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SciArt profile: Petra Korlević

Posted by , on 27 November 2024

In this SciArt profile, we meet Petra Korlević, a scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, interested in retrieving DNA from historic mosquito collections. Can you tell us about your background ...

No such thing as a standard career path

Posted by , on 26 November 2024

Introducing a new careers interview series, featuring developmental biologists who have had vastly different career trajectories.

I don't think I would’ve been better off being a biologist to begin with

Posted by , on 26 November 2024

No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Karen Liu

I never wanted to leave academia, but now I love being a freelance science writer

Posted by , on 26 November 2024

No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Bill Hinchen

Competition Funded PhD Project in Evolutionary/Developmental Biology and Computational Modelling

Posted by , on 19 November 2024

Investigating a polarity switch in bird wing feather development A BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP-funded PhD project (jointly with the group of Alexander Fletcher) investigating a polarity switch in bird wing ...

Trans Perspectives in Academia

Posted by , on 19 November 2024

Queer people, trans individuals in particular, remain significantly underrepresented in STEM and academia. In this Voices piece, we hear from two PhD students who identify as trans. They discuss their ...

Funded PhD Project in stem cells, mechanobiology and developmental biology

Posted by , on 18 November 2024

A BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP-funded PhD project (jointly with the group of Chris Toseland) focusing on the role of biomechanical cues in embryonic cell fate decisions using human pluripotent stem ...

Please, show me your boundaries

Posted by , on 18 November 2024

from Irene Karapidaki, Béryl Laplace-Builhé and Michalis Averof What is this? These are crustacean embryos injected with mRNA encoding a red fluorescent protein bound to membranes. On the left, the ...

New Cross-Title Reviews Editor

Posted by , on 15 November 2024

Hi everyone! My name is Katie Pickup and I wanted to introduce myself as I’m a new Reviews Editor at The Company of Biologists. I am going to be working ...

Don’t eat me!!

Posted by , on 15 November 2024

When I joined the Zon lab in June 2021, my mentor, Leonard Zon, shared an insightful piece of advice: “A good project always has two questions, one you can answer ...

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