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Made the Same Way: DNA dancing like your parents in the kitchen

Posted by , on 5 May 2023

In the third episode of the Human Developmental Biology Initiative‘s new podcast, scientist Magomet ‘Mag’ Aushev, a postdoctoral researcher in Mary Herbert‘s lab at Newcastle University, meets Zara, a songwriter ...

Made the same way: History is always happening now

Posted by , on 26 April 2023

In the second episode of the Human Developmental Biology Initiative’s new podcast, Made the Same Way, science historian Nick Hopwood meets with artist Princess Ari (aka B!TEZ) to discuss how ...

Engaging the public with fundamental biology: why it’s tough but still worth doing

Posted by , on 22 March 2023

by Naomi Clements-Brod and Hélène Doerflinger What is Public Engagement with Research? Public Engagement with Research (PER) encompasses ways of engaging the public with the design, conduct and dissemination of ...

Collating advice for job applications

Posted by , on 24 January 2023

The application process for Principal Investigator positions can be daunting, especially if you don’t know what to expect and don’t have the necessary support. For this reason, Development has created ...

BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report – Anna Granés

Posted by , on 21 December 2022

The making of colorful neuromesodermal progenitors During the embryonic development, while the gastrulation process is taking place, cells within embryos self-organize by creating groups and layers of cells, where each ...

BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report – Ewa Ozga

Posted by , on 19 December 2022

Exploring the role of planar cell polarity in the regulation of the patterning of human axial progenitors I first became interested in stem cell biology and development while studying Medical ...

BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report – Rihova

Posted by , on 15 December 2022

Determining the Effects of FOXG1 Mutations on Early Neurodevelopmental Structures Using iPSCs I am an undergraduate Neuroscience student at University College London interested in researching neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. I ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report - Delia Capatina

Posted by , on 28 November 2022

Investigating the rules of cell-to-cell interaction during pre-somitic mesoderm elongation I discovered the field of developmental biology through independent reading during the first year of my undergraduate biomedical sciences program. ...

Protocols for data visualization

Posted by , on 27 October 2022

Scientists are familiar with protocols that describe in a step-by-step fashion how an experiment is performed. But they are usually less familiar with code or scripts for handling data. Yet, ...

Back-to-school: Resources for #devbio

Posted by , on 11 October 2022

In 2017, our Node Intern, Sarah Morson, revamped our ‘Resources’ topic area on the Node. With a bigger emphasis on advocacy and outreach, we also cover teaching resources, societies and ...

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