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3rd Crick Beddington Symposium: Shared Roots and Divergent Paths in the Chick Spinal Cord

Posted by , on 26 March 2025

During the coffee break on the second day of the 3rd Crick Beddington Symposium, I approached Dr Giulia Boezio, a postdoc in the Briscoe lab at the Francis Crick Institute. ...

3rd Crick Beddington Symposium: Anterior Fates Await Those Who Migrate - How Nodal Dynamics Shape Anteroposterior Patterning

Posted by , on 14 March 2025

Although I originally set out to highlight the work of early career researchers at the symposium, Professor Vasso Episkopou’s overwhelmingly enthusiastic response coupled with my interest in anteroposterior patterning made ...

3rd Crick Beddington Symposium: Somites get lost without Hox keeping time

Posted by , on 7 March 2025

The 3rd Crick-Beddington Symposium, in memory of Rosa Beddington FRS (1956-2001), took place on 10th-11th February at the Francis Crick Institute, London. Rather than providing a broad summary of the ...

Human brain development on a vacation island

Posted by , on 5 March 2025

The island of Capri, lying south of Naples and West of Sorrento, is an Italian vacation destination known for its exquisite views and extravagant luxury shopping. So, it may come ...

Physics of the Early Embryonic Cell Divisions: Feedbacks, Flows and Information

Posted by , on 20 February 2025

By Claudio Hernández-López and Aditya Singh Rajput This is one of three reports about the “Physics of the Early Embryonic Divisions” Workshop, organised by The Company of Biologists. Read the ...

Physics of the Early Embryonic Divisions Workshop – Microtubules, energy and cell fate decisions in early embryogenesis

Posted by , on 20 February 2025

Text written by Olga Afonso, Helena Cantwell, and Shuzo Kato This is one of three reports about the “Physics of the Early Embryonic Divisions” Workshop, organised by The Company of ...

Building Bridges Between Biology and Physics: Insights from a Workshop on Early Embryonic Cell Divisions

Posted by , on 20 February 2025

Written by Irene Li, Magdalena Schindler and Isaac Wong This is one of three reports about the “Physics of the Early Embryonic Divisions” Workshop, organised by The Company of Biologists. ...

Counterpoint in Science: Power of Tandem talks at the Interfaces between Physics and Biology

Posted by , on 26 September 2024

HFSP–Unistra Symposium available online featuring Eric Wieschaus and William Bialek, Anthony Hyman and Frank Jülicher, Donatas Zigmantas and Thomas Renger, musical duo from the Philharmonic Orchestra of Strasbourg and more ...

“Environmental Cues for Life Cycle Transitions” symposium - a perspective from EuroEvoDevo 2024

Posted by , on 25 September 2024

With some beautifully warm and sunny mid-summer weather, attendees of the EuroEvoDevo2024 gathered on Friday morning 28th June at the University of Helsinki for a symposium on ‘Environmental cues for ...

SciCommConnect: A masterclass in how to deliver your message in the spoken or the written word

Posted by , on 30 August 2024

[This report is co-authored by Alex Neaverson, Rachel McKeown and Anna Guixeras Fontana.] The clock struck 1PM in the UK, the Zoom room opened, and in flooded over 50 scientists. ...

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