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About me
About me
I am an enthusiastic, efficient and deadline-orientated editor in the field of developmental and stem cell biology with a research background in developmental biology. I feel strongly about integrity in scientific publishing and research culture, with an interest in promoting training and skills for early-career researchers (ECRs). I pride myself on being reliable, task-focused and organised, with strong interpersonal and project management skills developed from working with several different teams and stakeholders, as well as across a range of biological disciplines.
- KEY PHRASES: Scentific research ~ Science communication ~ Publishing ~ Project management
- LOCATION: Cambridgeshire, UK
Education and employment
Education and employment
A not-for-profit publisher of five scientific journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. As a registered UK charity, the Company provides grants, organises Workshops and Journal Meetings, and hosts community sites such as the Node, preLights and FocalPlane.
Apr 2025 - present
KEY TOPICS: Developmental biology ~ Stem cells ~ Regeneration
Jul 2022 - present
Part secondment: 100 Project Coordinator
Part secondment: 100 Project Coordinator
In my role as a Project Coordinator, I oversee the planning and organisation of The Company of Biologists' various 100-year anniversary celebrations, taking place in 2025. I am responsible for ensuring that the different projects are on track to be delivered on time and within budget. I report to the CEO, CFO and Charity Director, and Head of Marketing, working closely with relevant in-house teams, as well as third parties, such as professional conference organisers and branding, marketing and media companies. In addition, I lead the publication of anniversary content⤣ in the Company's five journals and the '100 biologists⤣' social media campaign.
- KEY PHRASES: Project management ~ Marketing ~ Media ~ Organisation ~ Events
Oct 2023 - Apr 2025
In addition to my responsibilities as a Reviews Editor (see below), as a Senior Editor, I take an active role in the training and mentoring of new recruits to the Company and engage in Company-wide activities. In addition, I provide some lateral cover for the Executive Editor, taking a more active role in supporting the academic team of Editors.
- KEY PHRASES: Developmental editing ~ Commissioning ~ Publishing ~ Science communication ~ Networking ~ Training ~ Mentoring ~ Writing
- KEY TOPICS: Developmental biology ~ Stem cells ~ Regeneration
Dec 2018 - Oct 2023
As a Reviews Editor, I commission, handle and developmentally edit "front-section" content (i.e. review-type articles, features and opinion pieces) for Development - a leading academic journal in the field of developmental and stem cell biology.
Primarily, my role involves project managing articles from their conception to publication, which includes creative thinking for article topics, working with invited authors, organising peer review, copy editing manuscripts, figures and proofs, as well as managing the scheduling of content for each fortnightly issue. In addition, my role entails various forms of communication, including producing interviews, 'Development presents...' webinars, films, press releases and 'Research Highlights'.
I represent the journal and The Company of Biologists, at national and international meetings, workshops and conferences. I report to the journal's Executive Editor, and I also work closely with the in-house team of front-section Editors, Editorial Administrators, graphics artists, Production Editors and QC team, as well as the Company's Events Organisers and Marketing team.
Through my position as a Review Editor, I have gained experience in promoting journal content and events, on social media (Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Facebook and Instagram), as well as knowledge and understanding of the academic publishing industry, including developments around Open Access, transformative journals, research integrity and peer review.
Jul 2016 - Dec 2018
Associate Research Fellow, Philip Ingham's group
▪ Guest Research Fellow, Fabian Rentszch's group, Sars Institute (Bergen, Norway)
▪ Visiting Research Fellow, A*STAR (Singapore)
Associate Research Fellow, Philip Ingham's group
▪ Guest Research Fellow, Fabian Rentszch's group, Sars Institute (Bergen, Norway)
▪ Visiting Research Fellow, A*STAR (Singapore)
I established the Ingham lab, including the procurement of lab supplies and equipment, and managing the lab including inventory, software, IT and data management. In addition, I wrote grant applications, risk assessments and ethics applications. I set up a Nematostella vectensis husbandry and microinjection facility, following a two-month work placement in Bergen, Norway. I also initiated a research project investigating the evolution of the Hedgehog signalling pathway and supervised students carrying out short research projects, reporting to the Director of the Institute.
- KEY PHRASES: Science administration ~ Lab management ~ Procurement ~ Husbandry
Sep 2015 - Jul 2016
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Jim Smith's group
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Jim Smith's group
I investigated the role of an extracellular matrix protein in lymphatic and neuronal development in the zebrafish using immunofluorescence. I also performed confocal time-lapse in vivo microscopy of transgenic zebrafish and used CRISPR-Cas9 technologies for the genetic manipulation of zebrafish.
I used TALENS to generate a stable mutant zebrafish line. I evaluated the differences between morpholino knockdown and genetic mutants for a gene with a role in zebrafish primary haematopoiesis (blood development) using small-molecule inhibition, molecular methods and whole-mount histological staining.
