In this quarterly webinar series, hosted by Pablo J. Sáez and Valeria Venturini, we aim to showcase the latest research in the field, and we’d love to hear from researchers (especially early-career researchers) who would like to present their work. You can get in touch with us at focalplane@biologists.com or fill in our short application form.

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Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

Organisers: Elena Casacuberta and James Gahan

One of the central questions in developmental biology is how different cell fates are generated from a single founding cell. Although great strides have been made in our understanding of this problem in animals, the evolutionary origins of this process are not understood. It is known that many unicellular organisms progress through different cell stages during their life cycle, known as temporal cell differentiation, and it has been hypothesized that spatial cell differentiation (as seen in animals) evolved from this more ancient differentiation-mode. A full understanding of how this occurred has been hampered by a lack of information on the basic principles underlying temporal cell differentiation in the closest relatives of animals, the unicellular holozoans.

In recent years, several studies have revealed that many of the genes and pathways directly related to development and cell fate in animals were already present in their unicellular ancestors. Moreover, many examples have shown the formation of specialized cell types in response to specific environmental ques and transient multicellular structures have been reported in many unicellular holozoan lineages. Therefore, recent discoveries strongly point towards an earlier origin of several developmental processes, including cell differentiation, than was previously thought and make a strong case that understanding the mechanisms underpinning “development” in these unicellular lineages will be key to understand the emergence of definitive animal cell differentiation and development.

The Workshop will consist of sessions of talks and discussions centred around various aspects of development to unicellular holozoans. Each session will contain a mixture of researchers working on unicellular holozoans and those working on other eukaryotic systems who will provide alternative insights. Through these sessions the Workshop will build knowledge aiming to produce a white-paper document outlining the emerging conceptual framework in the field, the major outstanding questions as well as seeding collaborative efforts to address these questions.

Organisers & speakers

Elena Casacuberta Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Spain
James Gahan University of Galway, Ireland

Detlev Arendt EMBL, Germany
David Booth University of California, San Francisco, USA
Thibaut Brunet Institut Pasteur, France
Pawel Burkhardt University of Bergen, Norway
Susana Coelho Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany
Omaya Dudin University of Geneva, Switzerland
Nicole King University of California, Berkeley, USA
Lucie Laplane CNRS, Université Paris, France
Eric Libby Umeå University, Sweden
Aurora Mihaela Nedelcu University of New Brunswick, Canada
Àlex de Mendoza Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo The Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Spain
Florentine Rutaganira Stanford University, USA
Arnau Sebé-Padrós Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain
Hiroshi Suga Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan
Katrina Velle UMass Dartford, USA
Renske Vroomans University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

We offer 10 funded places for early-career researchers (PhD, postdocs and PIs in the first three years of their first appointment) to attend our Workshops along with the 20 invited speakers. We just ask that you pay for your own travel costs. If you would like to attend please complete the online application form and include a one page CV and a letter of support from your supervisor. If your supervisor would prefer to send the letter directly to us please ask them to email it to workshops@biologists.com

All attendees are expected to actively contribute to the Workshops by asking questions at presentation sessions and taking part in discussions, as well as giving a short talk on their research.

The early-career research deadline is on Friday 12 June 2026. For more information, visit the Company’s Workshops page.

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As members of the British Society for Developmental Biology, its annual meetings are always a highlight. This year’s ‘from Molecules to Morphogenesis’ meeting was held at University of Warwick in March, bringing together an inspiring range of talks spanning classical and modern developmental biology as well as a wide range of model systems.

Day 1: Seven Decades of Developmental Biology

On the first day we were all welcomed by a heartwarming introduction from Marysia Placzek (BSDB chair) talking about the history of the BSDB and the pioneer work of researchers that have shaped this society since the beginning, such as Philip Ingham who was present in the audience. The first session thus commemorated Seven Decades of Developmental Biology with a great line up of invited speakers highlighting the power of revisiting classical developmental questions with new technologies.

