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June in preprints

Posted by , on 8 July 2022

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv, arXiv and preprints.org

Launch of Microscopya - an educational game from Beata Science Art

Posted by , on 8 July 2022

8 July 2022 sees the full launch of Microscopya, a computer game that takes its player inside the wonderfully complex world of the cell.

New joint funding call – collaboration between BBSRC and NC3Rs

Posted by , on 7 July 2022

A total of £4M is available through a new collaboration between the BBSRC and NC3Rs focused on supporting alternatives to in vivo models in bioscience research. The overall aim of ...

Forceful Impact : EMBO Symposium on Mechanobiology in development and disease

Posted by , on 5 July 2022

After attending several virtual conferences over the past two years, EMBO/EMBL symposium on Mechanobiology in development and disease, held at EMBL Heidelberg between the 15th to 18th of May 2022, ...

Workshop my creative science writing with a bunch of fellow scientists and/or writers? Talk about high risk-high reward!

Posted by , on 5 July 2022

Kristin Sherrard, Staff Scientist at the University of Chicago, shares her experiences of The Company of Biologists Workshop on 'Creative Science Writing'.

SciArt profile: Bob Goldstein

Posted by , on 5 July 2022

For this month’s SciArt profile, we caught up with Bob Goldstein, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill, who uses various printmaking techniques to produce unique posters advertising scientists’ talks, as ...

Genetics Unzipped - Genetics at your fingertips: stories from the science of identity

Posted by , on 30 June 2022

In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we’re looking at the stories at your fingertips. Dr Sally Le Page uncovers how excrement espionage could bring down a superpower, ...

Research Highlight: Decipher the Relationship between Cell Cycle Patterns and Fate Determination in Trunk Migratory Neural Crest Cells

Posted by , on 29 June 2022

On June 8th 2022, a paper titled “Trunk Neural Crest Migratory Position and Asymmetric Division Predict Terminal Differentiation” was published on Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. This is the ...

Developing news

Posted by , on 28 June 2022

Read on for our news roundup of the past two weeks, with an emphasis on what has caught our eyes on twitter.

Apply to organise a Workshop with The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 24 June 2022

The deadline for proposals to organise a Workshop with The Company of Biologists in 2024 is fast approaching. Our Workshops aim to bring together world-leading experts and early-career researchers to ...

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