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Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition

Posted by , on 14 July 2026

We find out more about the winners of the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition.

Help I'm a Scientist! — new article: Adjusting to new laboratories, scientific fields, and academic/social cultures

Posted by , on 10 July 2026

A scientists we tend to move around a lot during our training period. Adjusting to new scientific and social environments can be challenging and intimidating but also exciting. Andrew Ramirez ...

Results of the YEN 2026 Image Competition

Posted by , on 6 July 2026

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Young Embryologist Network Image Competition held as part of the YEN 2026 Conference.

May in preprints

Posted by , on 2 July 2026

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

Meeting report: 2026 Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium

Posted by , on 30 June 2026

Ella Knüpling, Juliette Gracia and Jiaming Bi write about the 2026 Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium.

A side project clarified my identity as a scientist

Posted by , on 22 June 2026

An important insight from Chen Wang, Ph.D. about finding fulfillment from scientific projects that broadly benefit the research community. Thanks also to the Hobert lab for supporting this kind of ...

Bringing science to developing minds!

Posted by , on 22 June 2026

Development is plastic, meaning it has the capacity to mold, to allow for change in behavior and physical traits, usually until its form reaches a certain point. The field of ...

How hard should science trainees work?

Posted by , on 20 June 2026

Of all the articles on helpimascientist.com, this one garnered the most views—several thousand within a few days after posting about it on Twitter. And I was reminded of the subject ...

SALAMANDER MEETING MEXICO 2026

Posted by , on 18 June 2026

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Salamander Meeting 2026, which will be held at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City from October ...

The elephant in the room: impact factor

Posted by , on 18 June 2026

As new journal impact factors are released this week, it’s worth considering what an impact factor really is and whether the academic community should put so much emphasis on a ...

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