Dr. B. Duygu Özpolat (she/her)

eLife Fallout When a prestigious journal scrapped accept-reject decisions on submitted papers, some scientists rebelled, and the editor-in-chief was fired.

This account of the eLife saga will provoke much debate. One aspect isn't accurate: eLife wasn't "designed as an experiment in removing gatekeepers". The original intent was to publish "outstanding papers" but have the gatekeepers be academic not professional editors 1/2 nikomc.com/2026/03/05/e...

NIH funding in limbo and what it means for your grants Trump signed the NIH’s budget into law on Feb. 3. Today marks the 30-day legal deadline for the OMB to release the funding.

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Dear SDB Members, I am writing to clarify how to fully comply with the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy without paying the current $3,910 Article Processing Fee for Open Access for your paper accepted in Developmental Biology. Attached is a diagram showing the process. Once you receive the letter of acceptance for your paper in Developmental Biology, upload the accepted and unformatted version of your manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission system, NIHMS (nihms.nih.gov). Select “0 months” for the embargo. Once approved, you will receive a PCMID number for your manuscript. Your manuscript will then be publicly accessible, satisfying the NIH Public Access Policy requirement. If you choose the “Open Access” option, you will pay the $3,910 Article Processing Fee. If you choose the “Subscription” option, you do not pay any fee. Developmental Biology has traditionally not charged authors for any fees as it was subsidized by institutional subscriptions. Royalties from Developmental Biology's institutional subscriptions also support SDB’s programs. SDB encourages you to ask your library to subscribe to Developmental Biology. Save your funds and support the SDB, while also fully complying with the NIH Public Access Policy! Yours truly, Richard Behringer, PhD

Another Society journal doing the right thing! @socdevbio.bsky.social confirms that upon acceptance in @devbiol.bsky.social authors can upload the accepted and unformatted version of your manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission system, satisfying NIH and making it available to all

Come see my exhibition at the Intersect Arts Center! It is bringing me so much joy, I hope it will do the same for you (which I know we all need). #SciArt
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Then you send your baby to get butchered by the review process 😅

Writing grants and developing new projects is one of my favorite things to do! It is such an exciting period when you are dreaming big ideas, imagining what it could be, what you could discover. Especially if it is a collaborative grant and you get to geek out with kindred spirits.

Highly recommend these author webinar series!

✨Kelp embryos looking extra photogenic under the confocal today 🌱🔬 Young Egregia menziesii embryos developing from the megagametophyte 📸 Image by Siobhan Braybrook #FluorescentFriday

Figure showing 3 panels,(A) a picture of annelid Capitella teleta on black background, (B) a cladogram with major biological model organisms showing the phylogenetic position of C. teleta and (C) schematics of the 10 chromosomes of C. teleta

New from @chemamd.bsky.social lab @qmulsbbs.bsky.social Collab with Elaine Seaver, @baxevanislab.bsky.social @neva-meyer.bsky.social @abhinavsur.bsky.social

New chromosome-level assembly for Capitella teleta 🪱

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#DevBio
#WormWednesday
@genomebiolevol.bsky.social

Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

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White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

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Call your reps

Only a few days left to apply to E-STEEM fellowships (call closing this weekend)... submit a 3-page application to maintain your chance for securing 4 years of #PostDoc funding at @univie.ac.at! #WomeninScience #WomenInSTEM who obtained their #PhD degree in 2022 or later -- please consider!

find the full zine at ventolab.org/pelvicmatter... to learn more facts from Dr. Platypus and inform yourself on gyno issues!

cover of a zine that looks like a corkboard, with various gynaecological organ pictures connected by red string, some pills pinned to it, a callendar, a page saying gyn app the title is Pelvic Matters A collaborative zine on gynaecological health

