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A regeneration retrospective: time heals all wounds

Posted by , on 5 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. Wound healing is a crucial process in both regenerating and non-regenerating tissues. In addition to restoring the biological function of a ...

Internship opportunity at The Company of Biologists community sites

Posted by , on 5 September 2023

We are delighted to announce that we are offering an opportunity for a 3-month internship to work on the three community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. This is ...

A regeneration retrospective: muscle memory lane

Posted by , on 4 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. Unlike many other mammalian tissues, adult skeletal muscle has a remarkable aptitude for regeneration. Even after severe and repeated damage, functional ...

SciArt profile: Sonhita Chakraborty

Posted by , on 4 September 2023

In this latest SciArt profile, we talked to Sonhita Chakraborty about her background in plant biology, how science and art blend into each other, and her first solo art exhibition.

A regeneration retrospective: planarians aplenty

Posted by , on 3 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. In some ways, it’s difficult to imagine a better model of regeneration than the planarian flatworm. These comical, googly-eyed creatures have ...

A regeneration retrospective

Posted by , on 3 September 2023

The field of regenerative biology has grown considerably since the millennium and, with the creation of the International Society of Regeneration Biology a couple of years ago (Poss and Tanaka, ...

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track Faculty Member

Posted by , on 31 August 2023

Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB) is recruiting a new tenure-track faculty member! The deadline to apply is September 24, 2023. https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12686 Established in 2007, HSCRB’s mission ...

Patterning the butterfly wing through Wnt signaling

Posted by , on 31 August 2023

Read the story behind the paper from Tirtha Das Banerjee and Antόnia Monteiro about Wnt signaling in setting up butterfly wing patterns.

Cracking the egg

Posted by , on 29 August 2023

Lessons from developmental biology in how to navigate the scientific career-scape Between the fifth and tenth days the lump of stem cells differentiates into the overall building plan of the ...

A tale of two fishes

Posted by , on 25 August 2023

Krista Gert, a recent doctoral graduate from Andrea (Andi) Pauli’s lab at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, Austria, recently published a study on how Bouncer, a small egg ...

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