Hosted in the scenic surroundings of the High Tatras, the V4SDB Meeting 2025 represented the fourth biennial conference of the Visegrád Group Society for Developmental Biology. The meeting brought together over 170 researchers covering a multidisciplinary range of topics, from early development and organogenesis to non-traditional model systems and evo-devo, as well as stem cells and plasticity. With its numerous high-level talks and rich poster sessions, complemented by social and outreach activities, the meeting provided an excellent platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and initiating new collaborations. Moreover, the organizers arranged the Young Developmental Biologists Workshop, focused on data analysis, soft-skills training and community strengthening, which further enhanced early-career researchers' participation and support at the meeting. Altogether, the event underscored the V4SDB's commitment to nurturing the developmental biology community within the region.

Department of Embryology Institute of Developmental Biology and Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Biology University of Warsaw 02 096 Warsaw Poland

Department of Experimental Biology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Genetics ELTE Eötvös Loránd University 1117 Budapest Hungary

Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Czech Academy of Sciences 602 00 Brno Czech Republic

Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 4 Czech Republic

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