Focus on stem cells
Stem cells are inextricably linked with developmental biology. They underpin the formation and maintenance of our tissues, and are activated after injury to enable repair. To showcase the great breadth of research that we publish in Development, this collection highlights recent research and review-type articles from the past year describing the use of embryonic and adult pluripotent stem cells, as well as 2D and 3D stem cell-based models, to understand the stem cell niche, cell fate determination, differentiation and pluripotency.
Collated to accompany the International Society for Stem Cell Research 2024 conference, we hope you find this collection interesting. Development also welcomes your submissions for consideration by our expert Academic Editors in the field including James Briscoe, Matthias Lutolf, Peter Rugg-Gunn and James Wells
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History of our journals
As our publisher, The Company of Biologists, turns 100 years old, read about Development’s journey and highlights from some its first issues, and explore the history of each of our sister journals: Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
Call for papers – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
Development invites you to submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues. This issue will be coordinated by Guest Editors Meritxell Huch (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany) and Mansi Srivastava (Harvard University and Museum of Comparative Zoology, USA), working alongside our team of academic Editors. Submit your articles by 15 May 2025.
A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology
In this Perspective, B. Duygu Özpolat and colleagues survey researchers on their views on what it takes to infer mechanism in developmental biology. They examine what factors shape our idea of what we mean by ‘mechanism’ and suggest a path forward that embraces a broad outlook on the diversity of studies that advance knowledge in our field.
