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Development at the ISSCR

Posted by , on 29 May 2013

Given the launch of our new “Stem Cells & Regeneration” site, as well as the release of our Special Issue, Development is particularly excited to be attending the upcoming ISSCR ...

January in preprints

Posted by , on 5 February 2026

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

Postdoctoral position in Development, Organoids & Genomics

Posted by , on 2 February 2026

The Ribes/Nedelec Team, at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris, is seeking a motivated, independent postdoctoral researcher to study lineage progression and mechanisms guiding neural diversification during human nervous system ...

Lab meeting with the Ditadi lab

Posted by , on 27 January 2026

Meet the Ditadi lab, based at the Ospedale San Raffaele, as part of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, in the north-east corner of Milan, Italy.

The health impacts of microplastics are studied using a Xenopus amphibian model.

Posted by , on 12 January 2026

Our study using Xenopus carries substantial significance, raising developmental immunotoxicity (DIT) concerns not only for aquatic vertebrates but also for human health.

preLighters’ choice - November’s handpicked preprints

Posted by , on 8 December 2025

Concise preprint highlights from the November preprint list, prepared by the preLighter community. Quick reads from early-career researchers to help working scientists spot the month’s most exciting biological preprints.

Interview with Nicole Roos and Anthony Wokasch: winners of the MBL Embryology course image competition  

Posted by , on 10 November 2025

Here, we interview Nicole Roos and Anthony Wokasch, the winners of the popular vote of our image competition with their submission, ‘Mouse embryo’.

Role of fat body lipid transport in Drosophila neurodevelopment

Posted by , on 27 October 2025

I never imagined that tiny fruit flies could reveal so much about the brain and its functions until I spent my summer in Alex Gould’s laboratory at the Francis Crick ...

Characterising and visualising cell-type marker genes in Glossina morsitans morsitans.

Posted by , on 27 October 2025

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the sole vectors of African trypanosomiasis – sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. The midgut is the site of blood digestion, symbiont interactions, ...

Doctoral researcher in cell physiology of avian magnetoreception

Posted by , on 22 October 2025

About us The SFB 1372 “Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates” (www.sfb1372.de) is an interdisciplinary collaborative research centre with the goal of gaining a comprehensive and multidisciplinary understanding of magnetoreception and ...

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