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Catch up on Development presents… webinar on gut development

Posted by , on 8 October 2025

Our September webinar featured three early-career researchers working on gut development. Here, we share the talks from Surojit Sural (Columbia University) and Swarnabh Bhattacharya (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute).

Apply for a funded ECR place our Workshop on Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution

Posted by , on 2 October 2025

Applications are open for 10 ECR funded places at The Company of Biologists Workshop on Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution, organised byJames Hombría and Antónia Monteiro. The ...

Development presents... development across scales

Posted by , on 26 September 2025

Join us in mid-October to hear from two early-career researchers working on development across scales. Chaired by Development's Executive Editor, Alex Eve.

Featured resource: Facebase

Posted by , on 24 September 2025

Our ‘Featured resource’ series aims to shine a light on the resources that support our research – the unsung heroes of the science world. In this post, we learn about ...

August in preprints

Posted by , on 16 September 2025

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

Recent jobs by the Node

PhD studentship: Engineering an in vitro human embryo implantation platform to study pathologies arising in early pregnancy

Posted by , on 5 November 2025

About the Project A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Embryo implantation is the step in early pregnancy where the founding tissue of the placenta from the embryo, called the trophoblast, establishes a physical connection with the mother at the inner […]

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Building a virtual human embryo to predict developmental success and failure

Posted by , on 5 November 2025

About the Project Unlocking the secrets of human embryo development demands a new, dynamic approach. This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge computational methods to a fundamental challenge in reproductive biology: understanding why human embryos fail. As delayed childbearing becomes more common, pinpointing the barriers to healthy development is critical. You’ll be […]

Community site paid internship

Posted by , on 21 May 2025

The Company of Biologists currently has an opportunity for a paid three-month internship to work on our community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in the rapidly growing online science communication environment, to develop writing skills, and to learn about academic publishing. Together, the Company’s three community sites provide platforms […]