To celebrate the beauty of #DevBio and the creativity of developmental biologists, we’ve joined forces with @the_node to set up a virtual art exhibition

We launch today to coincide with the start of #EDBC2023

https://tinyurl.com/DevBioART

Some highlights below...

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Vote for your favourite artwork in the BSDB-the Node virtual art exhibition - the Node

Vote for your favourite artwork featured in the joint BSDB-the Node virtual art exhibition!

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At the heart of #DevBio_Art is a remarkable collection of historical embryo images, curated by Tanya Whitfield @TTWhitfieldLab with Paul Martin

These stunning images include embryos from dolphin, turtle, sandworm, penguin, lobster, spider, sponge, and more

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A few examples are shown here. Image credits:
E. G. and B. A. Conklin,
F. H. Herrick,
Collings and F. E. Schulz

#DevBio_Art also features a diverse array of beautiful images submitted from our community. These include scientific images…

A few examples are shown here. Credits:
Oliver Anderson
Courtney Lancaster
Mattias Malaguti
Wouter T'Jonck

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.. plus artistic images, many of them inspired by the beauty of developmental biology

A few examples are shown here. Credits:
Eva Pillai
Margot Smit
Brent Foster
Morag Lewis

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Big thanks to Tanya Whitfield for spearheading the exhibition, working with Anahi Binagui Casas, Tamina Lebek, Sally Lowell and with amazing help from Joyce Yu of @the_node

And thank you to everyone who submitted their beautiful images!

https://tinyurl.com/DevBioART

We hope you enjoy wandering around the virtual gallery. You can click on any image within the gallery to zoom in and learn more

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Vote for your favourite artwork in the BSDB-the Node virtual art exhibition - the Node

Vote for your favourite artwork featured in the joint BSDB-the Node virtual art exhibition!

the Node