Starting with Denis Duboule remarkably showing in vitro embryo models retaining axis elongation and A-P polarity despite removing Hox gene function but showing defects in endodermal and mesodermal fate. Ruth Lehmann talked about the role of Nanos in early specification and maintenance of the Primordial Germ Cell (PGC) program in Drosophila embryos. Cliff Tabin added an evolutionary perspective on duck syrinx formation and morphological asymmetry through different types of Shh gradients. Yun Xia gave a fascinating talk on using ‘assembloids’ to study the interplay of cell repertoires in kidney development and disease progression. After a short coffee break, Alicia Hidalgo spoke about Toll signalling in brain plasticity and degeneration in flies. A standout talk for me was Norbert Perrimon’s on a decade long effort (also in flies!) to lay a framework of metabolic crosstalk between growing tumours and the host tissues that result in cachexia, a complex wasting syndrome. Andy McMahon described the underlying principles to direct iPSCs and generate human kidney organoids.

The last talk of the day was Valentina Lorenzi from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, who received the Beddington Medal for her impressive PhD work characterising spatiotemporal developmental trajectories of the human reproductive tract using cutting-edge technologies, but also for her work advancing and communicating women’s health as the former president of the Cambridge Femtech Society and through a collaborative zine called ‘Pelvic Matters’.

The Annual General Meeting followed, where all BSDB members get to hear from the committee what the society has been doing for the past year. All members also vote on changes to the constitution and on new committee members. The day ended with welcome drinks and dinner to encourage networking across all attendees.

Day 2: Cell Identity & Gene Regulation, Patterning & Morphogenesis

The first session of day two on Cell Identity and Gene Regulation, chaired by Vicki Metzis, began with Edith Heard on the dynamics of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), followed by two short talks from Amruta Vasudevan, examining a Wnt/Nodal/Notch temporal module underlying symmetry breaking in mouse gastruloids, and Oliver Davis, highlighting the role of FoxG1 in regulating chromatin accessibility and neural fate in cerebral organoids. Joshua Brickman talked about using in vitro models to study chromatin remodelling and Sox2 activity. Following a short break and snacks, the session continued with Hilary Ashe, discussing ribosomal pausing and protein synthesis control in Drosophila embryos, and two more short talks. Christos Kalaitzis on the Hox code mediating regional diversity of vagal neural crest cells, and Daniel Goszczynski on dual developmental origins of mammalian PGCs.

There were also two rounds of flash talks from poster presenters, spanning varied topics including nuclear mechanosensing, transgenic avian lines, cell size scaling, cell morphology and more. During lunch time, the poster session provided a fantastic opportunity for delegates to dive deeper into the science, spark new conversations, and discover exciting work being done across the community. With packed rooms, lively discussions, and an exceptionally high standard of posters, the poster sessions were a highlight of the meeting.

The afternoon session covered Patterning & Morphogenesis under the lens of model organism diversity, chaired by Shankar Srinivas. Ranging from Drosophila to Arabidopsis, this was a unique opportunity to learn about how very distinct systems develop and shape their body plan or organs (e.g. mouse heart, fly blastoderm and epithelium, chick and shark telencephalon, mayfly eye, marsupial trunk, plant roots!). Several talks also highlighted the question of developmental timing. Kenzo Ivanovitch showed how early versus late primitive streak progenitors make distinct parts of the heart. Sergio Menchero from the Crick Institute gave the Dennis Summerbell Award lecture, showcasing his study on temporal diversity in marsupials’ developmental programs and how they prioritise differentiation of necessary structures for their survival. Dana Fakhreddine presented her work identifying heterochronic differences in molecular events shaping the distinct telencephalon identities. Erik Clark refined the classical morphogen-gradient models by adding a temporal lock mechanism to explain how striped expression is appearing in the fly embryo. Lastly, Bert De Rybel presented work from his lab on Arabidopsis root meristem, introducing the idea of developmental timers during development and aging.

