Advancing the Field of Developmental Biology
The Society for Developmental Biology represents a global community of scientists and educators dedicated to furthering the field of developmental biology.
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Society for Developmental Biology 86th Annual Meeting
July 17-20, 2027 • St. Louis Union Station Hotel | St. Louis, MO
The Society for Developmental Biology 86th Annual Meeting will be held July 17-20, 2027 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Latest News
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
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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...
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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.
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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: Gene Targeting: A Practical Approach, which has been a go-to resource for mouse researchers for decades.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEBINAR
Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar - Adam Wei Jian Soh and Stephanie Vargas Aguilar
October 9, 2026 • Virtual
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time
Adam Wei Jian Soh (Duke University)
How do tissues stay stretchy? Borrowing ideas from a trampoline
Stephanie Vargas Aguilar (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
A developmentally restricted γδ T cell response supports mouse heart regeneration
REGIONAL
2026 SDB Northeast Regional Meeting
May 1–3, 2026 | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
REGIONAL
2026 SDB Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
May 15–16, 2026 | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Journal
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.