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Developmental biology from Central Europe and beyond from the Visegrád Group Society for Developmental Biology (V4SDB).

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Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@biologists.social
2025-03-14

The Editors-in-Chief of the 5 @Co_Biologists journals have written a joint Editorial, discussing the enormous challenges currently facing researchers in the US and how members of the community can support them through this difficult time

journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

Screenshot of the first page of the Editorial, 'Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times', written by James Briscoe, Craig Franklin, Daniel Gorelick. Elizabeth Patton and Michael Way. The publication information in the top line says, '© 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb250455. doi:10.1242/jeb.250455'. The first paragraph of the article says, 'As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists’ journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creating. It is unusual for us to comment on a nation’s science policies or politics, but the rapid ongoing developments in the USA and their potential impact on research worldwide are beyond the usual.'
V4SDB boosted:
2025-03-14

openRxiv has arrived!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee @biorxivpreprint and @medrxivpreprint the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-openr

💚 openRxiv ensures communication at the speed of science remains the mission.

#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

Announcing the launch of openRxiv. openRxiv is launching as an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, dedicated to the growth and sustainability of publicly-available preprints in the life sciences.

Book your calendars: the 2025 @v4sdb Meeting will take place on 5-7 September in the beautiful Tatra Mountains in Slovakia (v4sdb2025.img.cas.cz). We will have a fantastic lineup of speakers, so join us for beautiful vistas and fun discussions. Registration opens on 1st March.

For relevant funding schemes please contact your university's Erasmus office. Applying for the EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants (embo.org/funding/fellowships-g) or the @Co_Biologists Travelling Fellowships is another possibility (biologists.com/grants/travelli).

We are happy to publish the first ever iteration of the V4SDB mobility database with the labs and PIs who are willing to host students for short term scientific exchanges. v4sdb.org/v4sdb_mobility_db_ja

Hello #mastodon, and thanks to @Co_Biologists for the invitation 🙂. We begin our broadcast with this picture of current and future #V4SDB Board members having fun at the recent 3rd V4SDB Meeting in Warsaw.

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