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From Tip to Grain: Sculpting Barley Inflorescence Through the Regulation of Meristem Activity

Posted by , on 12 June 2025

Written by Isaia Vardanega Behind the Paper Story of “CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla”. Grasses play a crucial role in …
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How to organise events more sustainably (webinar)

Posted by , on 10 June 2025

We are pleased to support The Pavilion for People, running alongside the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. Explore the space to learn more and share your thoughts on saving our oceans. …

Catch up on Development presents… May webinar on Development’s 2024 outstanding paper prize

Posted by , on 10 June 2025

Catch up on the Development presents… May webinar, featuring talks from the first authors of Development’s 2024 outstanding paper prize finalists.

The Season’s Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 9 June 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Dr Karin Van der Burg, a new faculty at …

May in preprints

Posted by , on 9 June 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv – use these links below to get to …

Unfinished story: How events during development affect adult behaviour

Posted by , on 6 June 2025

Many times, the project or PhD is over, and the paper published, and yet the story unfinished. During the course of PhD, there arise many mysterious observations and unanswered questions.  …

‘Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals’ course is open for registration

Posted by , on 5 June 2025

The Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (CSCCE) has announced its next offering of Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF25F), which will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Thursday, 4 …

Squishing jellies!!

Posted by , on 4 June 2025

Behind the paper: “Topology changes of Hydra define actin orientation defects as organizers of morphogenesis”

Visualizing with Vibes: Potential and Pitfalls

Posted by , on 2 June 2025

Anyone—regardless of coding skills—should be able to generate a publication-quality plot of their data in minutes. That was the main motivation to develop a series of web apps to make …

Switching Gears: Metabolic Rewiring in Cancer #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 2 June 2025

The world’s a metabolic dance & early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week, we explore the story of Dr. Luis Cedeno-Rosario, a postdoctoral researcher …

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Updated on 11 June 2025