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The Marseille Developmental Biology Institute (IBDM) is recruiting group leaders

Posted by , on 20 January 2025

The Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille (IBDM) is inviting applications for group leader positions. We are seeking innovative researchers who aim to address fundamental questions in biology, including ...

Tiny titans: fantastic worms and their powerful regenerative abilities

Posted by , on 19 January 2025

In their paper recently published in Evolution & Development, Vanessa Spieß, Rannyele P. Ribeiro and colleagues explore the regenerative abilities of the marine segmented worm Syllis malaquini. Their research reveals ...

Behind the paper: "Recording morphogen signals reveals origins of gastruloid symmetry breaking"

Posted by , on 17 January 2025

Stem cell models as laboratories to study self-organization My road from physics to developmental biology began in a journal club during my PhD in Adam Cohen’s lab at Harvard. We ...

Lab meeting with the Das lab

Posted by , on 17 January 2025

This is part of the ‘Lab meeting’ series featuring developmental and stem cell biology labs around the world. Where is the lab? The lab is located at National Centre for ...

Who won the 2024 Development cover image of the year?

Posted by , on 15 January 2025

Over the last few weeks, we asked you to vote for your favourite 2024 Development cover image. Thank you to everyone who voted. Now that the poll is closed, let’s ...

Celebrating 100 years of The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 14 January 2025

Happy New Year, everyone. 2025 is a big year for us at The Company of Biologists, marking 100 years since the Company was founded. We’re using this opportunity to reflect ...

Winding road to the cambial stem cells

Posted by , on 13 January 2025

In plants, the vascular cambium, a bifacial stem cell niche, drives wood formation by generating the xylem on one side and the phloem on the other. In this post, Ari ...

Second Symposium on Women in Tunicate Biology: March 25-26, 2025

Posted by , on 10 January 2025

Dear Colleagues,Happy New Year! Two years ago, we organized the inaugural symposium dedicated to Women in Tunicate Biology. It was a joyful event, celebrating women scientists from the 19th century ...

PhD position in cancer neuroscience

Posted by , on 7 January 2025

A 4-year funded PhD position in understanding the molecular and cellular crosstalk between cancer and the nervous system has become available at Umeå University, Sweden. The project is multidisciplinary – ...

Biological Research Trump Cards: from fruit flies to stem cells... who will come out on top?

Posted by , on 6 January 2025

In 2023 I was awarded a NC3Rs 20th Anniversary Public Engagement Award to develop and print a “Biological Research Trump Cards” game. I have now designed and printed 100 packs ...

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