- KEY PHRASES: Research ~ Developmental biology ~ Zebrafish
Sep 2011 - Sep 2015
PhD Student, Jim Smith's group
PhD Student, Jim Smith's group
University College London (UCL, UK)
University College London (UCL, UK)
Sep 2011 - Sep 2015
PhD Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Portsmouth (UK)
University of Portsmouth (UK)
Sep 2008 - Jul 2011
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, First
Publications
Publications
Peer-reviewed
Peer-reviewed
Eve, A. M. J. and Smith, J. C. (2017) Knockdown of Laminin gamma-3 (Lamc3) impairs motoneuron guidance in the zebrafish embryo [version 1; referees: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res, 2:111. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12394.1
Eve, A. M. J., Place, E. S. and Smith, J. C. (2017). Comparison of zebrafish tmem88a mutant and morpholino knockdown phenotypes. PLoS ONE; 12(2): e0172227. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0172227
Cannon, J. E., Place, E. S., Eve, A. M. J., Bradshaw, C. R., Sesay, A., Morrell, N. W. and Smith, J. C. (2013). Global analysis of the haematopoietic and endothelial transcriptome during zebrafish development. Mech. Dev.; 130, 122–31. DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.10.002
Editorials
Editorials
Eve, A. (2025). Development: a journal's journey. Development; 152 (3): dev.204602. DOI: 10.1242/dev.204602
Eve, A. and Hobert, O. (2024). The homeobox – 40 years of discovery. Development; 151 (6): dev202813. DOI: 10.1242/dev.202813
Press releases
Press releases
Interviews
Interviews
First issues - publishing developmental biology through the decades
A regeneration retrospective (miniseries)
The 2nd Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium: Meeting Summary
Tricks for concise scientific writing #wordcountchop Remove, replace, rephrase
Scientific conferences: networking for introverts Top ten tips for scientific networking
'Another look' at peer review: reviewing review articles The 'ABCs' of reviewing review articles
Getting involved in peer review Peer review: get involved, get up-to-date and get credit
The Young Embryologist Network Conference 2019: Meeting Summary
The 1st Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium: Meeting Summary
Fiction
Fiction
Professional development and training
Professional development and training
Publishing and communication skills
Publishing and communication skills
Creative Writing - Beginners by ACL (Sep-Dec 2022)
Video editing training by Yada Yada (Jan 2022)
Copyright training from Blake Morgan (Dec 2020)
Filming training by Yada Yada (Feb 2020)
Brush up on your grammar by Sfep (Jun 2019)
Social media skills for ECRs by UoE (May 2018)
Making your research accessible and impactful for non-expert audiences by the Brilliant Club (Jun 2017)
Public engagement (STEM) by UoE (Mar 2017)
Writing journal articles (STEMM) by UoE (Mar 2017)
Writing targeted grant proposals by UoE (Dec 2016)
Project management skills
Project management skills
Project Management: An introduction by Cambridge Network (Oct 2022)
Project Management in the Real World by Fistral (May 2017)
People management skills
People management skills
Leadership and management skills by hpfconsulting (Oct 2023)
Assertiveness and conflict management by UoE (Nov 2018)
Networking in research environments by UoE (Mar 2017)
Leadership and managing others by UoE (Dec 2016)
People management (planning and mentoring work) by UoE (Dec 2016)
Outreach and public engagement
Outreach and public engagement
Curator: Engage Exeter (@EngageExeter) Twitter feed of local engagement events (Jan 2018 – Nov 2018)
Secretary: British Science Association, Exeter Branch (Jan 2018 – Jan 2019)
Research partner: AccessLabs (Aug 2018)
Workshop coordinator and demonstrator: Crick School Days (Apr 2015)
Participant: Pint of Science Festivals (UCL Body Team) (May 2014 & May 2015)
Participant: Science Museum Lates “Bio-Revolution” (Feb 2014)
Grants and awards
Grants and awards
Feb 2018
British Society for Developmental Biology: Conference Grant
£555 GBP
May 2017
Young Embryologists Network: Travel Award
£50 GBP
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Company of Biologists, Development: Travelling Fellowship
DEVTF-161111: “Evolutionary origins of the Hedgehog signalling pathway.”- Alex Eve, Philip Ingham (Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter).
