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Reflections from our Creative Science Writing Workshop

31 March 2023

Last summer, we hosted a Creative Science Writing Workshop. Organised by Buzz Baum, Enrico Coen, Mark Miodownik and Jennifer Rohn, the Workshop connected aspiring writers with established authors and agents, and aimed to nurture new voices in science writing. In this video, Jennifer Rohn, Kat Arney and Brent Foster reflect on the Workshop and discuss what they will take away from the experience.

Record-breaking return for the BSCB-BSDB Joint Spring Meeting

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25 April 2022

We were delighted to attend the first in-person BSCB-BSDB Joint Spring Meeting since the start of the pandemic. In a triumphant return, the conference recorded its highest ever number of attendees, with around 500 delegates making the trip to the University of Warwick in the first week of April. There was also a bumper crop of posters, and the organisers reported that they had received a total of 290 submissions.

A rapid response: how the FASEB conference on Calcium and Cell Function moved online

A meeting poster advertising the FASEB conference

16 December 2021

When Professors Barbara Niemeyer and Nicolas Demaurex agreed to organise the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) conference on Calcium and Cell Function, little did they know how adaptive they would need to be. As the coronavirus pandemic rumbled on, it became increasingly clear that they would need to make some tough decisions about how their meeting was to go ahead.

Behind the scenes of Development Meeting 2020: From Stem Cells to Human Development

5 October 2020

The Company of Biologists is well known for its Meetings and Workshops, which gather biologists from around the world to share, learn and collaborate. When COVID-19 hit, the Events Team knew they would have to start planning virtual events.

Workshop – Chromatin-Based Regulation of Development

19 June 2019

The Company of Biologists Workshop ‘Chromatin-Based Regulation of Development’ took place at Wiston House, West Sussex (UK) between 14 -17 April 2019.

Workshop – Creative Science Writing

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8 August 2022

We rounded off June with a slightly unusual Workshop, which aimed to nurture new voices in science writing. Organised by Buzz Baum, Enrico Coen, Mark Miodownik and Jennifer Rohn, the Workshop brought aspiring writers, established authors and agents together in the beautiful surroundings of Wiston House, Sussex.

Workshop – Cell Size and Growth, From Single Cells to the Tree of Life

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22 April 2022

The first of our 2022 Workshops took place in April, with a focus on cell size and growth. Organised by postdoctoral researchers Clotilde Cadart and Matthew Swaffer, this Workshop brought together researchers working with a broad range of systems, including yeast, tadpoles and even fossilised plants.

Five tips to make the most of a virtual meeting

15 October 2020

After the success of our Development Virtual Meeting 2020, ‘From Stem Cells to Human Development’, we’ve been thinking about how to get the most out of a virtual meeting.

Workshop – Data Science in Cell Imaging

30 March 2020

The Company of Biologists Workshop ‘Data Science in Cell Imaging’ took place at Wiston House, West Sussex (UK) between 2 – 5 February 2020.

What happens at a Journal Meeting organised by The Company of Biologists?

From stem cells to human development group

8 January 2019

Who better to tell you than someone who has been to one? Antonio Barral Gil, a PhD student in Miguel Manzanare’s Lab at CNIC (The Spanish Center for Cardiac Research) in Madrid, attended Development’s Meeting “From stem cells to human development” in September 2018.

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