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Microscopy Training Needs Survey
Posted by georgina@rms.org.uk, on 20 June 2024
The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) are currently running a Training Needs Survey, which will be live until 30th July, 2024. Fill in the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/66TLZQW In a recent review …An interview with 2024 BSDB Beddington Medal winner Delan Alasaadi
Posted by the Node, on 19 June 2024
We recently caught up with Delan Alasaadi, who received the 2024 British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) Beddington Medal for the best PhD thesis in developmental biology defended in the …Networking with the preclinical modelling community – DMM Meeting Report
Posted by Debora Bogani, on 18 June 2024
On the 8th-10th of May Disease Models and Mechanisms organised their first journal meeting entitled Preclinical Modelling of Human Disease and Therapy to showcase the latest advances in modelling human …Lab meeting with the Ríos-Barrera lab
Posted by the Node, on 13 June 2024
Meet the Rios-Barrera lab, based in UNAM, Mexico City. The lab uses the Drosophila respiratory system to study the sub- and supracellular mechanisms of morphogenesis.Catch up on Development presents… June webinar on brain development
Posted by the Node, on 12 June 2024
Catch up on the Development presents… webinar on 5 June.Ascidian embryonic cells offer clues to the evolutionary origin of vertebrate neural crest cells and neuromesodermal progenitors
Posted by Tasuku Ishida, on 11 June 2024
Read the story behind the paper “Ascidian embryonic cells with properties of neural-crest cells and neuromesodermal progenitors of vertebrates”.May in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 7 June 2024
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv and arXiv – use these links below to …SciArt profile: Gabriela Krejčová
Posted by the Node, on 6 June 2024
In this SciArt profile, we meet Gabriela Krejčová, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, who enjoys making nature-inspired jewellery. Can you tell us about your …Development presents… June webinar on mechanics and morphogenesis
Posted by the Node, on 5 June 2024
Hear from three early-carrer researchers studying mechanics and morphogenesis. Chaired by James Wells.Travel awards available for PhD students to attend Neurofly2024
Posted by Alicia Hidalgo, on 3 June 2024
Neurofly2024 is the main conference on neurobiology of Drosophila, taking place every 2 years, and has been rotating across Europe for the last 40 years. The Company of Biologists Travel …The Node Network
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- And how would you rate your current pain and fatigue? It’s a Tuesday. by Sharna Lunn
- Developing preprints in developmental biology by Sandra Franco-Iborra, Pablo Ranea-Robles, Lonni Besancon & Jonathon Alexis Coates
- SciArt profile: Philipp Dexheimer
- A workshop to enhance thinking about and communicating research – a planktonic perspective. by Elizabeth A. Williams & Gemma Anderson-Tempini
- How do jellyfish regenerate their tentacles? by Yuichiro Nakajima
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