last page of the corkboard zine, with the various sponsors, a qr code for the zine website, a DO NOT SCRAPE anti AI sticker, the 5 artists involved, the 6 writers involved and the two reviewers involved the artists Antonio Garcia (Scientific illustrator and designer, Founder of Bio-Graphics. Explore his work at www.bio-graphics.es) Petra Korlević (Staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute. Find more of her silly doodles at petrathepostdoc.bsky.social, and SciArt and crafts at theintrovertebrates.etsy.com) Megan Gozzard (Post-Doctoral Researcher in Human Genetics at Wellcome Sanger Insitute. Explore her portfolio at www.megangozzard.co.uk) Lia Bote (PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute, Parasites and Microbes Programme. See more of her art and science at @liabote.bsky.social!) Isabelle Zane (PhD student, Sanger Institute. Find scientific cartoons and live sketches of conferences @isabellease on X, @isabellease.bsky.social or isabellezane.bio) The writers Valentina Lorenzi Charlotte Cassie Marie Moullet Ana Paredes Garcia Christina Kim Rina Sakata The reviewers Dr Gioia Canciani Dr Aziza Sesay

cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - ENDOMETRIOSIS- endometrial-like tissue growing outside of the uterus unclear origin (cells escaping fallopian tube at menstruation, immune dysfunction, local estrogen production, circulation, surgery, genetics) Dr. Platypus fact: endometriotic lesions were even found in the brain, which caused neurological and psychiatric symptoms! ~8 years to get diagnosed 1/10 people bleeding outside and inside infertility pelvic PAIN! during intercourse, bowel movement, urination, or for no good reason nausea the middle drawing is of an uterus, guts, kidneys ovaries and bladder covered in pink endometriotic lesions, none of the organs are happy about it, one ovary has a massive pink chocolate cyst on it (a cyst full of endometrial tissue and blood)

photo of seven of the eleven zine authors under a giant oak tree without any leaves (it is winter) each holding one zine.

the culmination of one year of collaborative work on a #SciArt zine discussing gynecological issues, finally in print form!

from a lovely team from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with special thanks to Dr @talkswithdrsesay.bsky.social and Dr Gioia Canciani for reviewing the contents! 🥼🩸

Incredibly spotty fly, wings and tergites alike look like they were painted by Roy Lichtenstein. BG photo by Walter Klockers

Odinia conspicua photo from bugguide, a striking and gorgeous fat little fly with a silvery integument freckled with dark spots, bright red eyes, and tastefully maculate wings. BG photo by Graham Montgomery.

nothing could have prepared me for the devastating beauty of odiniid flies. Who said flies were allowed to be this pretty??

Orchids are absolutely bonkers. Aliens?
Gorgeous orchid show the Missouri Botanical Garden 😍 #Orchids @mobotgarden.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to be co-teaching this wonderful course again this fall. Come join us at the MBL for a transformative experience!

Today!!!

The words "SciArt" on a deep blue gradient background, like the ocean. SCI is in bright orange, ART in Naples Yellow/cream. Similar colours to the puffer fish emoji, the community mascot.

Welcome to the SciArt Feed!
🔸The intersection of art + science
🔸Medical illustration, paleoart, space art, bioart, wildlife art, + more
🧡Like + 📌Pin!
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🔹Contributors: tag posts with #SciArt or 🐡
🔹Alt-text + self-promo encouraged
🚫No AI/NFTs
🔹Contact @flyingtrilobite.com to become a contributor

Also make lolsob a standard emoji.

Just a recurring plea to the universe: please make email stop.

The booklet of my Cabinets of Curiosities exhibit 🥹 #SciArt

Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
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And save >80% on the cost by pooling 6 or more plasmids into a single sample using our free SAVEMONEY algorithm!

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The website is back up and we just got a pair of young siblings submitting to the art book 🥹

(psst grown ups, submit your work now)

There are too many bots on Bsky and they basically mine engagement to ultimately make money off of clicks. Maybe this was such an attempt.

Society for Developmental Biology logo 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

Congrats to the 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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👀 Coming soon! Cabinets of Curiosities: One Scientist's Specimens - My first solo ceramics show as a part of a new series curated by Kasper Lorene Haase at the Intersect Arts Center. Stay tuned for details :) www.intersectstl.org #SciArt

IPC15, Frankfurt 2026 Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026Hosted at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt The 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) will bring together resear…

Registration and Abstract Submissions for the 15th International Polychaete Conference is now open!! #IPC15

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📢 The First Circular for the 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) is out! Join us in Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026
#IPC15 #Polychaetes #Annelida

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