The Company of BiologistsIn this half-hour long documentary we showcase some of the beauty, as well as the translatability, of developmental biology research being undertaken currently throughout labs in the UK. Alice Roberts talks us through the wonder of developmental biology, and Courtney Lancaster (and her twin sister) tour various labs and interview PIs working with several model organisms to find out what drives various elements of embryo development, and how their studies may one day impact the clinic.
BSDB - The Fascinating World of Developmental Biology (full length)The Company of Biologists2024-10-10 | In this half-hour long documentary we showcase some of the beauty, as well as the translatability, of developmental biology research being undertaken currently throughout labs in the UK. Alice Roberts talks us through the wonder of developmental biology, and Courtney Lancaster (and her twin sister) tour various labs and interview PIs working with several model organisms to find out what drives various elements of embryo development, and how their studies may one day impact the clinic.
British Society for Developmental Biology - bsdb.org Development - journals.biologists.com/dev Cambridge Filmworks - cambridgefilmworks.comPublishing in Biology OpenThe Company of Biologists2024-10-15 | Biology Open Editor-in-Chief, Dan Gorelik, talks about Biology Open, the importance of Open Access publishing and how The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative benefits researchers.
Find out more about The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative biologists.com/library-hub/read-publishComparison of glomerular volumes between a mouse and an individual with IgA nephropathyThe Company of Biologists2024-10-11 | Comparison of glomerular volumes between a mouse and a biopsy specimen from an individual with IgA nephropathy. See article by Miyaki et al. at doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262154.BSDB - The Fascinating World of Developmental Biology (shortcut)The Company of Biologists2024-10-10 | This is a 15-minute shortcut of our documentary, in which we showcase some of the beauty, as well as the translatability, of developmental biology research being undertaken currently throughout labs in the UK. Alice Roberts talks us through the wonder of developmental biology, and Courtney Lancaster (and her twin sister) tour various labs and interview PIs working with several model organisms to find out what drives various elements of embryo development, and how their studies may one day impact the clinic.
British Society for Developmental Biology - bsdb.org Development - journals.biologists.com/dev Cambridge Filmworks - cambridgefilmworks.comDevelopment presents... Girish KaleThe Company of Biologists2024-10-07 | The 2 October 2024 webinar was chaired by Development’s Guest Editor, Karen Sears (UCLA) and featured three talks on the topic of environment, evolution and development.
Girish Kale (University of Hohenheim) talked about ‘Elevated temperature fatally disrupts nuclear divisions in the early Drosophila embryo’. You can read the related preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.17.558127
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Natasha ShyloThe Company of Biologists2024-10-07 | The 2 October 2024 webinar was chaired by Development’s Guest Editor, Karen Sears (UCLA) and featured three talks on the topic of environment, evolution and development.
Natasha Shylo (Stowers Institute for Medical Research) talked about ‘Gastrulation and Left-Right patterning in veiled chameleons’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Sergio MencheroThe Company of Biologists2024-10-07 | The 2 October 2024 webinar was chaired by Development’s Guest Editor, Karen Sears (UCLA) and featured three talks on the topic of environment, evolution and development.
Sergio Menchero (The Francis Crick Institute) talked about ‘Understanding temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programmes using marsupial single-cell transcriptomics’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresspotLights Ep 3: preLights in conversation with Nafisa Jadavji and Chris SmithThe Company of Biologists2024-10-01 | Welcome to spotLights, the interview series that shines a spotlight on cutting-edge biological research and the brilliant minds behind it. spotLights is brought to you by preLights, the preprint highlights service run by the biological community and supported by The Company of Biologists.
In this third episode, we talk to Dr Nafisa Jadavji and Dr Chris Smith about their recent preprint entitled “An updated and expanded characterization of the biological sciences academic job market”. Nafisa is an Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, as well as a Research Professor at the University of Arizona, and Carleton University. Chris works as a Postdoctoral Affairs Program Administrator at Virginia Tech. The preprint we cover in this episode has also been covered in a separate preLights post.
