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New PI diaries: I'm going on an adventure, to find the fertilizer

Posted by , on 2 October 2023

Read the first diary entry from Margot Smit in the 'New PI diaries' blog series about setting up her own lab at the ZMBP in Tübingen, Germany

NC3Rs Funding Panel vacancies

Posted by , on 19 September 2023

Help the NC3Rs fund the best new science that could replace, refine or reduce the use of animals in research. Our panels are instrumental in supporting the development of new ...

A first challenge for a new PI

Posted by , on 7 September 2023

Read the first diary entry of the 'New PI diaries' blog series from Tzer Han Tan about setting up his own lab at UC San Diego.

Introducing ‘New PI diaries’

Posted by , on 7 September 2023

What is it like starting your own lab? What exactly needs to be done? In this ‘New PI diaries’ blog series, we will follow the journey of a few new ...

Cracking the egg

Posted by , on 29 August 2023

Lessons from developmental biology in how to navigate the scientific career-scape Between the fifth and tenth days the lump of stem cells differentiates into the overall building plan of the ...

"I am a developmental biologist"

Posted by , on 22 August 2023

I didn’t become aware of developmental biology (DevBio) until a lecture during my first year of undergraduate studies. From that moment on, however, I was hooked and even changed my ...

Cell biologist turned fruit-fly fuelled biotech entrepreneur (you can do it too!)

Posted by , on 31 July 2023

I’m a trained PhD cell biologist (University of Alberta 2019), where I spent days and days locked in a dark closet taking confocal microscopy photos of fluorescently labelled organelles (my ...

Brazilian-France European Research Council (ERC) connections: great opportunities to foster an international Evo-Devo

Posted by , on 14 March 2023

Latin-America is well-known as one of the largest hotspots of biodiversity, inspiring a generation of important naturalists during the emergence of comparative developmental biology in the 19th century. One of ...

preLights’ 5th Birthday webinar: A career discussion with preLights alumni

Posted by , on 7 March 2023

Our sister community site preLights will host a career discussion webinar to celebrate its 5th birthday. It will feature talks given by preLights alumni who have taken a range of ...

The Marseille Developmental Biology Institute is recruiting group leaders

Posted by , on 16 February 2023

The IBDM invites applications for group leader positions. We seek researchers who define and address fundamental questions in biology, including the development, the function, and the dynamics of complex biological ...

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