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August in preprints

Posted by , on 4 September 2024

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

How we learned to build a gliding mammal

Posted by , on 2 September 2024

Read the story behind the paper "Emx2 underlies the development and evolution of marsupial gliding membranes" from first author Jorge Moreno.

Help optimise the SAFE Labs Handbook by filling in our survey

Posted by , on 30 August 2024

We need your help to optimise the SAFE Labs Handbook before it is disseminated throughout the academic community. Please complete our this survey to help optimize this tool for the ...

SciCommConnect: A masterclass in how to deliver your message in the spoken or the written word

Posted by , on 30 August 2024

[This report is co-authored by Alex Neaverson, Rachel McKeown and Anna Guixeras Fontana.] The clock struck 1PM in the UK, the Zoom room opened, and in flooded over 50 scientists. ...

When a medical doctor steps into a developmental biology lab to study the mechanics of human embryo development

Posted by , on 29 August 2024

Read the story behind the paper “Mechanics of human embryo compaction” from Jean-Léon Maître and Julie Firmin.

Development presents... September webinar on cardiac development and regeneration

Posted by , on 28 August 2024

Hear from two early-career researchers studying the heart. Chaired by Senior Editor, Alex Eve.

New PI diaries: Hiring people and building a lab

Posted by , on 23 August 2024

On my first day at the ZMBP last October I saw our lab space and my first thought was ‘I have a lab!’. A little over half a year later, ...

SciCommConnect three-minute talks — Interview with Rachel Mckeown

Posted by , on 20 August 2024

In June, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane organised SciCommConnect, an online event all about science writing and presentation. As part of the day, we hosted a three-minute research talk competition. ...

Biologists @ 100: a one-of-a-kind conference

Posted by , on 19 August 2024

Development’s not-for-profit publisher, The Company of Biologists, was founded 99 years ago and has been inspiring biology and supporting biologists ever since. Thus, 2025 marks the Company’s 100th birthday, and ...

Different Ways to Build a Brain: Millie Race’s PhD research

Posted by , on 19 August 2024

Congratulations to Millie Race, who won this year’s ‘Sammy Lee Award for Research in Embryology’ at the Young Embryologist Network (YEN) meeting 2024! This medal is given annually to someone ...

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