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SciCommConnect three-minute talks — Interview with Rachel Mckeown

Posted by , on 20 August 2024

In June, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane organised SciCommConnect, an online event all about science writing and presentation. As part of the day, we hosted a three-minute research talk competition. ...

Behind the paper: Rarely seen development of a viviparous shark – emergence of the hammerhead.

Posted by , on 12 August 2024

In this Developmental Dynamics paper, Steven Byrum, Gareth Fraser and colleagues present the first comprehensive embryonic staging series for the Bonnethead, a viviparous hammerhead shark. In this post, Gareth and ...

Lab meeting with the Harnoš lab

Posted by , on 12 August 2024

Meet the Harnoš lab, based in Brno, Czech Republic. The lab is interested in the role of planar polarity in neural tube formation and cell migration in Xenopus.

SDB Science Communication Internship

Posted by , on 10 August 2024

Developmental biology research relies on a foundation of effective communication. At any given conference, you may meet developmental biologists entering the field with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, mathematics, bioethics and ...

SciArt profile: Dhananjay Chaturvedi

Posted by , on 8 August 2024

Meet Dhananjay Chaturvedi, a developmental biologist who creates drawings inspired from nature and from his research into skeletal muscle homeostasis and repair in Drosophila.

July in preprints

Posted by , on 6 August 2024

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track) positions in the Division of Developmental Biology-Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Posted by , on 2 August 2024

The Division of Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) invites applications for tenure-track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in all areas of developmental biology. ...

SciArt Profile: Friedrich Bliem

Posted by , on 17 July 2024

In this SciArt profile, we meet Friedrich Bliem, who has a background in cell biology and scientific illustration and has been creating "Art in Science" paintings for decades.

June in preprints

Posted by , on 10 July 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 ...

Ready, steady, cooooooonga~

Posted by , on 8 July 2024

What is this? The video depicts the formation of the so-called lateral line in a transgenic zebrafish that I took when I was a student in Tatjana Piotrowski’s lab at ...

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