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Credit: Amanda Powell and Elizabeth Ables; Post-acquisition edited image of a mirrored Drosophila ovarion tumor showing the localization of the differentiation factor Bam (green)

Call for Art Contest Volunteer Coordinator for SDB Annual Meeting

The Society for Developmental Biology Publications and Communications Committee plans to organize a mixed-media art contest at the annual meeting this summer. We are looking for a volunteer who can oversee, plan, and coordinate this event together with other volunteers.

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Paola Arlotta

Finding the Funny: A Conversation with Paola Arlotta, 2023 FASEB Excellence in Science Mid-Career Award Recipient

Paola Arlotta, Golub Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, was the recipient of the 2023 FASEB Excellence in Science Mid-Career Award for her significant contributions to the field of neurobiology and for her contributions to the scientific community as a mentor and leader.

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Neil Shubin

Developmental Biology – Can You Dig It? An Interview with Neil Shubin

The Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) recognized Neil Shubin with the 2024 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize. Shubin is currently a Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, and the award is in recognition of his outstanding and innovative contributions to learning.

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Interview with 2024 SDB Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award recipient Daniel Dickinson

The 2024 recipient of the Society for Developmental Biology Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award is Daniel Dickinson. Dickinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Texas at Austin.

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2024 SDB Election Results

The Society for Developmental Biology would like to congratulate the newly elected members of the SDB Board of Directors. Their terms will begin immediately following the SDB 83rd Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

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Deborah J. Andrew named Society for Developmental Biology’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

Deborah J. Andrew, the Bayard Halstead Professor in Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins University, is the recipient of the 2024 Developmental Biology – Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Interview with 2024 Society for Developmental Biology Conklin Medalist Chris Doe

Chris Doe, Professor of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at the University of Oregon, has been awarded the 2024 Edwin G. Conklin Medal from the Society for Developmental Biology for his outstanding research contributions to the field of developmental neurobiology and his exemplary mentorship of the next generation of scientists.

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Message from Your SDB President

Carl Sagan once said, "Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. It transcends boundaries, cultures, and conflicts." This sentiment is especially relevant in today's world, where societal and global boundaries are increasingly prevalent. Science should be universal. Scientific inquiry and discoveries should be accessible to all of humanity.

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SDB statement on In Vitro Fertilization

In response to the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling on early human embryos, the Society for Developmental Biology Board of Directors released a statement declaring decisions on reproductive care should be grounded in science.

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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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Epithelial cells changing shape during the cuboidal-to-squamous transition. In developing follicular epithelium of the Drosophila ovary, as follicle cells progress from Stage 8 (top) to stage 10 (bottom), complex genetic and mechanical forces shape these cells during mid-oogenesis. Cells are marked by A90-Gal4, mRFP expression (teal) and nuclei stained with DAPI (yellow-green).

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.

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