The Latin American Society for Developmental Biology is a non-profit scientific association, that promotes the study of developmental biology in Latin America
Vote for a @Dev_journal cover from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology
We’re excited to launch a cover competition to select an image from the 2025 cohort of @DevBioQuintay. Voting closes on 24 June 2026.
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📢Hey #LABICommunity the wait is over
Registration is open for LABI Meeting 2026! Secure your spot now and be part of 3⃣ days exploring frontiers of imaging, omics, and data infrastructure in Latin America
Don't wait! Limited spots & Early Bird period
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Being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society is a great honour. My deepest thanks go to the hundreds of students and postdocs who have passed through my lab over the last 30 years. They have been the soul of the lab, and this recognition belongs as much to them as it does to me
Regeneration and Development in Axolotls: from Xochimilco to the Lab
SALAMANDER MEETING
UNAM, Mexico City, October 6-8, 2026.
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2 weeks left to submit your entry for the 2026 SDB John Doctor Education Prize. Submit a short video on any aspect of developmental biology. Deadline is June 1. bit.ly/4cf4SeM
Enter the competition for the 2026 John Doctor Education Prize. Submit a short video on any aspect of developmental biology to catch the attention of the public. Cash prizes awarded at Annual Meeting in Las Vegas July 23-26. bit.ly/4cf4SeM
🚨 One Week Left for the #SDB2026 Early Registration Deadline! 🚨 Register by 11:59 PM ET (May 20) for the Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas 🎰 First 250 registrants get a FREE t-shirt 👕Don’t miss it! 🔗 sdbonline.org/2026mtg_regist…#DevBio
🧬 13th International LASDB Congress
📍 Búzios | 📅 Oct 2027
Join the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology community for a dynamic meeting on developmental biology—spanning molecular, cellular, evolutionary & regenerative research.
📢 More information coming soon!
We have launched a call for the renewal of the Society’s logo, and we invite developmental biologists working in Latin America and Latin American developmental biologists working abroad, to participate in this contest. More information at
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Congrats to 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
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Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Award Winners
Edwin G. Conklin Medal
Headshot of Lee Niswander
Lee Niswander, University of Colorado Boulder
Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award
Headshot of Alexandra Joyner
Alexandra Joyner, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize
Headshot of Roberto Mayor
Roberto Mayor, University College London
Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award
Headshot of Jeffrey Farrell
Jeffrey Farrell, National Institutes of Health
Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award
Headshot of Nicholas Desnoyer
Nicholas Desnoyer, The Sainsbury Laboratory
APPLICATIONS OPEN!
Apply to Comparative Developmental Biology by July 26. This intensive 2-week lab course is designed for graduate students in their second or later year of Ph.D studies and post-docs.
🔗Info: go.mbl.edu/CDB
🚨Introducing DevBioConnect ‼️ Developmental Biology launches a new author webinar series showcasing recently published research, presented by the authors themselves
🗓️ Jan 13 • Feb 10 • Mar 10, 2026 ⏰ 11am–12pm CST 📄 See flyer for details #DevBio#DevelopmentalBiology
Beautiful, thorough, personal in places, memoir of John Gurdon from Eddy de Robertis, disciple and friend. Å #MustRead about a generation and a time from which we have moved on but that laid the foundation for contemporary biology.
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This survey is meant for Latin American developmental biologists (investigators, postdocs, students, and technicians) working in Latin America and abroad.
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Grad students & postdocs, it's time to start thinking about applying to the world famous 'Woods Hole' Embryology course @MBLScience It is a transformative experience. Scholarships available. App Deadline Feb 3, 2026. @SocDevBio