After dinner two medal winners were announced. First, the Wolpert Medal was awarded to Prof. Neil Vargesson from U. of Aberdeen to recognise his outstanding contributions to our understanding of chemically induced birth differences for the past 20 years. Neil’s work has led to changes in health policies and help for affected families in the UK and abroad. His commitment to public engagement through numerous outreach activities has raised awareness of developmental biology and medicine safety. Next, the Waddington Medal lecture by this year’s awardee, James Briscoe from the Crick Institute. James’ fundamental discoveries have shaped our understanding of how morphogens work. He has also promoted developmental biology through numerous roles, including as Director and then Editor-in-Chief of the journal ‘Development’ from the Company of Biologists.

To end the evening, we had a Student/Postdoc ECR social event that lived up to expectations in every way. A science-themed pub quiz drew 120 attendees into teams that brought their competitive best. The questions ranged from easy to tricky and delightfully niche, a favourite was ‘when dealing with chick development, what does YSL stand for?’ and no, the answer is not Yves Saint Laurent but Yolk Syncytial Layer. Spirits were high and competition was tough, but one team came on top: ‘Shut up nurds!’ (a nod to Joshua Brickman’s talk). Perhaps the most creative team name came second, ‘Bad Scientists Doing Biology’ or, of course, B.S.D.B., and in third place we had the ‘Mighty-Chondria’ team. A great way to end day two!

Day 3: Cell Communication & Fate, Organogenesis & Regeneration, Conference Dinner

Wednesday morning started with the Cell Communication & Fate session, chaired by David Turner. This series of talks opened with Sally Lowell summarising elegant work from her lab generating new tools to track the neighbourhood of a cell and discussed how these tools can be applied to diverse model systems. Following this, a series of fascinating talks covered distinct systems where cell fate is controlled by intrinsic mechanisms, such as post-transcriptional modifications shaping neural crest fate as presented by Lara Busby, and extracellular cues provided by the environment, such as mechanical cues generated by neighbouring cells. On this topic, Stefan Harmansa presented his work on how mechanical forces shape epithelium architecture in the drosophila wing disk by combining experimental and modelling approaches. Vikas Trivedi shared recent work from his lab investigating the role of temperature on the shape of the zebrafish epithelial layer during gastrulation. Nine flash-talks concluded this session by covering a diversity of questions, ranging from the impact of metabolic alterations to the role of cellular geometry.

After lunch and the second poster session of this meeting, we returned for the afternoon session on Organogenesis & Regeneration, chaired by Timothy Saunders. This session underscored how the study of diverse systems furthers our general understanding of morphological and regenerative processes. Beautiful work from Emily Noël focused on the importance of ECM asymmetry in shaping the developing zebrafish heart. Cristina Newnes on muscle development in Drosophila embryos, showed the power of established model systems. Meanwhile, the comparative analysis of muscle development in zebrafish versus sharks from Peter Currie’s lab, the study of head scale formation in diverse reptiles by Rory Cooper, and the in vitro generation of hindlimb progenitors from hPSCs by Sude Uyulgan, all made clear how much there is to learn from studying novel or less conventional systems.

The Marie Johansson Prize was introduced for the first time by Corinne Houart, in memory of an outstanding Postdoc in her lab to recognise leading ECR researchers contributing to developmental biology. The first recipient of this prize is Giulia Boezio from the Crick Institute for her exceptional work on spinal cord patterning and establishing new techniques in complex embryonic tissues in vivo, as well as her contributions to public engagement, mentoring, and network. The Tickle Medal was then awarded to Cynthia Andoniadou from KCL for her incredible work as a developmental endocrinologist on the pituitary gland, building the human pituitary atlas, and championing female scientists in the UK and internationally.

Ending the last full day, we had the long-awaited Conference Dinner, during which Marysia Placzek acknowledged and thanked the meeting organisers with a special gift for making this meeting happen. She then announced the poster prize runner ups and winners: Gareth Moore (£150) and Luke Simpson (£300) in the postdoc category, Achira Karunaratna (£150) and Noura Maziak in the student category. Noura won the big prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the Society for Developmental Biology meeting in the US! The new members of the BSDB committee were also announced, congratulations and welcome to Paula Alexandre, Gi Fay (Geoffrey) Mok, and Teresa Rayon. Finally, it wouldn’t be a BSDB meeting without lots of scientists cheering and dancing the night away!

