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Community Manager, FocalPlane (Microscopy Community Site)

Posted by , on 28 February 2022

Journal of Cell Science and its publisher The Company of Biologists are seeking to appoint a new Community Manager to run our microscopy community website, FocalPlane. Launched in 2020, FocalPlane ...

Genetics Unzipped: Genetics of the Americas - from migration to the modern day

Posted by , on 24 February 2022

In this week’s episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we’re looking at a genetic history of the Americas. We chat with Jennifer Raff about the controversies surrounding how humans first ...

Scientific conferences: networking for introverts

Posted by , on 23 February 2022

As lockdowns ease and the prospect of attending a conference in person rises on the horizon, it might be time to take stock of what conferences offer that virtual meetings ...

Hanging by a hair: the life of a semi-aquatic bug.

Posted by , on 23 February 2022

A evo-devo research story from Cédric Finet asking why are water striders so hairy.

January in preprints

Posted by , on 17 February 2022

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.

Frontiers in Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine Symposium

Posted by , on 11 February 2022

For more information and to register: https://www.organoidmedicinesymposium.org/

Promoting yourself as an ECR - an event hosted by FocalPlane, the Node and preLights

Posted by , on 10 February 2022

Register for our panel and networking event on how to promote yourself and your research as an ECR

Genetics Unzipped: On Growth and Form: The extraordinary life and work of D’Arcy Thompson

Posted by , on 10 February 2022

In this episode, we’re exploring the life and work of D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson - one of the first scientists to bring together the worlds of mathematics and biology in the ...

The order of discovery is not the order of the figures

Posted by , on 9 February 2022

Read the story behind the paper with Akihiro Kaneshige

Virtual webinar series during the pandemic

Posted by , on 8 February 2022

Plant Postdocs started the journey as an organization and online community in September 2019, a few months before the pandemic.

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