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Switch the career after PhD

Posted by , on 16 October 2017

Dear Colleagues, I am PhD graduate in Biotechnology focusing on Insect Molecular Biology and Plant Virology. After completion of my PhD in Agriculture sector, I would like to switch my ...

Converting excellent spreadsheets to tidy data

Posted by , on 6 October 2017

Structuring data according to the ‘tidy data‘ standard simplifies data analysis and data visualisation. But understanding the structure of tidy data does not come naturally (in my experience), since it ...

PokeMods! An educational outreach initiative

Posted by , on 27 September 2017

  Getting the next generation of scientists excited about Biology is an important part of our jobs as researchers. To that end Karine Nedoncelle, Aurelien Doucet and I created PokeMod ...

“Skype a Scientist” - 30 minutes well spent

Posted by , on 26 September 2017

I recently participated in “Skype a Scientist” – a program self-described as one that “matches scientists with classrooms” and “give(s) students the opportunity to get to know a ‘real scientist’”. ...

Advocacy for Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 30 August 2017

To promote Developmental Biology and bring across the importance of fundamental research in this field, we all should have our elevator pitches ready at all times – whenever there is ...

See for yourCelLf

Posted by , on 18 August 2017

See for yourCelLf “Forget the textbook picture” is what I proclaim when I teach master students in a course on Cell biology and Advanced Microscopy. Although the textbook is a ...

Scales in scientific images

Posted by , on 6 August 2017

I recently saw drawings by Maria Sybilla Merian at Kupferstichkabinett Berlin and the University Library Dresden. Merian, who lived from 1647 to 1717, is renowned for her exceptional illustrations of ...

Behind the scene of Embryology 2017: not just about the science

Posted by , on 3 August 2017

Blog post written by Isabelle Vea – 2017 Embryology Student   All 24 of the 2017 Embryology students came to Woods Hole to learn from the best scientists in the ...

January 2018: Summer! Beach! New friends and Top Developmental Biologists in course in Chile

Posted by , on 31 July 2017

New fellowships from SDB for students from USA and Canada to attend the International Course on Developmental Biology on January 9-21, 2018 in Quintay Chile. Fellowship for Latin American students ...

Meet Evan Brooks – The 2017 Choose Development! Fellow selected to spend one week with the Embryology Course

Posted by , on 21 July 2017

Evan Brooks is a rising senior at North Carolina State University. For the past two years, he has worked in the lab of Nanette Nascone-Yoder studying the developmental mechanisms of ...

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