The Society for Developmental Biology asked scientists to share why they chose to study developmental biology.  Students, postdocs, and faculty at all stages of their careers contributed.  Watch the video below or click here to view slideshow. Contributors are listed and linked to their responses.  Thank you to Tamara Caspary of Emory University for spearheading this project.  If you would like to share why you choose development, send your slide to tamara.caspary@emory.edu.

Contributors:

John Abramyam • Bruce Alberts • Kathryn Anderson • Marianne Bronner • Donald D. Brown • Margaret Buckingham • Joseph Campanale • Blanche Capel • Tamara Caspary • Martin Chalfie • John Chan • Ondine Cleaver • Edwin G. Conklin • Chris Cretekos • Darwin Dichmann • Stephen Drain • Frank Dye • Jonathan Eggenschwiller • Steven Farber • Scott F. Gilbert • Benjamin Gordon • Theresa Grieco • Kat Hadjantonakis • Viktor Hamburger • Richard Harland • Dorit Hockman • Katerina Hofstetter • Brigid Hogan • Vivian Irish • Leland Johnson • Alex Joyner • David Kingsley • Peter Koopman • Claire Koyns • Robb Krumlauf • Diana Laird • Aloa Lamarca Dams • Ed Laufer • Ruth Lehmann • Ang Li • Mary List • Megan Martik • Mark Martindale • Adam Mason • David Matus • Lisa Maves • Dave McClay • Andy McMahon • Elliot Meyerowitz • Cecilia Moens (video) • Cecilia Moens (#2) • Anne-Hélène Monsoro-Burg • Sally A. Moody • Meghan Morrissey • Lee Niswander • Rachael Norris • Guillermo Oliver • Katie Peichel • Nathaniel Peters • Christopher Pineda • Vicky Prince • Amy Ralston • Heather Ray • Janet Rossant • Adrianna San Roman • Lisa Sandell • Trudi Schupbach • Licia Selleri • Geraldine Seydoux • David Sherwood • Maxine Singer • Ian Sussex • Cliff Tabin • Jenny Tenlen • Shirley Tilghman • Mary Tyler • Scott Weatherbee • Eric Wieschaus • Andrea Wills • Lewis Wolpert • Bill Wood • Judith Yanowitz • John Young • Amanda Zacharias • Aaron Zorn