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Bringing Science to Life: IDRM at Oxford Open Doors

Posted by , on 26 September 2024

Oxford Open Doors is an annual event that offers the public a unique opportunity to explore the historic and modern buildings of Oxford, many of which are normally closed to ...

Developing preprints in developmental biology

Posted by , on 17 May 2024

Authors: Sandra Franco-Iborra (ASAPbio Community Lead), Pablo Ranea-Robles (Postdoctoral Fellow, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen), Lonni Besancon (Assistant Professor, Linköping University) & ...

Who was Rita Levi-Montalcini?

Posted by , on 22 April 2024

Rita-Levi Montalcini (1909-2012) was an Italian neurobiologist who lived an extraordinary life, and today (22nd April) would have been her 115th birthday. Click on each image to enlarge and read ...

Papa, how do shells twist?

Posted by , on 12 February 2024

Find out about developmental biologist Luisma Escudero's illustrated book “Papá ¿cómo se enroscan las caracolas?”, where Luisma and his three children go on a walk to discover the scutoid shape ...

Medicine at the Crick | What Can Development Tell Us About Disease?

Posted by , on 24 October 2023

We are pleased to invite all members of the biomedical community to: Medicine at the Crick: What can development tell us about disease? Thursday 2nd November 2023, 14:30-18.00 Free hybrid event taking ...

Become a Node correspondent

Posted by , on 17 October 2023

Enthusiastic about scicomm and looking for a chance to broaden your writing experience alongside your research activities? We would like to appoint three correspondents who will play a key role ...

Secondary school teachers’ residency in lab

Posted by , on 5 October 2023

In June of this year, five secondary school teachers who teach BTEC and A levels students from Wales and Oxfordshire spent a week with us at the Department of Physiology ...

"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 ...

The Fellowship of Impact and Public Engagement

Posted by , on 21 July 2023

Last week, I attended the LMB-VBC Graduate Life Sciences Symposium in Cambridge, UK. Besides its wonderful academic programme, this symposium also included a workshop and panel discussion that touched on ...

The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project

Posted by , on 11 July 2023

The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project is a 6 week course designed to advance the awareness, self-efficacy, and the ability of faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students to cultivate inclusive STEM learning ...

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