spotLight hosted by: Jennifer Ann Black, Postdoc at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Chee Kiang (Ethan) Ewe, Postdoc at Tel Aviv University, Israel Reinier Prosée, preLights Community ManagerFocalPlane features... data managementThe Company of Biologists2024-09-23 | The fourth webinar in the latest series of FocalPlane features… was on data management. Caterina Strambio De Castillia introduced us to the topic of research data management, as well as discussing the benefits of a good strategy for the individual researcher and the broader research community, and the importance of community consensus. Tom Boissonnet focussed on day-to-day image data management using OMERO, presenting how to use OMERO from the perspective of a group leader, a microscopist and an image analyst. Finally, Maria Mirza from Euro-BioImaging gave us a brief introduction into foundingGIDE, the initial project aiming to develop a Global Image Data Ecosystem (GIDE).Development presents... Keaton SchusterThe Company of Biologists2024-09-05 | The 4 September 2024 webinar was chaired by Development's Senior Editor Alex Eve and featured two talks on cardiac development and regeneration.
Keaton Schuster (New York University) talked about ‘The chordate origins of heart regeneration’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Lydia DjenouneThe Company of Biologists2024-09-05 | The 4 September 2024 webinar was chaired by Development's Senior Editor Alex Eve and featured two talks on cardiac development and regeneration.
Lydia Djenoune (MGH, Harvard Medical School) talked about ‘Push it: cilia, polycystins and mechanosensation in left-right patterning’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpres4T1 cancer cells within a spheroid invade the matrix in 3D culture conditionsThe Company of Biologists2024-09-04 | This movie shows 4T1 breast cancer cell invasion into a 3D collagen matrix over a 40-h period, with one frame every 5 min.
For more details, see the complete article by Herndon et al. doi.org/10.1242/dmm.050771spotLights Ep 2: preLights in conversation with Bipasha Dey, Girish Kale and Verena KaulThe Company of Biologists2024-08-14 | Welcome to spotLights, the interview series that shines a spotlight on cutting-edge biological research and the brilliant minds behind it. spotLights is brought to you by preLights, the preprint highlights service run by the biological community and supported by The Company of Biologists.
In this second episode, we talk to Dr Bipasha Dey, Dr Girish Kale and Verena Kaul about their recent preprint entitled “Divergent evolutionary strategies preempt tissue collision in fly gastrulation”. Bipasha works as a postdoc at the RIKEN BDR in Kobe, Japan. Girish and Verena work as postdoc and PhD student respectively in the Lemke Lab at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. The preprint we cover in this episode goes hand in hand with the study led by Bruno Vellutini (as discussed in episode 1). Both these preprints were also highlighted as part of a dedicated preLights post.
Hosted by: Matthew Davies, PhD Student at the University of Muenster, Germany Reinier Prosée, preLights Community ManagerMacrophage kinetics of BCG-vaccine treated zebrafish bladder cancer xenografts.The Company of Biologists2024-08-12 | The presence of the BCG vaccine in the tumour microenvironment generates an instantaneous mobile response in macrophages that migrate towards tumour cells. Macrophages are fluorescently labelled in green and cancer cells are in magenta.
For more details, see the complete article by Martı́nez-López et al. doi.org/10.1242/dmm.050693Development presents... Onur IyilikciThe Company of Biologists2024-08-08 | The 7th August 2024 webinar was chaired by Development's Editor Debby Silver (Duke University) and featured three talks on neurodevelopment and disorders.
Onur Iyilikci (Yale University) talked about ‘Regulation of sociability by ‘hunger’ neurons during early development’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Marcella BirteleThe Company of Biologists2024-08-08 | The 7th August 2024 webinar was chaired by Development's Editor Debby Silver (Duke University) and featured three talks on neurodevelopment and disorders.
Marcella Birtele (University of Southern California) talked about ‘Non-canonical function of the top ASD-associated gene SYNGAP1’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Fay CooperThe Company of Biologists2024-08-08 | The 7th August 2024 webinar was chaired by Development's Editor Debby Silver (Duke University) and featured three talks on neurodevelopment and disorders.
Fay Cooper (University of Sheffield) talked about ‘Can hPSC-derived neural crest be used to treat Hirschsprung’s disease?’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Martina CeriseThe Company of Biologists2024-08-01 | The July 31st Development presents... webinar was chaired by Development Editor Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University) and featured three talks on plant development.
In this talk, Martina Cerise (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research) talked about ‘In plants, the organization of the apical stem-cell niche changes dynamically during the floral transition’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Vicky SpencerThe Company of Biologists2024-08-01 | The July 31st Development presents... webinar was chaired by Development Editor Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University) and featured three talks on plant development.
