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New genome reveals ancient toolkit

Posted by , on 23 July 2024

Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus is an emerging model to understand stem cell evolution Stem cells can’t hide what they are. At least, that’s the takeaway from the newly sequenced genomes of two ...

Improving laboratory animal genetic reporting

Posted by , on 9 July 2024

The LAG-R framework (Laboratory Animal Genetic Reporting) has just been published in Nature Communications with Lydia Teboul, head of our Molecular Cell Biology team at the Mary Lyon Centre at ...

A Transgenic Optical Tool Planning Resource

Posted by , on 3 July 2024

Since the sequencing of GFP in the 1990’s, interrogation of biological questions using transgenic model organisms expressing genetically engineered fluorescent molecules has exploded across many biological fields.  Living organisms are ...

Development at a glance

Posted by , on 28 May 2024

Do you know about Development’s ‘at a glance’ article types? These articles comprise a short text document highlighting the fundamental aspects of a developmental biology topic, which is accompanied by ...

Understanding Variants of Uncertain Significance in Congenital Anomalies. Submit your clinically relevant variant(s) through our portal.

Posted by , on 27 February 2024

What we see Approximately 1 in 20 babies are born with severe anatomical malformations. Each year this equates to 8 million affected newborns, of which 300,000 die within the first ...

Featured Resource: Daniocell

Posted by , on 20 February 2024

Daniocell is an exploratory tool that allows users to navigate pre-computed, time-resolved gene expression information for each cell type during zebrafish development.

Earning your Green stripes: enhancing sustainability in zebrafish research

Posted by , on 6 January 2024

Within our collective of zebrafish labs at UCL, the sheer volume of single-use plastic Petri dishes we breeze through is staggering – a staggering 130 kg per year, to be ...

Looking to make your events more sustainable in 2024?

Posted by , on 22 December 2023

Hi! My name is Teodora and I am the new Sustainable Conferencing and Communications Officer from The Company of Biologists. Since I joined The Company of Biologists, I have worked ...

Featured Resource: Xenbase

Posted by , on 7 December 2023

Find out more about the key features on Xenbase and how the community can contribute to the mission of the database.

Featured Resource: AxoBase

Posted by , on 10 October 2023

Find out about AxoBase, a new platform providing a one-stop web resource for the axolotl research community.

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