Day 4: Human Development & Disease

Our final session of the conference mercifully started at 9.30, giving us extra time to recover after the night before. This session was all about Human Development & Disease, chaired by Anahi Binagui-Casas. Sarah Teichmann showed the incredible efforts of the Human Developmental Cell Atlas, which has mapped >450 cell types across pre- and postnatal development, an invaluable resource for the community. This work also highlighted an underlying theme across the conference that many progenitor populations and lineage commitments emerge earlier in development than previously anticipated. Presentations from Lila Allou, Teresa P. Silva, and Lorenz Studer also made clear, in a sometimes-poignant manner, how garnering a deeper understanding of developmental processes such as organogenesis and axis formation can help us to better understand how such processes change in the context of congenital diseases. Kathy Niakan shared the molecular mechanisms regulating the first cell fate decisions in human embryos but also made a noteworthy remark about supporting model organisms, highlighting that “we wouldn’t be able to know what to look for [in humans] if it wasn’t for work in other organisms”.

Overall, this was an enjoyable and memorable meeting thanks to all the attendees, speakers, organisers, and everyone in the community coming together to share their passion for developmental biology. Looking forward to next year’s BSDB meeting in Edinburgh!

P.S. Check the programme to learn more about the speakers, the BSDB website for more information on the awards and to become a member, and the BSDB social media to relive the highlights of the 2026 meeting! (@bsdb.socials on Instagram and TikTok)

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This will be on the 24^th and 25^th of September 2026, at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Wilberforce Rd, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK).

As per tradition, the conference will showcase a diverse set of biological problems that are tackled through the lens of the physical sciences and in addition to an exciting programme presented by renowned international speakers, oral presentations will be selected from the submitted abstracts.

The PLM series started 19 years ago from an interest in promoting the interface between the Life and Physical Sciences in Cambridge. Over the years, PLM has grown from a local meeting to a popular international event that attracts interdisciplinary scientists from all around the world. 

Confirmed speakers for this edition are:

• Nancy Kleckner (Harvard University, USA) – Bragg Lecture
• Rosana Collepardo (University of Cambridge, UK)
• William Durham (University of Sheffield, UK)
• Zena Hadjivasiliou (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
• Pulin Li (Whitehead Institute – MIT, USA)
• Jean-Leon Maitre (Institute Curie, FR)
• Jeremie Pallaci (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, AT)
• Marco Polin (IMEDEA UIB-CSIC, ES)
• Victror Sourjik (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, DE)
• Peter Swain (University of Edinburgh, UK)
• Berta Verd (University of Oxford, UK)
• Andrea Weisse (University of Edinburgh, UK)

The call for abstracts is open now! You can submit an abstract for a talk or a poster presentation using this form. The deadline for abstracts is 12 of June.

We will be opening the egistrations in the next few days; if you are interested, please fill in this form for updates.

For further information, you may check our website, or contact Maria Bargués-Ribera at admin@physbiol.cam.ac.uk.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to PLM19!

Best regards,

The organising committee

​James Locke (Sainsbury Lab, University of Cambridge, UK)
Teuta Pilizota (Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, UK) 
Ben Steventon (Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK)

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We are happy to announce the forthcoming workshop entitled “Roadmap for
EvoDevoMec”,
Nov. 2nd – 5th, 2026, Université Paris Cité.

The link with evolutionary history of an organism is key to understand
embryonic development. Much of the focus has been so far on genetic
circuitry. However, it has become increasingly clear that physical
constraints are an essential aspect at the basis of morphogenetic
processes. We have now reached an exciting stage where it becomes possible
to integrate mechanical considerations in our view of how development has
been shaped during evolution: EvoDevMec.

This new approach has recently raised great interest, but biological
questions still need to be reformulated with precision. In addition, due to
its integrative nature, it poses a scientific and technical challenge: What
type of experimental systems could be used? How could we define
experimental proof of concepts? How can theoretical biophysical models help
integrate various questions and approaches?

