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BSCB/BSDB Spring Meeting 2016: BSDB medals & all other awards

Posted by , on 13 April 2016

The joint BSDB/BSCB spring meeting has yet again been a great and most successful event. As every year most of our Awards are announced on this meeting and the BSDB ...

Enrico Coen: the 2016 BSDB Waddington medal winner

Posted by , on 11 April 2016

The BSDB is delighted to announce Enrico Coen CBE FRS (John Innes Centre, Norwich) as the 2016 winner of theWaddington Medal. Professor Coen was awarded the medal for his pioneering contributions ...

The Node at the BSDB Spring meeting (with new freebies!)

Posted by , on 7 April 2016

The 2016 Spring meeting of the British Society for Development Biology (held jointly with the British Society for Cell Biology) will start this Sunday at the University of Warwick and ...

Woods Hole images 2014 round 2- the winner

Posted by , on 30 March 2016

The results are out! The winner of this year’s movie round from the 2014 Woods Hole Embryology course is… the Drosophila embryo imaged in 7 channels!   Here are the full results: ...

Special Issue on Organoids

Posted by , on 15 March 2016

In vitro organogenesis has exploded onto the stem cell and developmental biology scene. It is now possible to make  miniaturised approximations of many different organs – known as organoids – entirely ...

Editorial- Closing the circle: from organoids back to development

Posted by , on 15 March 2016

This editorial was written by Melissa Little and first appeared in Development.   Organogenesis is an inherently fascinating developmental process. It requires the creation of complex form and function from ...

What would you ask Nobel Prize Laureate Shinya Yamanaka?

Posted by , on 14 March 2016

It’s been 10 years since induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were first reported from the lab of Prof. Shinya Yamanaka. Since then, the field of direct reprogramming has grown immensely, ...

Travelling to a conference? Apply now for a DMM travel grant!

Posted by , on 9 March 2016

Are you interested in attending a meeting or course in a DMM-relevant field? Apply for one of our travel grants of up to £600 (or currency equivalent). The first application ...

Introducing a new Special Collection, Spotlight on Drosophila: Translational Impact

Posted by , on 3 March 2016

In the latest issue, Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) launches a Special Collection that focuses on translational advances made using the Drosophila model, including insights into disease mechanisms, emerging technologies and ...

Funded places available for the workshop 'Metabolism in Development and Disease'

Posted by , on 26 February 2016

  Places are still available for early career scientists interested in attending The Company of Biologists workshop ‘Metabolism in Development and Disease’. This is a unique opportunity to interact with ...

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