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(Developmental) Biology around the internet- August 2014

Posted by , on 15 August 2014

Here is August’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:   News & Research: – An interesting article considers the impact of the Great ...

The SDB-BSDB Interview Chain: Zarah Löf-Öhlin interviews Niteace Whittington

Posted by , on 12 August 2014

Last March we interviewed Zarah Löf-Öhlin, who won the BSDB poster prize at the joint meeting of the British Societies for Cell Biology and Developmental Biology. Zarah’s prize was to ...

Out with the old, in with the new: reassessing morpholino knockdowns in light of genome editing technology

Posted by , on 6 August 2014

This Spotlight article was written by Stefan Schulte-Merker and Didier Y. R. Stainier, and was first published in Development.   Morpholino oligomers have been used widely and for many years in the zebrafish community ...

Obituary: Walter J. Gehring (1939-2014)

Posted by , on 4 August 2014

This obituary first appeared in Development. Also read other obituaries about Walter Gehring in Science, EMBO Journal and Developmental Cell.   Alex Schier looks back at the life and research of ...

This month on the Node- July 2014

Posted by , on 1 August 2014

Here are last month’s highlights!   Research and news: – Jacqueline wrote about her recent paper in Development, investigating the developmental origin and evolution of turtle shell patterning. – This month’s Stem ...

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Disease Models & Mechanisms Reviews Editor

Posted by , on 8 February 2024

We are looking to recruit a Reviews Editor to work on our journal Disease Models & Mechanisms. This is a particularly exciting time to join us as we plan our celebrations in 2025. This is a full-time permanent role. Core responsibilities include commissioning, handling peer review and developmental editing of review content; representation of the […]

Science Communications Officer at The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 18 December 2023

We are currently recruiting for an exciting Science Communications role to enhance the community content on our journal websites and grow our social media presence in China through our WeChat channel. We publish five important journals and host three community websites that serve the wider biological research community. All have effective marketing and a good […]

Trustee Directors — The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 26 September 2023

Trustee Directors   The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community through scientific journals, meetings and grants. The Company publishes five specialist peer-reviewed journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.   We are looking to appoint […]