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Advent and site updates

Posted by , on 19 November 2012

Advent calendar Thanks to everyone who has sent in suggestions for papers for the advent calendar. We’re still looking for a few more to take us to a complete set ...

Farish A. Jenkins, Jr (1940-2012)

Posted by , on 14 November 2012

       On the morning of Sunday, November 11th, the world lost a great gentleman scholar – Professor Farish A. Jenkins, Jr of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard ...

Favourite papers advent calendar

Posted by , on 8 November 2012

What was your favourite paper in the fields of developmental or stem cell biology this past year? We’re preparing a little feature on the Node for the month of December: ...

Editorial opportunities at the Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 6 November 2012

Here at Development, and at our sister journal Disease Models and Mechanisms, we are currently advertising two editorial positions. Within the Development team, we are seeking to recruit a new ...

Celebrating stem cells

Posted by , on 1 November 2012

Last month was an exciting one for stem cell research. I’m sure you all saw how stem cells hit international headlines with the announcement of a Nobel Prize for John ...

Development symposium photos and panel discussion

Posted by , on 30 October 2012

Last Thursday, Development organized a one-day symposium, “Past, Present and Future”, to mark the 25th anniversary of the journal. All speakers were past or present editors of Development, and the ...

Nobel Prize 2012

Posted by , on 8 October 2012

As you’ve almost certainly heard, this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Professor Sir John Gurdon and Professor Shinya Yamanaka. This is thoroughly deserved recognition ...

Mike Gaze (1925-2012)

Posted by , on 1 October 2012

We recently learned that Mike Gaze passed away last month. In addition to running a research group working on the development of the visual system in Xenopus and heading up ...

International Stem Cell Awareness Day

Posted by , on 30 September 2012

International Stem Cell Awareness Day is October 3, 2012, so on this day please help spread the word about the importance of stem cell research!   For more information on this ...

Cover winner: bat embryo

Posted by , on 27 September 2012

It was a close race at times, but the bat embryo was able to maintain its lead to become the winner of the latest Woods Hole image competition. This bat ...

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