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Join us as an intern working across the Node, preLights & FocalPlane

Posted by , on 26 February 2025

The Company of Biologists is looking for one or more interns, through the BBSRC DTP/PIPS or equivalent schemes, to work on our community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. ...

Developmental timing across species | EMBO Workshop | 6-9 May

Posted by , on 25 February 2025

Join us at the EMBO Workshop “EvoDevoTempo – Developmental Timing Across Species: From Mechanisms to Evolutionary Insights”. Topics will include theoretical modelling, metabolism, and evolutionary biology, thus bringing a uniquely ...

New correspondents for the Node – welcome!

Posted by , on 24 February 2025

Let’s welcome the three new Node correspondents – Dosh Whye, Mariia Golden and Shefali! We look forward to working with them to bring you a wide range of content and ...

SELF-FUNDED PhD at Durham University, UK : AI-Driven Insect Cognition: Computational Models for Behavior, Brain Imaging and Bio-Inspired Robotics

Posted by , on 24 February 2025

About the Project Understanding how the insect brain functions and generates behaviors is crucial for fields such as ecology, biodiversity conservation, agriculture, pest control, disease prevention and robotics. Advances in computer vision, AI and ...

Developmental Processes in CNS Plasticity and Pathogenesis: 3rd International Symposium

Posted by , on 21 February 2025

The Research Training Group: Neurodevelopment and Vulnerability of the Central Nervous System (GRK2162) is excited to host its 3rd International Symposium: Developmental Processes in CNS Plasticity and Pathogenesis. The program will bring ...

Physics of the Early Embryonic Cell Divisions: Feedbacks, Flows and Information

Posted by , on 20 February 2025

By Claudio Hernández-López and Aditya Singh Rajput This is one of three reports about the “Physics of the Early Embryonic Divisions” Workshop, organised by The Company of Biologists. Read the ...

The Arterial Maze: Unveiling the Origin of Pial Collaterals in Mouse Brain

Posted by , on 19 February 2025

Written by Swarnadip Ghosh & Soumyashree Das Behind the Paper Story of “Development of pial collaterals by extension of pre-existing artery tips” What we do and how we do it? ...

SciArt profile: B. Duygu Özpolat

Posted by , on 18 February 2025

In this SciArt profile, we find out more about B. Duygu Özpolat, an assistant professor whose research focuses on germ cell regeneration in segmented worms. Duygu enjoys creating pottery pieces ...

Seeking a new Executive Editor for Development

Posted by , on 17 February 2025

Back in the summer of 2011, I was just finishing up work for the day. Sitting in my office at EMBO in Heidelberg, Germany, I happened to open up the ...

First issues – tick tock heat shock

Posted by , on 14 February 2025

As part of our ‘first issues’ series on the Node, Development’s in-house team are researching the authors of articles published in the first issues of Journal of Embryology and Experimental ...

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