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Crossing fields- EMBO conference on interdisciplinary plant development

Posted by , on 8 October 2014

There is something exciting about biologists joining forces with physicists and/or mathematicians, and finding a common language to solve biological problems that are just too complex to understand without stepping ...

What is your favourite conference venue?

Posted by , on 10 September 2014

  Last month I was lucky enough to attend the Xenopus meeting, which took place at the Asilomar conference grounds, close to Monterey, California. This meeting was fantastic, combining great science with a great venue. ...

An evolving field- notes from the European Evo Devo meeting

Posted by , on 7 August 2014

Coming from a cell biology background, one of the most exciting things about attending developmental biology conferences for me is the range of (unusual) model organisms used in this field. ...

The PHD movie- support the sequel!

Posted by , on 6 June 2014

If you are doing a PhD (or involved in research in any way), you probably take a lot of humour, procrastination and comfort from PHD comics. The comic strip ‘Piled Higher ...

Good guilt

Posted by , on 7 May 2014

Seán Mac Fhearraigh, from PostPostDoc, recently asked me to write a post about my experiences outside academia. Because I don’t have a lot of experience yet (I have only been working ...

Recent jobs by Catarina Vicente

Funded PhD Studentships: Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease

Posted by , on 11 October 2022

  Applications are now open for fully funded, 4 year studentships in the Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease Programme at the Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. If you are interested in the mechanisms underlying disease and want to join a friendly and supportive department, we want to hear from you! The […]

Recent comments by Catarina Vicente

Thank you for your kind words Ann!
by Cat Vicente in Goodbye from Cat! on June 26, 2016
Obrigada Jorge :)
by Cat Vicente in Goodbye from Cat! on May 10, 2016
Thanks Katrin!
by Cat Vicente in Goodbye from Cat! on May 10, 2016
Obrigada Domingos! It was great to meet you at the SPBD meeting!
by Cat Vicente in Do you want to run the Node? on March 8, 2016
Hi Stephen, The movies were put together by Nipam Patel, who is one of the lecturers at the course. I have emailed him to ask him what software he used, and I will let you know as soon as I hear back from him!
by Cat Vicente in Woods Hole images 2014 movie round- vote for a Development cover on March 4, 2016