Developing news
Posted by the Node, on 18 January 2022
Welcome to our light-hearted look at the goings-on in the world of developmental biology in the last two weeks (or so).
Focus on funding
- Congratulations to all the early-career researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants. Once again developmental and stem cell biologists are well represented. https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2021-starting-grants-results
- Unfortunately, researchers based in Switzerland and the UK may be forced to leave the country or accept a grant from their national government in place of the ERC award. https://www.science.org/content/article/u-k-and-swiss-researchers-left-limbo-european-grants
- Do we need a new system for funding science? Two recent twitter threads outline some of problems of the current system:
Training advice and opportunities
- Upcoming deadline – https://www.sdbonline.org/choose_development
- 2022 course schedule from MBL: https://www.mbl.edu/education/courses/
- Undergraduate opportunities at MBL:
- On-the-job training?:
- General advice for academics
Outreach
- A beautiful story on the impact an individual can make on a child’s life by engaging with them:
- Foldscope in Africa
- For advice on getting involved in outreach and public engagement: https://thenode.biologists.com/advocacy-and-outreach/
PreLights on #devbio
- Build-it-yourself human thyroid for regenerative therapy
- When endothelial-derived IGFBP3 meets cardiomyocytes: fanning the flames for heart regeneration
- The evolution of human cognition – new research suggests young transposable elements caused major changes in neurodevelopmental gene expression within the human hippocampus
- Sex can be deadly. How piwi-associated RNAs and Hedgehog signaling lead to premature death after mating in C. elegans
If you would like to contribute to our ‘Developing news’ blog, please get in touch at thenode@biologists.com. If you are interested in writing preLights, you can find more information here.
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