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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Alex Neaverson, on 22 April 2024
Rita-Levi Montalcini (1909-2012) was an Italian neurobiologist who lived an extraordinary life, and today (22nd April) would have been her 115th birthday. Click on each image to enlarge and read ...Posted by Marie Nydam, on 2 February 2024
The 1st International Symposium on Women in Tunicate Biology, organized by Anna Di Gregorio and Marie Nydam, was held online on March 28-29, 2023. This global symposium was attended by ...Posted by Dina Mikimoto, on 2 June 2023
Gender problems in STEM are familiar to women researchers in every corner of the world. Japan is no exception. In a culture that seeks harmony and balance with people around, ...Posted by ChrisJWatson, on 19 July 2022
A behind the paper story from Christine Watson about the role of immune cells in mammary gland involution and the women who worked on the project.Posted by Lauren Gonzalez, on 18 June 2021
Written by Shuangshuang Du, Rebecca Starble, and Lauren Gonzalez from the Yale Genetics Department. We face a historical moment in which more and more women are pursuing scientific careers, but ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 10 September 2020
In this episode we’re going back to the very beginning, telling the stories of the midwives of the field of developmental genetics, two talented researchers whose work helped to reveal ...Posted by the Node, on 18 August 2015
This interview first featured in Development. Caroline Dean is a plant biologist based at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. She helped to establish Arabidopsis as a model plant ...Posted by Thomas Butts, on 16 July 2015
I first wrote this for an anonymous blog. After a nudge, I have decided to publish it here. Parts of it have been embellished to make the point in the ...Posted by the Node, on 11 July 2015
This interview was first published in Development. Brigid Hogan is a developmental biologist who has worked extensively on the early stages of mouse development and is now unravelling the mysteries ...Posted by Deborah Goberdhan, on 14 March 2014
Soapbox Science follows the format of using historical areas for public debate, such as London Hyde Park’s Speakers Corner, providing a way of bringing scientists and their work to the ...