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Early development: the journey from oocyte to embryo

Posted by , on 3 April 2020

Meeting report: 2nd EMBO workshop “Awakening of the genome: the maternal-to-zygotic transition”   Amanda Amodeo1*, Johanna Gassler2* and Ksenia Kuznetsova3*, Philip Zegerman4   *These authors contributed equally Lewis-Sigler Institute for ...

March in preprints

Posted by , on 2 April 2020

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  In lock down you might find yourself with more time to read; reading some science might also be a ...

Labs in lockdown II

Posted by , on 25 March 2020

A couple of weeks ago we posted a collection of tweets from scientists about COVID-19. A lot has changed since that time – we in the UK are two days ...

Time to crack coding?

Posted by , on 24 March 2020

As labs shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, some might be unsure of what to do next. Even if your project doesn’t have a computational (i.e. bioinformatic) aspect, ...

Development and the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted by , on 23 March 2020

Last week, I and the rest of the Development team said goodbye to our lovely office, and a new era of remote working has begun. But we’re lucky – editorial ...

BSDB/GenSoc 2020 - Exhibitor Showcase

Posted by , on 18 March 2020

Exhibitors are crucial to fund society conferences like BSDB/Gensoc 2020, and since they did not have the chance to promote themselves in person, here we are showcasing some of them ...

BSDB/GenSoc 2020 - eTalks and Tweetorials

Posted by , on 18 March 2020

The BSDB/GenSoc meeting’s cancellation left organisers and us thinking about ways to try to replicate some of it online. Over on Twitter it’s been a blast – just look at ...

eBSDB/GenSoc 2020 plans

Posted by , on 14 March 2020

  UPDATE 16 MARCH events timetable added below Following the cancellation of BSDB/GenSoc2020, the meeting organisers have been seeking ways to maintain some elements of the meeting through online interactions. We ...

Labs in lockdown

Posted by , on 13 March 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has led to travel restrictions, conference cancellations and university closures. How do labs function in various states of lockdown? What happens to model organisms and long running ...

Call for letter of interest: Executive Director to DanStem, University of Copenhagen

Posted by , on 6 March 2020

A Directorship position is now open at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology DanStem Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen DanStem is seeking a ...

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