Developing news
Posted by the Node, on 12 April 2022
Read on for our news roundup of the past two weeks, with an emphasis on what has caught our eyes on twitter. We have also include a list of meetings with upcoming deadline, a selection of preLights and finish with our favourite April fools jokes .
Doing better as a community
There have been a few tweets in the last fortnight discussing some of the negative aspects of our research culture with a call to do better in the future. Lets make that happen!
Reviewing papers
Behaviour at meetings
Support for early-career researchers
Funding news
The impact of Brexit on British science continues with notification from the ERC that awardees will need to move to the EU to take up their grants. The UK government is guaranteeing the grants in the UK but details remain sketchy.
Upcoming registration and meeting deadline
It’s been exciting to see the return of in-person meetings including the joint BSCB and BSDB meeting in the UK (we’ll post our meeting report soon) and #Dros22 in the US. Check out the list below for meetings with upcoming deadline and check our events page for our full listing.
preLights in #devbio
In the spotlight: How human neural progenitors were caught red-handed
Will you be pun-ished for a funny title?
If you are interested in science communication, would like to improve your writing skills and become part of the preLights community, don’t miss the open call for new preLighters.
Just for fun – our favourite April fools
If you would like to write for the Node, check out our recent list of writing ideas. If you would like to contribute to our ‘Developing news’ blog, please get in touch at thenode@biologists.com