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SciCommConnect: A masterclass in how to deliver your message in the spoken or the written word

Posted by , on 30 August 2024

[This report is co-authored by Alex Neaverson, Rachel McKeown and Anna Guixeras Fontana.] The clock struck 1PM in the UK, the Zoom room opened, and in flooded over 50 scientists. ...

When a medical doctor steps into a developmental biology lab to study the mechanics of human embryo development

Posted by , on 29 August 2024

Read the story behind the paper “Mechanics of human embryo compaction” from Jean-Léon Maître and Julie Firmin.

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Evolutionary Ecology

Posted by , on 28 August 2024

TENURE TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   The School of Biological Sciences at Illinois State University in Normal, IL (https://biology.illinoisstate.edu/) invites applications for ...

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Physiology

Posted by , on 28 August 2024

TENURE TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN PHYSIOLOGY ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   The School of Biological Sciences at Illinois State University in Normal, IL (https://biology.illinoisstate.edu/) invites applications for a ...

Development presents... September webinar on cardiac development and regeneration

Posted by , on 28 August 2024

Hear from two early-career researchers studying the heart. Chaired by Senior Editor, Alex Eve.

Artificial Intelligence in Biology

Posted by , on 27 August 2024

The faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, Columbia campus, invites applications for a 9-month, full time, tenure track position at the rank of ...

New PI diaries: Hiring people and building a lab

Posted by , on 23 August 2024

On my first day at the ZMBP last October I saw our lab space and my first thought was ‘I have a lab!’. A little over half a year later, ...

Postdoctoral position in gene therapy

Posted by , on 22 August 2024

We are recruiting a Research Associate to develop gene therapy for urofacial syndrome, a devastating genetic disease that affects autonomic function of the lower urinary tract. You will join the ...

SciCommConnect three-minute talks — Interview with Rachel Mckeown

Posted by , on 20 August 2024

In June, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane organised SciCommConnect, an online event all about science writing and presentation. As part of the day, we hosted a three-minute research talk competition. ...

Biologists @ 100: a one-of-a-kind conference

Posted by , on 19 August 2024

Development’s not-for-profit publisher, The Company of Biologists, was founded 99 years ago and has been inspiring biology and supporting biologists ever since. Thus, 2025 marks the Company’s 100th birthday, and ...

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