In this talk, Vicky Spencer (Gregor Mendel Institute) talked about 'How to build a plant: Small meristems have big consequences’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents...Gwendolyn K. KirschnerThe Company of Biologists2024-08-01 | The July 31st Development presents... webinar was chaired by Development Editor Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University) and featured three talks on plant development.
In this talk, Gwendolyn K. Kirschner (The James Hutton Institute) talked about ‘Control of the root gravitropic set-point angle in barley’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresTMEM16F deficiency impairs endothelial tube formation.The Company of Biologists2024-07-18 | Tube formation for the control and TMEM16F-knockdown HUVECs. Time stamps (hour: minute:second) shown are post-seeding time. See article by Shan et al. at doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261566spotLights Ep 1: preLights in conversation with Bruno C. VellutiniThe Company of Biologists2024-07-04 | Welcome to spotLights, the interview series that shines a spotlight on cutting-edge biological research and the brilliant minds behind it. spotLights is brought to you by preLights, the preprint highlights service run by the biological community and supported by The Company of Biologists.
In this first episode, we talk to Dr Bruno C. Vellutini. Bruno is a postdoctoral researcher working at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany. Among other things, we’ll discuss his recent preprint entitled “Patterned embryonic invagination evolved in response to mechanical instability” which was also highlighted as part of a dedicated preLights post.
Hosted by: Chee-Kiang (Ethan) Ewe, Postdoc at Tel Aviv University, Israel Matthew Davies, PhD Student at the University of Muenster, Germany Reinier Prosée, preLights Community ManagerDevelopment presents... Clémentine VilleneuveThe Company of Biologists2024-06-20 | The June 19th Development presents... webinar was chaired by Development Editor, James Wells (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center) and featured three talks on mechanics and morphogenesis.
In this talk, Clémentine Villeneuve (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine) talked about ‘Tissue-scale mechanics control stem cell fate and positioning during epithelial development’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Louis PrahlThe Company of Biologists2024-06-20 | The June 19th Development presents... webinar was chaired by Development Editor, James Wells (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center) and featured three talks on mechanics and morphogenesis.
In this talk, Louis Prahl (University of Pennsylvania) talked about ‘Branching, crowding, and packing: engineering the developing kidney epithelium’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Kyojiro IkedaThe Company of Biologists2024-06-20 | The June 19th Development presents... webinar was chaired by Development Editor, James Wells (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center) and featured three talks on mechanics and morphogenesis.
In this talk, Kyojiro Ikeda (University of Vienna) talked about ‘Nanometric 3D printing: sculpting bristles by dynamic microvilli’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Akanksha JainThe Company of Biologists2024-06-12 | On 5 June 2024, Development’s Deputy Editor Steve Wilson (UCL) hosted a Development presents... webinar with three early-career researchers studying brain development.
Akanksha Jain (ETH-Zurich) talked about ‘Unveiling the choreography of human brain development: Longterm lightsheet imaging reveals patterning morphodynamics in human brain organoids’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Noelia Antón BolañosThe Company of Biologists2024-06-12 | On 5 June 2024, Development’s Deputy Editor Steve Wilson (UCL) hosted a Development presents... webinar with three early-career researchers studying brain development.
Noelia Antón-Bolaños (Harvard University) talked about ‘Multi-donor human cortical Chimeroids reveal individual susceptibility to neurotoxic triggers’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Yuxiang LiuThe Company of Biologists2024-06-12 | On 5 June 2024, Development’s Deputy Editor Steve Wilson (UCL) hosted a Development presents... webinar with three early-career researchers studying brain development.
Yuxiang Liu (UT Southwestern Medical Center) talked about ‘Function of human CLOCK during embryonic development of neocortex’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Megan MichalskiThe Company of Biologists2024-05-29 | The webinar on 21 May 2024 was chaired by Development Executive Editor Katherine Brown and featured authors from the winning papers of Development’s 2023 Outstanding Paper Prize.
Megan Michalski (Van Andel Institute) talked about ‘Successful therapeutic intervention in new mouse models of frizzled 2-associated congenital malformations’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Ling Loh and Joe HanlyThe Company of Biologists2024-05-29 | The webinar on 21 May 2024 was chaired by Development Executive Editor Katherine Brown and featured authors from the winning papers of Development’s 2023 Outstanding Paper Prize.
