developmental biology
noun
: a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and mechanisms that control and influence the development and growth of organisms especially from a molecular, cellular, or genetic perspective see evolutionary developmental biology
developmental biologist
noun
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Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences rescued FlyBase with interim funding, but that support will cease in October, according to Norbert Perrimon, a professor of developmental biology at Harvard Medical School.
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
Perhaps another Asgard with similar tubulin genes but a quicker life cycle will turn up, said Tom Pollard, a professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University who studies cell division.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
After receiving his bachelor's degree in biology from Rutgers, Krein went on to get a master's degree in neuroscience and a PhD in cell and developmental biology from New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School before heading to medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Ari Geller was born and raised in the Orlando area and is now a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania studying developmental biology.
—Ari Geller, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
Perhaps another Asgard with similar tubulin genes but a quicker life cycle will turn up, said Tom Pollard, a professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University who studies cell division.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
After receiving his bachelor's degree in biology from Rutgers, Krein went on to get a master's degree in neuroscience and a PhD in cell and developmental biology from New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School before heading to medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Ari Geller was born and raised in the Orlando area and is now a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania studying developmental biology.
—Ari Geller, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Developmental biology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/developmental%20biology. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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