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The power of micropeptides in brains and society

Posted by , on 18 December 2023

In this piece, I reflect on my recent scientific work as a lesson on how reductive definitions can overlook some of the most impactful discoveries and individuals in a collective.

Conference Alert! The Neural Crest: From Patient to Model System and back again

Posted by , on 9 November 2023

Come join us next year in France to discuss all things Neural Crest: From patient to model system and back agan.This conference is organised by the Ph.D students of the ...

Secondary school teachers’ residency in lab

Posted by , on 5 October 2023

In June of this year, five secondary school teachers who teach BTEC and A levels students from Wales and Oxfordshire spent a week with us at the Department of Physiology ...

"I am a developmental biologist"

Posted by , on 22 August 2023

I didn’t become aware of developmental biology (DevBio) until a lecture during my first year of undergraduate studies. From that moment on, however, I was hooked and even changed my ...

10th Advances in Stem Cell Biology Course (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France) - Course report

Posted by , on 21 August 2023

Every year, the Pasteur Institute of Paris organizes a course on Advances in Stem Cell Biology (ASCB). Directed by Professors Laure Bally-Cuif and Shahragim Tajbakhsh, this course brings together over ...

Avian Model Systems 11 deadline extended to July 21st

Posted by , on 4 July 2023

The abstract submission deadline for the 11th Avian Model Systems meeting, 11-14 September 2023 in Portsmouth, UK, as been extended to 21 July 2023. The conference will for the first ...

Deadline extended to June 27th

Posted by , on 22 June 2023

Looking forward to welcome you to our EMBO Workshop – Developmental metabolism: flows of energy, matter, and information

Behind the paper: how to turn scales into feathers 

Posted by , on 16 June 2023

Read the story behind the paper about an experimental method for transforming chicken scales into true feathers.

Made the Same Way: A human egg looks nothing like a human

Posted by , on 9 June 2023

In the final episode of the Human Developmental Biology Initiative’s podcast, hip-hop artist Aubz meets Oxford University scientist Shankar Srinivas and they discuss questions such as what is human developmental ...

Haemorrhages in foetal brain tissue associated with the presence of SARS-CoV-2: How SARS-CoV-2 impacted our PhD bringing new and important findings.

Posted by , on 19 May 2023

Read the story behind the work by Marco Massimo, Carlotta Barelli and Katie Long looking into haemorrhages in foetal brain tissue.

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