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This year for Christmas, gift yourself with an amazing experience. Apply today for the 2018 CSHL Cell and Developmental Biology of Xenopus course.

Posted by , on 18 December 2017

The end of the year is quickly approaching, and if you are anything like me you are scrambling to try to get as much work done as possible before your ...

A fly on the wall account of scicomm in action

Posted by , on 18 December 2017

My name is Charlotte Blackburn; I am a Zoology graduate currently studying at the University of Edinburgh for an MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement … yes, that is ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 24)

Posted by , on 18 December 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development – the last one of the year! Happy reading…and happy holidays!   Branched actin keeps Nrf2 in check in the ...

A community approach to science communication

Posted by , on 14 December 2017

Science communication (scicomm) has become a buzz term in the current science landscape. I fully support its importance and have been a scicomm “activist” for over 6 years. My initiatives ...

PHD STUDENTSHIP: NEURO-EVO-DEVO

Posted by , on 11 December 2017

We invite applications for a funded PhD position in the Department of Zoology in Central Cambridge on Downing Street with Dr Stephen Montgomery’s research group. Project title: Developmental basis of ...

How to win a conference prize

Posted by , on 11 December 2017

Or, at least, produce nice posters while trying. Students on average author 1-3 papers and produce at least three times that many conference posters***. At large meetings, such as the ...

Goodbye intern on the Node

Posted by , on 7 December 2017

Three months ago I did the unthinkable and moved to England, a strange haggis-free land. Starting my BBSRC PhD Internship (introductory post here) at the Node having left my Scottish ...

It’s in the head: How male and female fruit flies grow apart

Posted by , on 7 December 2017

A discussion of our recent paper: Annick Sawala & Alex P. Gould (2017). The sex of specific neurons controls female body growth in Drosophila. PLoS Biology, October 4 2017.   In ...

November in preprints

Posted by , on 5 December 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. Let us know if we missed anything.   This month in preprint news – here at The Company of Biologists, ...

Exploring the differences between mice and men during cerebral cortex development

Posted by , on 5 December 2017

Alzu’bi A, Lindsay SJ, Harkin LF, McIntyre J, Lisgo SN, Clowry GJ (2017) The transcription factors COUP-TFI and COUP-TFII have distinct roles in arealisation and GABAergic interneuron specification in the ...

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