- Fabian Rentzsch (Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology)
£2,400 GBP
Societies
Societies
Member: International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
Member: British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB)
Member: Society of Young Publishers (SYP)
Alumni member: CrickConnect
Member: British Canoeing
Former Secretary: British Science Association (BSA) Exeter branch
Former Student rep: Francis Crick Institute
Former Student rep: National Institute for Medical Research
Meetings, conferences and workshops
Meetings, conferences and workshops
2025
Jun - 20th International Congress of Developmental Biology: International Society for Developmental Biology (ISDB), Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) and Latin American Society for Developmental Biology (LASDB) (San Juan, Puetro Rico)
May - The Company of Biologists Workshop: Modelling plant stem cells: evolution, development and regeneration (Hertfordshire, UK)
Mar - Biologists @ 100 conference, incorporating the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) and British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) annual Spring Meetings (Liverpool, UK)
2024
Nov - BSDB meeting: Mechanisms of septation and tissue fusion in development and disease (London, UK)
Oct - European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) workshop: The molecular and cellular basis of tissue repair and regeneration (Nice, France)
Sep - Development Journal Meeting: From stem cells to human development (Surrey, UK)
Aug - Santa Cruz Developmental Biology meeting (California, USA)
Jul - SDB annual meeting (Georgia, USA)
May - Weinstein 2024 (Montreal, Canada)
Mar - Crick Connect: Publishing careers (London, UK)
Mar - LASDB meeting (Valparaiso, Chile)
Jan - French Society for Stem Cell Research (FSSCR) meeting (Paris, France)
2023
Dec - International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Vienna international symposium: Elucidating principles of development with stem cells (Vienna, Austria)
Sep - Development Journal Meeting: Unconventional and emerging experimental organisms in cell and developmental Biology (Surrey, UK)
Sep - EMBO workshop: Developmental metabolism: flows of energy, matter, and information (Heidelberg, Germany)
Jun - GRC: Developmental Biology [Live Tweets] (Massachusetts, USA)
May - Cold Spring Harbor (CSH): 87th Symposium: Stem cells (New York, USA)
Mar - The Company of Biologists Workshop: Novel technologies for programming human cell fate (Kent, UK)
Mar - CSH Asia: Human development – From embryos to stem cell models (Awaji, Japan)
2022
Dec - CSH: Development and 3D modeling of the human brain (New York, USA)
Oct - The 2nd Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium [Meeting Summary] (London, UK)
Sep - Development Journal Meeting: From stem cells to human development (Surrey, UK)
Sep - International Society for Differentiation (ISD) and BSDB joint meeting (Valetta, Malta)
Jul - FASEB: Mechanisms of plant development (Vermont, USA)
Jun - ISSCR annual meeting (San Francisco, USA)
Jun - The Company of Biologists Workshop: The biology and physics of left-right patterning (Sussex, UK)
May - Young Embryologists Network (YEN) annual meeting (London, UK)
Apr - BSCB/BSDB joint annual spring meeting (Coventry, UK)
2021
Sep - Development/DMM Journal Meeting: Developmental disorders: from mechanism to treatment (virtual)
Jul - FASEB: Mechanisms of plant development conference (virtual)
Jun - ISSCR annual meeting (virtual)
May - EMBL: The identity and evolution of cell types (virtual)
Mar - EMBL: Synthetic Morphogenesis: From gene circuits to tissue architecture [preList] (virtual)
Apr - BSDB/Genetics Society joint annual Spring Meeting (virtual)
2020
Nov - Wellcome: Single Cell Biology [preList] (virtual)
Sep - Development Journal Meeting: From sctem Cells to human development (virtual)
Sep - CSH: Epigenetics & chromatin (virtual)
Feb - GRC: Craniofacial morphogenesis and tissue regeneration (Lucca, Italy)
2019
Dec - CSH: Development and 3D modeling of the human brain (New York, USA)
Sep - CSH: Stem Cell Biology (New York, USA)
Jul - SDB annual meeting [preList] (Boston, USA)
Jul - The Company of Biologists Workshop: New frontiers in the brain: unexpected roles of the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid system in health and disease (Sussex, UK)
May - YEN annual meeting [Meeting Summary][preList] (London, UK)
Apr - BSDB annual Spring Meeting (Coventry, UK)
Mar - ISSCR International Symposium: Stem cells and organoids in development & disease (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Feb - The 1st Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium [Meeting Summary] (London, UK)
2018
Apr - BSDB annual Spring Meeting [Conference grant - poster] (Coventry, UK)
2017
Jun - ISDB congress [poster] (Singapore)
May - YEN annual meeting [Travel award - poster] (London, UK)
2016
Oct - Zebrafish Disease Models conference (Singapore)
2015
Jun - European Zebrafish meeting [poster] (Oslo, Norway)
2014
Apr - BSDB annual Spring Meeting [poster] (Coventry, UK)
May - YEN annual meeting [poster] (London, UK)
2013
Jul - European Zebrafish meeting (Barcelona, Spain)
May - YEN annual meeting [poster] (London, UK)
2012
Oct - North American Vascular Biology Organisation (NAVBO) conference (Monterey, USA)
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