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Characterising and visualising cell-type marker genes in Glossina morsitans morsitans.

Posted by , on 27 October 2025

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the sole vectors of African trypanosomiasis – sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. The midgut is the site of blood digestion, symbiont interactions, ...

The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab

Posted by , on 26 October 2025

The Kahneman Chronicles #2: Loss Aversion and the Art of Quitting Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who revolutionized our understanding of human decision-making and became known as the ...

Development presents... regeneration

Posted by , on 24 October 2025

November: hear from two early-career researchers working on regeneration. Chaired by Development's Executive Editor, Alex Eve.

Delving into the complexity of hematopoietic stem cell genesis, fate, and developmental niches: novel insights from the zebrafish embryo and larva

Posted by , on 22 October 2025

Léa and I take turns sharing our exciting and fruitful collaboration aimed at tracking emerging and newly born hematopoietic stem cells to their implantation sites in developmental niches, using the ...

Sniffing out olfactory neurogenesis

Posted by , on 21 October 2025

Sriivatsan G Rajan and Ankur Saxena share their 'Show and tell' post looking at sensory neurogenesis.

Interview with Arthur Boutillon: Editor’s Choice of the MBL Embryology course image competition  

Posted by , on 13 October 2025

We find out more about Arthur Boutillon, Editor's Choice winner of the MBL Embryology course image competition.

Catch up on Development presents… webinar on gut development

Posted by , on 8 October 2025

Our September webinar featured three early-career researchers working on gut development. Here, we share the talks from Surojit Sural (Columbia University) and Swarnabh Bhattacharya (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute).

Royal Society special issue - Biological fluid dynamics: emerging directions

Posted by , on 3 October 2025

Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions A: Biological fluid dynamics: emerging directions compiled and edited by Smitha Maretvadakethope, Marco Polin, David J Smith and Laurence G ...

Apply for a funded ECR place our Workshop on Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution

Posted by , on 2 October 2025

Applications are open for 10 ECR funded places at The Company of Biologists Workshop on Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution, organised byJames Hombría and Antónia Monteiro. The ...

Developmental Biology and Disability

Posted by , on 29 September 2025

Hopeful monsters. Morphospace. Mutation. Natural variation. Mutagenesis screens. Polymorphism. Deformity. Phenotype. Disease. Adaptation. Anomaly. Variant. Error.   What defines the distinction between defect and difference? Between natural and unnatural? Between ...

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