biology, previously published in association with the Society for Developmental Biology, has merged into WIREs Mechanisms of Disease. All SDB members can access WIREs Mechanisms of Disease articles for free by signing in to their SDB Membership Portal.
