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In conversation with Katelyn Cooper – spotLights episode 16 is now live

In this episode, we talk to Dr Katelyn Cooper who is an Assistant Professor at the School of Life Sciences of Arizona State University, USA. Katelyn is the first author of a preprinted study (link below) that provides the first comprehensive analysis of the LGBTQ+ climate in the biological sciences.…



Posted on 20 June 2025

Gauri Gharpure on hoverflies in the Himalayas – spotLights episode 15 is now live

In episode 15, recorded at the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool, preLighter Jonathan Townson talks to Gauri Gharpure, a PhD student at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bengaluru, India. Gauri shares insights from her recent preprint on how the hoverfly Eristalis tenax adapts to life at different…

Posted on 13 June 2025

spotLights episode 14 highlights preprinted work from the Allegretti Lab

In Episode 14, recorded live at the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool, we chat with Matteo Allegretti, a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. Matteo shares insights into his lab's cutting-edge work on nuclear remodelling during cell differentiation and, more specifically, during spermatogenesis.…

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This preList contains preprints discussed during the Metabolic and Nutritional Control of Development and Cell Fate Keystone Symposia. This conference was organized by Lydia Finley and Ralph J. DeBerardinis and held in the Wylie Center and Tupper Manor at Endicott College, Beverly, MA, United States from May 7th to 9th 2025. This meeting marked the first in-person gathering of leading researchers exploring how metabolism influences development, including processes like cell fate, tissue patterning, and organ function, through nutrient availability and metabolic regulation. By integrating modern metabolic tools with genetic and epidemiological insights across model organisms, this event highlighted key mechanisms and identified open questions to advance the emerging field of developmental metabolism.

 



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