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Announcement
Call for papers: Eco-evo-devo
The Editors of BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Ecology and BMC Evolutionary Biology announce the launch of the cross-journal thematic series on eco-evo-devo, the effect of the environment of development and evolution. Please click the above link for further information and to submit to the collection.
Deadline for submissions is 30th August 2020.
Call for Papers: New Section Launches
The Editors of BMC Developmental Biology are pleased to announce the launch of five new sections to acknowledge the growing field of developmental biology:
● Stem cell biology and cellular reprogramming
● Organogenesis and organoids
● Morphogenesis and mechanobiology
● Development and disease
● Plant development
BMC Series Focus Issues
April: Genome editing
To commemorate World DNA Day celebrated annually on 25th of April, read this month's selection of articles on genome editing from across the BMC Series Journals.
Featured Article
Back to topComputational fluid dynamics used for developing brain organoid cultures
In a breakthrough study, researchers from Brazil use computational fluid dynamics to generate cost-effective brain organoids that included retinal pigmented cells. Read the full article here.
Articles
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Bioelectrical and cytoskeletal patterns correlate with altered axial polarity in the follicular epithelium of the Drosophila mutant gurken
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Long-term expansion, genomic stability and in vivo safety of adult human pancreas organoids
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Keratin 86 is up-regulated in the uterus during implantation, induced by oestradiol
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Downregulation of lncRNA DANCR promotes osteogenic differentiation of periodontal ligament stem cells
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Arx and Nkx2.2 compound deficiency redirects pancreatic alpha- and beta-cell differentiation to a somatostatin/ghrelin co-expressing cell lineage
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Standardised classification of pre-release development in male-brooding pipefish, seahorses, and seadragons (Family Syngnathidae)
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Cre reporter strains produced by targeted insertion of EYFP and ECFP into the ROSA26 locus
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R-spondins are involved in the ovarian differentiation in a teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes)
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Two-color fluorescent in situ hybridization in the embryonic zebrafish brain using differential detection systems
Aims and scope
BMC Developmental Biology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the development, growth, differentiation and regeneration of multicellular organisms, including molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and whole organism research.
Editor
- Akila Sridhar, BioMed Central, UK
Manuscript Editor
- Anna Melidoni, BioMed Central, UK
Assistant Editor
- Elizabeth Debney, BioMed Central, UK
Section Editors
- Enrique Amaya, University of Manchester
- Jean-François Brunet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Brigitte Galliot, University of Geneva
- Tristan Rodríguez, Imperial College London
- X. Cindy Tian, University of Connecticut
- Brett Nixon, University of Newcastle
Brett Nixon, Section Editor
Dr. Brett Nixon is a Professor of Biological Sciences at University of Newcastle in Australia. Dr. Nixon’s research interests focus on understanding the mechanistic basis of male germ cell development. Through the study of model species as diverse as crocodiles, platypus and humans, his ongoing research has broad application for the diagnosis of sperm dysfunction, the design of novel therapeutic intervention strategies to alleviate the burden of male infertility, and assisted reproductive strategies for wildlife conservation.
BMC Series blog
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Citation Impact
2.368 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.979 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.911 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
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