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Quintay 2020 - Development cover competition

Posted by , on 18 March 2021

The competition is closed and the winner has been announced! Last month we heard from the students in the 2020 class of the MBL Practical course in Developmental Biology, which ...

Development presents... March webinar videos

Posted by , on 16 March 2021

Speakers from China, France and Israel share new insights into developmental mechanics

A new look for the Node

Posted by , on 15 March 2021

We've had an upgrade for 2021 - new homepage design, jobs board and author interface

Development presents... March webinar

Posted by , on 1 March 2021

  The next webinar in our Development presents… series will be chaired by Development editor, Thomas Lecuit (Institut de Biologie du Développment de Marseille). Thomas has brought together three talks on the ...

February in preprints

Posted by , on 1 March 2021

Our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints

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 […]