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Call for papers – Plant and Algae Development
Posted by the Node, on 1 June 2026
Development, host of the Node, invites you to submit your latest research to our upcoming Special Issue – Plant and Algae Development. This issue will be coordinated by Academic Editor Dominique …YEN 2026 Conference and Image Competition
Posted by Matyas Bubna-Litic, on 1 June 2026
We hope you are looking forward to the Young Embryologist Network Conference 2026! The meeting will be held at the Francis Crick Insitute on the 15th June 2026. There is still …What can happen during a short stay at a marine station?
Posted by Olga Zueva, on 26 May 2026
I was fortunate to receive an EMBRC-supported grant to carry out a small project on calcium imaging in sea urchin larvae at the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV). …From comparison to mechanism: decoding heart regeneration
Posted by Shih-Lei (Ben) Lai, on 26 May 2026
In this Behind the paper story, Ben Lai tells us about a question that followed him for more than a decade.The case for group meetings (all of them)
Posted by David Fay, on 20 May 2026
From the helpimascientist.com archive, an in-depth discussion covering the many purposes of laboratory group meetings and why you should care about all of them.Postdoctoral position in Embryonic Stem Cell Biology and Early Embryonic Development
Posted by Sergio Ruiz, on 18 May 2026
The Ruiz lab is offering fully funded postdoctoral positions up to five years in the Laboratory of Genome Integrity located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, Bethesda, MD). NIH …What does a Reviews Editor do?
Posted by Saanjbati Adhikari, on 14 May 2026
Saanjbati Adhikari answers a frequently asked question: “What exactly does a Reviews Editor do?”A day in the life of a Reviews Editor (at Development)
Posted by Ingrid Tsang, on 14 May 2026
Ingrid Tsang gives us a glimpse of what a day in the life of a Reviews Editor is like.preLighters’ choice – A curated selection of recent preprints
Posted by Reinier Prosee, on 13 May 2026
Concise preprint highlights of recent developmental and stem cell biology papers prepared by the preLighter community.A Business Engagement Fund project to test Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP)-mediated mRNA delivery and efficacy
Posted by Debora Bogani, on 12 May 2026
The Medical Research Council provided £750K in funding for the National Mouse Genetics Network’s Business Engagement Fund with a call for applications in early 2023. The Business Engagement Fund supported …Subscribe to our mailing list
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