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Interview with the #YEN2023 panelists on equity, diversity and inclusion in science

Posted by , on 12 June 2023

We caught up with Alison Forbes (Head of EDI, the Francis Crick Institute), and Rafael Galupa (Scientist & social entrepreneur) after the 2023 Young Embryologist Network Conference.

Cut + Paste: Crick exhibition on the future and ethics of genome editing invites the public to give their opinion

Posted by , on 10 March 2023

On Thursday 23 February I visited the Crick Institute in London to see their new exhibition, Cut + Paste, and to meet the organisers. Cut + Paste is an interactive ...

An interview with Scott Gilbert

Posted by , on 1 March 2023

Scott Gilbert literally wrote the book on developmental biology! With the 13th edition of ‘Developmental Biology’ about to be published, we took the opportunity to find out more about the ...

Stories from Christopher Wright

Posted by , on 1 February 2023

At the Joint Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) – Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Meeting in 2022, I spoke to Christopher Wright, the winner of the 2022 SDB Victor ...

An interview with Victoria Deneke

Posted by , on 17 January 2023

We chat with Victoria Deneke, winner of the 2022 SDB Trainee Science Communication Award, about her outreach and communication work and her research career.

Behind the paper: Uncovering the dual origins of human cortical astrocytes

Posted by , on 18 August 2022

Behind the paper story from Denise Allen and Tomasz Nowakowski

An interview with Adam Shellard, winner of the 2022 BSCB Postdoctoral Research Medal

Posted by , on 8 August 2022

Adam Shellard, a postdoc in Roberto Mayor’s lab, is the 2022 winner of the BSCB Postdoctoral Research Medal. We caught up with Adam over Teams to find out more about ...

From China to the UK - an interview with Chengting Zhang

Posted by , on 28 July 2022

Chengting Zhang is a PhD student in the laboratory of Professor Steffen Scholpp at the Living Systems Institute, UK. Originally from China, Chengting came to the UK in 2018 after ...

SciArt profile: Bob Goldstein

Posted by , on 5 July 2022

For this month’s SciArt profile, we caught up with Bob Goldstein, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill, who uses various printmaking techniques to produce unique posters advertising scientists’ talks, as ...

An interview with Guillermo Serrano Nájera, BSDB Beddington Medal winner 2022

Posted by , on 14 June 2022

In 2022, the Beddington medal was awarded to Guillermo Serrano Nájera, who completed his PhD in Cornelis Weijer's lab in Dundee. I caught up with Guillermo over Teams to find ...

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