Ling Loh (The George Washington University) and Joe Hanly (The George Washington University and Duke University) talked about ‘From Signaling to Patterning: Dissecting the roles of Frizzled receptors in butterfly wing development’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresFocalPlane features... open microscopy and accessible workflowsThe Company of Biologists2024-05-21 | The third webinar in the latest series of FocalPlane features… was on open microscopy and accessible workflows. We hosted fantastic talks from Richard Bowman, Jan Huisken and Dumisile Lumkwana.
Richard told us about the OpenFlexure project. As well as discussing the microscopes and their application, Richard highlighted the importance of community building to promote access to technology. One of the ways the OpenFlexure project do this is by inviting users and developers to use the forum on their website.
Jan discussed the Flamingo project, which brings high-end light sheet microscopy to biologists. The Flamingo microscopes are modular builds that were inspired by the difficulty of moving complex microscopes between labs and a desire to increase reproducibility.
Dumi introduced VP-CLEM-KIT, a new workflow for correlative light-electron microscopy that is both low cost and user friendly. The pipeline includes an optimised in-resin fluorescence protocol and the group are calling for beta testers to ensure that the protocol is robust.The beating heart of a wild-type Xenopus laevis embryoThe Company of Biologists2024-05-14 | Wild-type embryos show a dynamic beating of the heart and blood flow through the ventricle and outflow tract. A representative embryo is shown from the ventral side.
For more details, see the complete article by Berger et al. doi.org/10.1242/dmm.050507FocalPlane features... microscopy educationThe Company of Biologists2024-05-10 | The second webinar of our new series of FocalPlane features… focussed on microscopy education. We hosted fantastic talks from Jennifer Waters, CITE, Harvard Medical School and Robert Haase from ScaDS.AI, Leipzig University.
Jennifer introduced Microtutor, a new interactive virtual light microscopy course that will be released soon. The course is free and can be completed independently or as a flipped classroom.
Robert discussed the importance of licensing in sharing training material. Robert encourages everyone to use a CC-BY-4.0 licence when sharing research and training material and discussed the implications of adding the -ND and -NC clauses to the licence. Robert's talk starts 20mins and 40 seconds into the recording.
The webinar concluded with an interesting debate between Jennifer and Robert on the subject of licensing.Patiria miniata wild type embryoThe Company of Biologists2024-05-09 | In the Special Issue "Uncovering Developmental Diversity", Vanessa Barone, Antonio Tagua, Luis Escudero and colleagues use the sea star embryogenesis as a model of a proliferating epithelium to highlight how cell division induces 3D cell rearrangements during development.
This video shows a confocal time-lapse video of the vegetal vide of a Patiria miniata wild type embryo. The embryo is expressing a membrane marker (mYFP, yellow) and a nuclear marker (n-CFP, cyan) imaged between the 32- and 2000-cell stages.
Maya Spichal (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School) talked about ‘Non-canonical germline RNA expression from repetitive DNA’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Eric CornesThe Company of Biologists2024-03-20 | The webinar on 6 March 2024 was chaired by Development Senior Editor Alex Eve and featured two early-career researchers studying the role of RNA biology in development.
Eric Cornes (ARNA Lab, Inserm/University of Bordeaux) talked about ‘Germline gene regulation by non-coding small RNAs’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresFocalPlane features... Martin Jones (The Francis Crick Institute)The Company of Biologists2024-03-11 | The first webinar of our new series of FocalPlane features... focussed on microscopy-based outreach projects. We hosted fantastic talks from Paola Moreno-Roman from Foldscope Instruments, Inc. and Martin Jones from The Francis Crick Institute.
Martin focussed on the importance of considering your audience when pitching outreach talks and activities. Martin also discussed the goals of outreach activity, the importance of a 'hook' and collaborating with stakeholders such as teachers.
In our next webinar on 25 April, Jennifer Waters and Robert Haase will be sharing their insights and experiences on microscopy education.
focalplane.biologists.com/focalplane-featuresFocalPlane features... Paola Moreno-Roman (Foldscope Instruments, Inc.)The Company of Biologists2024-03-11 | The first webinar of our new series of FocalPlane features... focussed on microscopy-based outreach projects. We hosted fantastic talks from Paola Moreno-Roman from Foldscope Instruments, Inc. and Martin Jones from The Francis Crick Institute.