We aim at discussing these questions in an informal context, i.e. with
chalk talks. The workshop is limited to 30 persons, from PhD students to
senior scientists from various countries. We will welcome biologists using
a breadth of models (from unicellular organisms to animal and plant
models), physicists (theoreticians, numericians, experimentalists), and
mathematicians.

For application and details see : https://evodevmec2026.sciencesconf.org

Looking forward to seeing you in Paris,
François Fagotto, François Graner, Marie Manceau, Dennis Wörthmüller

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I recently attended the BSDB Spring Meeting, and decided to spend most of my time at the conference sketching. The result is this illustrated summary – featuring portraits of almost all the speakers alongside drawings of elements from their talks, whether that’s a model organism, a signalling pathway, or a particularly striking image from their work.

I initially felt quite anxious and self-conscious to be drawing in public. After all, most of the time when I’m creating art at home, it tends to look rough right up until the last moment when it all comes together. I also normally paint from static references, which conference speakers definitely are not! But, I finally decided to take the leap after numerous conversations with veteran conference illustrator Alex Cagan, who urged me to go for it. Once I started, I could feel that each drawing was turning out a little better than the last. I have always been a visual learner and definitely felt more engaged while sketching, rather than frantically scribbling notes as I would normally do!

What started as 30+ separate illustrations on my iPad slowly turned into this after I got home from the conference. My original intention was to share each as a separate piece. However, none of the illustrations felt complete enough for this (I will definitely have to work on my drawing speed in the future), so my solution was to combine them all into one large piece.   

This isn’t intended as a scientific summary, more as a memento or a snapshot of what it felt like to sit in those sessions, surrounded by so much brilliant developmental biology. If you spot yourself in there, I hope I have done you justice! And I apologise if I missed out on drawing you – at times, I couldn’t quite keep up.

I’m interested in using illustration to share the joy of developmental biology, as I’ve tried to do here, but I also think it can be a wonderful tool for communicating complex scientific ideas to those who might not otherwise engage with them. This conference reminded me how much exciting work there is to communicate. Thanks to all the speakers and organisers for making it such an enjoyable meeting!

If you’re interested to see more of my artistic work (scientific or otherwise), it can be found here: https://alexneaverson.myportfolio.com/

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TOPICS FOR 2026

Gene manipulation

·     CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out

·     Antisense Morpholino knock-down

·     mRNA and DNA over-expression

·     Small molecule drug treatment

·     Transgenesis

Experimental Techniques

·     Targeted microinjections

·     Tissue transplantation

·     Organoid generation

·     Dissections and ex vivo organ culture

·     Biomechanics

·     Single cell technologies

Analysis Methods

·     Immuno-fluorescence and labeling

·     mRNA in situ hybridization and hybridization chain reaction (HCR)

·     Bioinformatics and imaging analysis

·     High-resolution confocal, spinning-disc and 2-photon microscopy

·     Time-lapse and live-cell imaging

·     Plate-based imaging and optical coherence tomography

INSTRUCTORS

Rachel Miller, UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School

Peter Walentek, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany

INVITED SPEAKERS

Chenbei Chang, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Nicole Edwards, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Kerstin Feistel, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Douglas Houston, The University of Iowa

Soeren Lienkamp, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Roberto Mayor, University College London, UK

Jacques Robert, University of Rochester Medical Center

Jakub Sedzinski, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Kelly Tseng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Coral Zhou, University of Kansas

For further information and to apply please visit the Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease course website.

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Jen’s interviews

During the Biologists @ 100 conference, Jen spoke with researchers working on a range of different topics. Here we highlight Jen’s interview with Saroj Saurya, who is working to minimise the environmental impact of her biological research at the University of Oxford.

