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Self assessing your progress as a developing scientist

Posted by , on 12 February 2026

As scientists, we are all are works in progress and continually developing in our own ways. Each of us brings unique strengths and skills along with challenges, and these can ...

Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas”

Posted by , on 28 January 2026

Behind the paper story from Alejo Torres Cano on their recent paper describing how spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas.

Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology

Posted by , on 26 January 2026

or, Why all biologists needs data visualization Biology probes form and function of Life. Form is easy to grasp: cells under a microscope, subcellular structures in electron micrographs, or organisms ...

Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease

Posted by , on 21 January 2026

Reflections from The Company of Biologists Workshop on 'Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease' by Nivedita Mukherjee and Mateus de Oliveira Lisboa.

Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research in Cambridge launch registration for the 2026 Annual Meeting, themed 'Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation'

Posted by , on 19 January 2026

The 2026 Loke CTR annual meeting theme, “Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation” brings together leading clinical and basic scientists to explore topics including the interplay of environment, genetics and epigenetics ...

What a Gene Regulatory Network Is — and What It Is Not !

Posted by , on 13 January 2026

Pedro Martinez. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona Gene Regulatory Networks: An Introduction and Their Historical and Conceptual Context. The concept of a gene regulatory network has, ...

The health impacts of microplastics are studied using a Xenopus amphibian model.

Posted by , on 12 January 2026

Our study using Xenopus carries substantial significance, raising developmental immunotoxicity (DIT) concerns not only for aquatic vertebrates but also for human health.

SEBD Honours Antonio García-Bellido

Posted by , on 18 December 2025

A Pioneer in Developmental Biology On the past 10th of November, Antonio García-Bellido passed away. Widely regarded as the father of the Spanish school of Developmental Biology and one of ...

Musifying Proteins

Posted by , on 13 December 2025

A SciArt Musical Project by Sofia J. Araújo and Laia de la Torre Musifying Proteins is a SciArt project for scientific and artistic outreach created by Laia de la Torre ...

Postdoctoral Position to Study Cardiovascular Development

Posted by , on 11 December 2025

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Sophie Astrof at Rutgers University to study the roles of cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions in cardiovascular development and congenital heart ...

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