Paola discussed the importance of making the right to explore our universe accessible for everyone. Foldscope work to do this through their innovative paper microscopes, outreach projects and their Microcosmos community. Paola presented some case studies and explained how the audience can get involved with the Foldscope mission.
In our next webinar on 25 April, Jennifer Waters and Robert Haase will be sharing their insights and experiences on microscopy education.
focalplane.biologists.com/focalplane-featuresDevelopment presents... Jean Francois DarrigrandThe Company of Biologists2024-03-04 | The webinar on 27 February 2024 was chaired by Development Editor Liz Robertson (University of Oxford) and featured two early-career researchers studying organogenesis.
Jean-Francois Darrigrand from King’s College London talked about ‘Pancreas branching morphogenesis: from matrix remodelling to cell rearrangements’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresWhy apply for a funded place at one of our Workshops?The Company of Biologists2024-02-29 | Early-career researchers can apply for a funded place at one of our Workshops. This is a great opportunity that could enhance your career in various ways. Watch the video to hear from some of our previous attendees on why they applied and how it has benefited them.
Find the full programme of dates and venues and how to apply at biologists.com/workshopsDevelopment presents... Yuki ShindoThe Company of Biologists2024-02-05 | In the first webinar of 2024, Development’s Deputy Editor, Steve Wilson (UCL), hosted three early career researchers studying signalling and early embryogenesis.
Yuki Shindo (Dartmouth College) talked about ‘Nucleocytoplasmic control of early embryogenic cell cycles’.
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Jonathan WellsThe Company of Biologists2024-02-05 | In the first webinar of 2024, Development’s Deputy Editor, Steve Wilson (UCL), hosted three early career researchers studying signalling and early embryogenesis.
Jonathan Wells (Cornell University) talked about 'How does the early embryo make heterochromatin?’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresIn toto imaging of glial JNK signaling during larval zebrafish spinal cord regenerationThe Company of Biologists2024-01-03 | In Volume 150 Issue 24, Clayton Becker, Kenneth Poss and colleagues visualize and quantify JNK signaling dynamics at single-cell resolution in glial cell populations in developing zebrafish larvae and during injury-induced regeneration.
This video shows a 12 hour timelapse of a spinal cord acquired immediately after spinal cord injury directly anterior to the lesion.
In this webinar, the journey of a preprint posted by Jiorgos Kourelis, Clemence Marchal (Sainsbury Laboratory, UK) and colleagues is discussed. In addition, Jose Salguero-Linares describes how he founded a company based on the findings reported in this preprint. This work revolves around NLR immune receptor–nanobody fusions and plant disease resistance.
In this webinar, the journey of a preprint posted by Laura Kerosuo (NIH/NIDCR, USA) and colleagues - covered by preLighter Andrew Montequin (Northwestern University, USA) – is discussed. This work revolves around neural crest stem cell potential.
In this webinar, the journey of a preprint posted by Roger Pocock (Monash University) and colleagues - covered by preLighter Chee Kiang (Ethan) Ewe (Tel Aviv University, Israel) – is discussed. This work revolves around sphingolipid homeostasis and the development and intergenerational health of the nervous system.
Gabriele Zaffagnini from the Centre for Genomic Regulation talked about ‘Why don’t oocytes get Alzheimer’s?’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresDevelopment presents... Diego Sainz de la MazaThe Company of Biologists2023-12-13 | The webinar on 5 December 2023 was chaired by Development Editor Swathi Arur (MD Anderson Cancer Center) and features three early-career researchers studying germ cell development.
Diego Sainz de la Maza from the University College London talked about ‘Somatic cells support germ cell survival by shuttling glycolytic products’
For more information about the Development presents... webinar series thenode.biologists.com/devpresScience behind the news - how JEB increases the visibility of published papersThe Company of Biologists2023-11-30 | JEB News and Views Editor Kathryn Knight explains how the journal team helps published authors to increase the visibility of their research, and highlights papers that have made big headlines in the news. JEB is your go-to journal for research in comparative physiology, biomechanics and neuroethology. To find out more visit journals.biologists.com/jeb.The cost-benefit of grizzly bears energy expenditure and landscape useThe Company of Biologists2023-11-30 | JEB News and Views Editor Kathryn Knight interviews Tony Carnahan from Washington State University about their research into energy expenditure in grizzly bears and how they move in mountainous landscapes. Read the full Research Article: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/224/6/jeb241083/237921