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Vote for your favourite image from the MBL Embryology course

Posted by , on 19 August 2025

Browse through the gallery of the 20 images and vote for your favourite by Wednesday 3 September.

Development's Pathway to Independence programme: meet the 2025 fellows

Posted by , on 19 August 2025

Earlier in 2025, we welcomed our third cohort of Development’s Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows – researchers whom we will be supporting as they transition from postdoc to Principal Investigator. ...

A Creative Approach to Science Communication - A Workshop by Anatolii Kozlov

Posted by , on 18 August 2025

10 September 2025, 14.00-15:30 BST From the nitty-gritty aspects of research to the practice of science communication activities, creativity is an essential part of science. The aim of this webinar ...

Development presents... gene regulation

Posted by , on 13 August 2025

Talks from two researchers working on gene regulation.

Save the date: joint meeting of Development and the Human Developmental Biology Initiative

Posted by , on 13 August 2025

Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos Development has been organising regular meetings on human development for over a decade. For 2026, the journal has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium ...

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 […]