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BSDB Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship Report #26 - Courtney Lancaster

Posted by , on 18 December 2018

Established  by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...

Hello from Alex

Posted by , on 17 December 2018

Hello, I’m Alex and I’m very happy to introduce myself as a new Reviews Editor for Development. I will be working together with invited authors to produce interesting and relevant ...

This month in preLights - November

Posted by , on 14 December 2018

Welcome to our monthly summary of developmental biology (and related) preLights     In our last post of the year, we again have plenty of exciting research to feature, and ...

A day in the life of a Kabuto-mushi (rhinoceros beetle) lab

Posted by , on 10 December 2018

I am Shinichi Morita, a postdoctoral researcher in Teruyuki Niimi’s lab at the National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan (Fig. 1A, B). Our research interests focus on the evolutionary novelties ...

Laboratory Research Scientist

Posted by , on 6 December 2018

Job title:           Laboratory Research Scientists Location:         The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London Contract:          Fixed-term, (3-4 months) Full time Salary: ...

The people behind the papers – Chaitanya Dingare and Virginie Lecaudey

Posted by , on 5 December 2018

This interview, the 52nd in our series, was the first to be published in Development. We’re aiming for one interview per issue, and will continue to put them up here ...

November in preprints

Posted by , on 4 December 2018

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  This month’s haul includes a potful of plant development, new ways to mend broken hearts, an Alexa in the ...

The reported birth of CRISPR-edited humans: reactions from the field

Posted by , on 29 November 2018

One scientific story has dominated the news this week: the first report of CRISPR-edited human babies being born. In an associated Node post, we’ve collected the most useful links we ...

The reported birth of CRISPR-edited humans: useful links

Posted by , on 29 November 2018

One scientific story has dominated the news this week: the first report of CRISPR-edited human babies being born. The story’s scientific and ethical aspects stirred up heated debate, as did ...

Travelling Fellowships from The Company of Biologists: Deadline approaching!

Posted by , on 20 November 2018

The Company of Biologists’ journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology and Disease Models & Mechanisms – offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £2,500 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to ...

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