Watson Lab

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09.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yesterday over 40 researchers were brought together by @cambridgezero.bsky.social and @cam-repro.bsky.social to talk sustainability and reproduction, with flash talks, discussion and networking.

All captured by the immensely talented Alexander Cagan - a scientist / illustrator www.alexcagan.com

14.11.2025 11:35 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92 It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

08.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reproduction and Embryogenesis | MPhil in Biological Sciences by Advanced Study Reproduction and Embryogenesis Course Description

Are you an undergraduate student interested in pursuing research in Reproduction and Embryogenesis? Take a look at this opportunity at the University of Cambridge. Course funding deadline: 2 Dec 2025. Application deadline: 29 April 2026.

02.10.2025 08:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looking to pursue cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology? See 👇

- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...

02.10.2025 08:15 — 👍 9    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 2

Next Generation Fellow (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge Next Generation Fellow (Fixed Term) in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.

Are you looking to pursue innovative research in the field of placental and reproductive biology?

The Loke CTR Next Generation Fellowship is a stepping stone to research independence!
📝 Applications are open for our 2026 NGF www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51104/
🗣️ Please spread the word!

24.09.2025 13:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Organizers and self-organization in developmental biology This collection highlights papers studying self-organization, symmetry breaking, and developmental organizers.

Attention #devbio and #stemcell crew! @natcomms.nature.com is looking for submissions related to developmental organizers, self organization, and symmetry breaking. More details on the collection page. www.nature.com/collections/...

08.05.2025 10:44 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Research Associate - Mechanisms of transgenerational inheritance (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge Research Associate - Mechanisms of transgenerational inheritance (Fixed Term) in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.

The 31st March deadline for applications for a postdoc position in the Watson lab is coming up quickly. But there is still time! Take a look: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50385/

28.03.2025 08:26 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🔬 Does your research explore placental ageing, senescence, prolonged pregnancy, or term complications like pre-eclampsia?

Join leading experts at our Annual Meeting! Registration open, don’t miss your chance to be part of the discussion.

www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferenc...

19.03.2025 14:02 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 3

#announcement please share 📢

We're delighted to launch registration for the Annual Meeting 2025 'The Placenta at Term' bit.ly/annualmeetin...

And, applications open for Placental Biology Course, returning in-person, in Cambridge bit.ly/placentalbio...
25 places, application deadline 21 March!

22.01.2025 10:38 — 👍 18    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

Galaxy as a gateway to bioinformatics: Multi-Interface Galaxy Hands-on Training Suite (MIGHTS) for scRNA-seq AbstractBackground. Bioinformatics is fundamental to biomedical sciences, but its mastery presents a steep learning curve for bench biologists and clinicia

An excellent initiative and paper by Wendi Bacon's group on single cell RNA-seq training and analysis using Galaxy academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

15.01.2025 12:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0