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A bad day for the angel on my shoulder: Practical advice for grant writing from the #devbiolwriteclub and #devbiolgrantclub

Posted by , on 11 July 2021

Hello!  Welcome back to the #devbiolwriteclub!  Over the last year or so, I’ve harangued you on Twitter and on The Node about practicing the craft of writing.  I’ve ignored any ...

Tumour Treating Electric Fields for Non-invasive Treatment of Brain Cancer

Posted by , on 7 July 2021

Fully funded 3 year PhD studentship. Project Description This studentship is for a graduate to join our multi-disciplinary research group investigating a new safe treatment for cancer of the brain. ...

June in preprints

Posted by , on 6 July 2021

Our monthly trawl of developmental biology and stem cell preprints

The people behind the papers – Brandon Carpenter and David Katz

Posted by , on 5 July 2021

This interview, the 94th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  A dynamic pattern of histone methylation and demethylation controls gene expression during development, with some processes such as ...

From local communication to global pattern recovery: spatio-temporal scales in segmentation clock and scientists

Posted by , on 30 June 2021

Koichiro Uriu, Bo-Kai Liao, Andrew Oates and Luis Morelli on the segmentation clock

The people behind the papers – Kenji Nagata and Mitsutomo Abe

Posted by , on 28 June 2021

This interview, the 93rd in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  The plant epidermis is a single layer of cells that forms a crucial barrier to the outside world, ...

Research Fellow in Developmental Biology and Cancer

Posted by , on 25 June 2021

We are looking for a researcher with experience in mouse genetics, embryology and tumorigenesis to work on a research programme focussed on childhood pituitary tumours. The post will be based ...

An interview with Kristina Stapornwongkul, 2021 Beddington Medal Winner

Posted by , on 23 June 2021

We talk to Kristina Stapornwongkul, 2021 Beddington Medal Winner

New feature on preLights: using preLights as a teaching aid

Posted by , on 21 June 2021

Some readers of the Node might already be familiar with preLights, another community site run by The Company of Biologists which aims to highlight new preprints from across the biological ...

The people behind the papers – Qiongxuan Lu, Yuan Gao and Bo Dong

Posted by , on 21 June 2021

This interview, the 92nd in our series, was published in Development last year.  In many animal embryos, the tail bends ventrally as it grows, but the underlying mechanisms driving this multi-tissue deformation ...

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