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If you give a scientist a cuttlefish . . .

Posted by , on 20 March 2023

She might not see it the next day. At first glance, the slag in the saltwater aquarium is just a rock covered with purple jasmine polyps and green star polyps. ...
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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 ...
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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.
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BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report - Paula Richter

Posted by , on 10 January 2023

NRAP H100Q Mutation in Zebrafish During the first year of my course in biological sciences, I became interested in developmental biology. I am mesmerized by the exploration of the beginnings ...
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BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report – Sonia Paoli

Posted by , on 6 January 2023

Exploring how germ cells are metabolically supported in Drosophila testes During the summer I had the privilege to work in Dr. Amoyel’s lab at UCL, to study the mechanisms providing ...
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BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report - Xueqing Li

Posted by , on 6 January 2023

The role of canonical Wnt signalling in embryogenesis of the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis. Ascidians, as the closest invertebrate sister group of vertebrates, are important to study the development and ...
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BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report - Aleksandr Markov

Posted by , on 5 January 2023

Role of PAX6 in human cerebral organoid development The cerebral cortex contains two major classes of neurons: excitatory and inhibitory. The imbalance between them is postulated to underlie some autism ...
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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 ...
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Molecular study of changing expression of photoreceptor genes throughout development of Anopheles gambiae

Posted by , on 18 December 2022

Hannah Cowling, MBiol at Durham University Introduction Over summer 2022, I had the opportunity to work with Dr Olena Riabinina in Insect Neuro Lab at Durham University. Her team specialises ...
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A day in the life of a Trichoplax lab

Posted by , on 14 December 2022

Marvin Leria, a PhD student at Aix-Marseille University, describes a day in the life of a Trichoplax lab.
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