Huge congratulations to James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 BSDB Waddington Medal, recognising an extraordinary career of discovery, mentorship, and leadership in developmental biology.
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'It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.'
As true for stem cells as for humans!
actually courtesy of @arjunraj.bsky.social!
How can we hope to understand organismal development when it is controlled by huge, complex networks of interacting genes?
One option is to move away from molecular details and focus on learning representations and rules.
Check out the new perspective from me and @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
How can we hope to understand organismal development when it is controlled by huge, complex networks of interacting genes?
One option is to move away from molecular details and focus on learning representations and rules.
Check out the new perspective from me and @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
Genomes? Pah, who needs them... let's delete them!
Heroic winner of the IgNobel prize for biology: paint zebra stripes on cows to stop them getting bitten
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The failures of language in biology -- and the most apt description of biology I know:
it is difficult to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎉 We are thrilled to announce the very first winner of the BSDB Marie Johansson Prize!
This year’s award goes to Giulia Boezio @giulia-boezio.bsky.social, recognised for outstanding contributions to developmental biology and for embodying Marie’s scientific originality and rigour.