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A fly on the wall account of scicomm in action

Posted by , on 18 December 2017

My name is Charlotte Blackburn; I am a Zoology graduate currently studying at the University of Edinburgh for an MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement … yes, that is ...

A community approach to science communication

Posted by , on 14 December 2017

Science communication (scicomm) has become a buzz term in the current science landscape. I fully support its importance and have been a scicomm “activist” for over 6 years. My initiatives ...

How to win a conference prize

Posted by , on 11 December 2017

Or, at least, produce nice posters while trying. Students on average author 1-3 papers and produce at least three times that many conference posters***. At large meetings, such as the ...

BSDB writing competition for PhDs & postdocs

Posted by , on 28 November 2017

In preparation of our upcoming 70th anniversary to be celebrated at the special Spring Meeting in Warwick (April 15th-18th 2018), the BSDB announces a writing competition for its graduate student ...

PokeMods! An educational outreach initiative

Posted by , on 27 September 2017

  Getting the next generation of scientists excited about Biology is an important part of our jobs as researchers. To that end Karine Nedoncelle, Aurelien Doucet and I created PokeMod ...

“Skype a Scientist” - 30 minutes well spent

Posted by , on 26 September 2017

I recently participated in “Skype a Scientist” – a program self-described as one that “matches scientists with classrooms” and “give(s) students the opportunity to get to know a ‘real scientist’”. ...

Advocacy for Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 30 August 2017

To promote Developmental Biology and bring across the importance of fundamental research in this field, we all should have our elevator pitches ready at all times – whenever there is ...

See for yourCelLf

Posted by , on 18 August 2017

See for yourCelLf “Forget the textbook picture” is what I proclaim when I teach master students in a course on Cell biology and Advanced Microscopy. Although the textbook is a ...

Tenured faculty position in the area of Paleontology and Evolutionary Developmental Biology University of California, Berkeley

Posted by , on 6 July 2017

The Department of Integrative Biology (IB) and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) at the University of California, Berkeley are soliciting applications for a 100% (50 % IB, ...

Funding for clinical translation of tissue regeneration technologies

Posted by , on 9 May 2017

We are pleased to announce the Center for Dental, Oral, Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR – www.c-doctor.org) RFP that will award funding to promising dental, oral and craniofacial tissue ...

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