Please find the 2020 BSDB newsletter here! Despite the obvious disruptions to our normal proceedings this year, the 2020 Newsletter is out!. The newsletter of the BSDB forms an essential summary of all that has happened over the previous year, including past and upcoming society meetings (p.g. 5), our treasurer’s reports (p.g. 8), incoming committee […]
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The Company of Biologists and Journal of Cell Science launch FocalPlane, a new microscopy community site
FocalPlane is a trusted online meeting place to connect people, products, resources and information from the microscopy community. Microscopy is a discipline that unites biologists across all areas of research. A frequently cited difficulty is the gap in knowledge sharing between microscopy experts and non-experts. Technical language can make the field feel exclusive and intimidating […]
Postponement of ISD/BSDB Joint meeting
The 2020 ISD/BSDB Joint meeting, originally planned for September this year, has been postponed due to concerns about Covid-19. The meeting will be postponed by two years in order to avoid a clash with the autumn 2021 ISDB meeting. The ISD/BSDB meeting will now take place on 4-8 September 2022. It will still take place in the beautiful setting […]
Waddington Medal Winner 2020: Ottoline Leyser
The Waddington Medal is the only national award in Developmental Biology. It honours outstanding research performance as well as services to the subject community. The medal is awarded annually at the BSDB Spring Meeting, where the recipient presents the Waddington Medal Lecture. We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Waddington medal winner is […]
Beddington award winner 2020: Wajid Jawaid
The Beddington Medal is the BSDB’s major commendation to promising young biologists, awarded for the best PhD thesis in Developmental Biology defended in the year previous to the award. Rosa Beddington was one of the greatest talents and inspirational leaders in the field of developmental biology. Rosa made an enormous contribution to the field in […]