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Tricks for concise scientific writing #wordcountchop

Posted by , on 18 March 2022

Often in scientific writing, we are up against strict limits, whether it be the number of words for a conference abstract, the number of pages for a grant proposal or ...

Promoting yourself as an ECR - recording now available

Posted by , on 15 March 2022

Catch up with the recording from our networking event on 'Promoting yourself as an ECR'

Fly-CURE: a nation-wide CURE initiative

Posted by , on 11 March 2022

Why CUREs? The 2011 Vision and Change document called for undergraduate STEM majors to have an authentic research experience during their undergraduate careers(Holm, Carter, & Woodin, 2011). There is evidence ...

Animal Anomalies - aiming to popularise developmental biology

Posted by , on 9 March 2022

In a recent ‘Call to Arms’ essay (2019 Dev. Cell; 50:132) John Wallingford, plenary speaker for the BSDB/BSCB Joint Spring Meeting 2022, urged us to “tell [our] stories” at this ...

The Single-Cell Ninjas Platform: Sharing is caring!

Posted by , on 7 March 2022

The Single-Cell Ninjas platform aims to share knowledge about single-cell technology with the scientific community.

Developing news

Posted by , on 18 January 2022

Welcome to our light-hearted look at the goings-on in the world of developmental biology in the last two weeks (or so).

Science visualization trends of 2021

Posted by , on 10 January 2022

What are the top 10 science visualization trends of 2021? I summarize ten notable changes I've seen in science figures in the past year.

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report - Rufus Morgan

Posted by , on 5 January 2022

Regionalising the nervous system: the steps to produce spinal cord. The nervous system is one of the first structures that develops during embryogenesis. However, the process by which regional identity ...

From the archives: Dealing with data

Posted by , on 2 September 2021

With a new academic year upon us, we thought it would be an excellent opportunity to highlight some older content on the Node that, we hope, will help your year ...

Stowers Research Conferences: Developmental Cell Biology

Posted by , on 25 February 2021

http://www.stowers.org/conferences Stowers Research Conferences are biennial meetings that bring together researchers, faculty, and graduate students to inspire creative thought and collaboration in the basic sciences. April 22-23, 2021 Registration Deadline: ...

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