Our latest with @torres-sanchez.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article-...
Breaking isn’t always a bad thing! Think of birth, seed release...
We highlight how living tissue not only tolerates fractures but actively fracture to grow, shape, reproduce, or adapt – across species and scales.
I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee..
A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting...
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Photograph of Jane Marion Oppenheimer sitting at a microscope.
Next, in my miniseries on early researchers using zebrafish is Jane M. Oppenheimer, fish embryologist and science historian par excellence. (True, I’m cheating here a bit, but if I mentioned Hellen Battle in the previous bluetorial, it is fair to mention Oppenheimer here.) (1/4)
04.01.2026 19:46 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1We are enjoying this series from @mvargam.bsky.social 🐟
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The "Hard Truth" about how hard it is to publish in Development. We wrote this to really drive the point that we are a discerning community journal, and we really want to publish your best developmental and stem cell biology contributions.
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Remembering Adam Kampff, a dear friend, inspirational teacher, and a remarkable human being. He dedicated his life to broadening scientific education and demystifying modern technology to young people around the world.
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/research...
Adam was wonderful and warm, exceptional and enthusiastic, visionary and inspirational. Conversations with Adam made you think differently, made you question assumptions and opened you to new ideas and ways of doing things – a brilliant teacher to his students, friends, kids and to all of us.
10.12.2025 14:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is tough. Adam Kampff was one of the most brilliant people that I have had the privilege to know. He was a wonderful and generous friend and colleague, a remarkable teacher and a visionary who inspired hundreds of others. He was a shining example to us all, and we will miss him very much.
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Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
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Researchers discovered early signs of domestication by analysing the remains of two wolves who lived in modern-day Sweden 3-5,000 years ago.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
It’s our 100th birthday today - and we’re still going strong after all this time! Here’s to the next 100 years of community-centric publishing and charitable support… 🎉
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We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Four scientists in lab coats in a laboratory space, talking and listening.
Are you a researcher at @ucl.ac.uk, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, or @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social looking to keep up with the Crick?
Sign up to our monthly newsletter for researchers at our partner universities to hear about events, opportunities and news ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/research/res...
I wrote something on developmental biology and disability and put it up on the node last night:
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
I've been nervous to share because some of it veers a bit personal but they are thoughts that won't stay quiet. Would love to know what people think about it!
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Pathway to Independence – an interview with Joaquín Navajas Acedo.
In this interview, @mads100tist.bsky.social talks about about his research vision, zebrafish and the importance of community:
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Load gels? Use #zebrafish 🐟? Want to do more sustainable research w/out compromising science? We-G Gestri, K Turner, G Powell @stevewilsonlab.bsky.social-made these protocols. Yes, we use these in our @science.org+@nature.com papers.
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Would you like to be the Node’s new Community Manager? #JobOpportunity
If you're interested in #SciComm and passionate about #DevBio, consider applying to this job to join the @dev-journal.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social team!
Find out more about what the role entails:
Do you want one of the most influential jobs in dev bio?
Would you like to work with the best group of editors & publishing professionals in the business?
Are you interested in leading the premier not for profit community focussed journal in the field?
Come be Development's next Executive Editor
That @biologists.bsky.social has been extremely influential in my career is not an exaggeration. Most of my fav science is in the Company's journals + I've been constantly & generously supported via conference grants, participation in workshops and a recent fellowship to visit another lab. Thank u 🥰
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Extraordinary has many faces. To celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we are highlighting 100 biologists with an extraordinary link to the Company, each of them having made an important contribution in their own right. Join our celebration using #100biologists.
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