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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Cherene de Bruyn, on 4 September 2026
The recent deluge of Substack and Medium articles, promising strategies and frameworks to work effectively and to complete tasks with intentionality, would have some to believe that the ‘P’ in PhD stands for “productivity” and not Philosophy. As if these neatly ...Posted by Alyssa Paparella, on 1 September 2026
Somewhere, there’s a paper that will not get written. Before there’s a scientific paper, someone has to be there to ask the right question, design the right experiment, watch it ...Posted by Saurabh chand Sagar, on 1 September 2026
Small historic background: In an era when caspases are known as killer proteins, Drosophila Malpighian tubules state otherwise. Drosophila is a holometabolous insect, meaning that it goes through three life ...Posted by Stefanie Williams, on 25 August 2026
As a university student working towards my bachelor’s degree, I didn’t even know what it would mean to add “Dr.” to my name. Six months into my postdoc, I regularly ...Posted by Margherita Perillo, on 20 July 2026
The adventure of a brave ENGAGE-Bio post-bac scholar at the MBL who set up a new sea cucumber species in the Perillo lab.Posted by Samara Ranie, on 12 June 2026
Samara Ranie, PhD student in Melanie White's lab, takes us through a day in the life of a transgenic quail lab.Posted by the Node, on 27 January 2026
Meet the Ditadi lab, based at the Ospedale San Raffaele, as part of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, in the north-east corner of Milan, Italy.Posted by Sameer Thukral, on 26 October 2025
The Kahneman Chronicles #2: Loss Aversion and the Art of Quitting Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who revolutionized our understanding of human decision-making and became known as the ...Posted by Sameer Thukral, on 27 September 2025
The Kahneman Chronicles #1: When a Nobel Laureate Fixed Our Lab’s Scheduling Disasters Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who revolutionized our understanding of human decision-making and became known ...Posted by Sameer Thukral, on 24 September 2025
I’m a big fan of podcasts, and one of my favorites is Tim Harford’s “Cautionary Tales.” It tells true stories about disasters and what we can learn from them. One ...