Saroj Saurya

At Biologists @ 100, The Company of Biologists invited attendees to submit essays on how they made they journey to Liverpool more sustainable, you can read the winning essays below:

My journey from Paris to Liverpool in four trains by Léa Manke

Reducing emissions on the way to Biologists @ 100 by Saurabh Chand Sagar

Read more about the ways The Company of Biologists reduced their carbon footprint for the event in their blog post: 100 years celebrated sustainably

More Biologists @ 100 content

For further perspectives, check out the excellent coverage from our sister sites and contributors:

• Jen’s interviews: Throwback to Biologists @ 100: Interviews from Liverpool
• Margarida’s reflections on FocalPlane: Interviews and researchers’ testimonies from Biologists @100
• Jonathan’s interview series on preLights: Spotlights: conversations from Biologists @100
• Meeting reports on the Node:
  – Biologists @ 100: A blueprint for interdisciplinary meetings
  – Cell-ebrating 100 years of The Company of Biologists: perspectives from two PhD students

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The Workshop will bring together researchers working on gene regulation, developmental biology, mathematical modelling and evolution. The invited researchers work on a variety of complex systems and are examining how these systems originated and have evolved over time. By comparing perspectives and experimental approaches to examine the evolution of their specific systems, we hope to draw common threads that may be applicable to most systems, and we aim to highlight these after the meeting in a Review article.

Deadline: Friday 5 December

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From the nitty-gritty aspects of research to the practice of science communication activities, creativity is an essential part of science. The aim of this webinar is to show that creativity lies at the heart of the practice of science communication and to explore how an explicitly creative approach may help you reach the goals of your science communication project.

In the first part of the webinar, Anatolii will give a conceptual overview of how we might understand creativity in science communication. To that end, he will draw on some parallels between science and art, to unpack several dimensions of creativity relevant to science communication.

The second part will involve practical work, where each of the participants will be given exercises and tools to ideate what their creative science communication project might look like. The webinar will conclude with a facilitated group discussion, through which the participants will join in sharing their insights and try to articulate some practical lessons.

This workshop will be limited to 20 participants working in academic settings. The invitations will be sent out on a first-come-first-served basis.

Anatolii Kozlov is a scientist-turned-philosopher of science and science communicator.

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Development has been organising regular meetings on human development for over a decade. For 2026, the journal has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) to co-organise this event, which will bring together researchers from around the world, united by an interest in understanding human developmental biology. Topics covered will range from lineage specification, patterning and morphogenesis through to bioengineering and disease modelling.

Organisers: Paula Alexandre, James Briscoe, Emily Calderbank, Claudio Cortes Rodriguez, Muzz Haniffa, Paul Riley, Liz Robertson, Peter Rugg-Gunn, John Russell, Ben Simons, Shankar Srinivas and Pilar Vazquez Arango

Date: 7 – 9 September 2026

Location: University of Warwick, UK

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“[This] symposium arrives at a truly exciting time for regenerative medicine. I am thrilled by the incredible potential of PSC-derived cell therapies to tackle intractable diseases, a future powered by the innovative science and the incredibly diverse, international and collaborative community of researchers dedicated to bringing these transformative treatments to patients.” – Stefan Irion, MD, BlueRock Therapeutics  (Organizing Committee Member) 

With global speakers across a wide variety of disciplines and expertise, this program is sure to spark conversations and collaborations surrounding ESC & iPSC-derived cell therapies. 

Submit an abstract by 10 September 2025 for the chance to present alongside pioneers in the field, including our keynote presenter, George Church! 

Visit our webpage to learn more!  

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Our calculator is still in its beta stage, so please explore our tool and send us feedback on how to make it better suited for your needs. We hope you will enjoy using our event carbon calculator and that it will help to inspire more sustainable actions in your academic meetings.  

Our calculator is part of The Company of Biologists Sustainable Initiative, read more about how we can support you. 

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Thursday 3 July at 17:00 CEST, 16:00 BST, 11:00 EDT, 08:00 PDT

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As part of The Pavilion for People, we will host a webinar on Thursday 12 June at 11am (BST) on ‘How to organise events more sustainably’. The webinar is free to join. Access the schedule a few minutes before the event and follow the instructions on how to join it.  

During the webinar, we will detail the latest best practice advice, as well as providing information on our available resources for creating sustainable events including our new carbon event calculator, coming soon.  We look forward to meeting you.

For any questions, contact me at teodora.rinciog@biologists.com.

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