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Richard Gardner is the 2018 BSDB Waddington Medal winner

Posted by , on 16 April 2018

The Waddington Medal is the only national Developmental Biology award in the UK. It honours outstanding research performance as well as services to the subject community. The medal is awarded ...

YEN Conference 2018: Abstract submission and registration is open!

Posted by , on 11 April 2018

***Abstract Deadline is Saturday, 14th April!*** Young Embryologist Network Conference 2018 14th May 2018 The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK   This year we are pleased to announce Professor Wolf Reik as ...

PhD position: Origin and Evolution of Synaptic Proteins at Sars Centre in Bergen, Norway

Posted by , on 10 April 2018

There is a vacancy for a PhD position at the Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology (www.sars.no) in the research group headed by Dr. Pawel Burkhardt. The position is for a fixed-term period of ...

James Briscoe announced as Development's new Editor-in-Chief - Editorial & Interview

Posted by , on 27 March 2018

This editorial and interview appeared in Development, Vol 145 Issue 6   A new Editor-in-Chief for Development Sarah Bray, Kate Storey, Katherine Brown   As many of you will be ...

Abcam & the Node meeting reporter competition winner: Zubair Nizamudeen

Posted by , on 20 March 2018

Earlier in the year we and Abcam ran a competition to find a meeting reporter for the upcoming Abcam Adult Neurogenesis meeting to be held in Dresden in May. Today we ...

What an amazing workshop by Madeline Lancaster, Denis Jabaudon and The Company of Biologists!

Posted by , on 28 February 2018

How do cells give rise to the functional architecture of the brain? This is no longer a neuroscience-only question. Indeed, it is a cellular, genetic, developmental, mechanical, and material problem ...

Introducing preLights: preprint highlights, selected by the biological community

Posted by , on 23 February 2018

This editorial by Katherine Brown and Olivier Pourquié was published in Development on 22/02/18. We are excited to announce the launch of preLights (https://prelights.biologists.com/), a new service from The Company of ...

Genes activated in metastasis also drive the first stages of tumour growth

Posted by , on 19 February 2018

In spite of the difference between the cell functions responsible for giving rise to a tumour and for the metastasis of this same tumour, studies at IRB Barcelona using the ...

Nominate BSDB committee members,

Posted by , on 16 February 2018

Sear BSDB Members,   I am writing to ask you to consider nominating individuals for membership of the BSDB committee.   Due to committee retirements, three new individuals are needed to ...

Updates from DORA - An interview with Stephen Curry

Posted by , on 7 February 2018

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was conceived in 2012 at an ASCB meeting, and has since its launch in 2013 has garnered thousands of signatories from individuals and ...

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