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Introduction to the Node
First time on the Node? Welcome!
This page is meant to give you an overview of what you can find on the Node. Most of the content on the site is written by developmental biologists in various stages of their career. Further down on this page you can find out how you can be a Node contributor yourself, but since you’re new, let’s start with a short tour of the site.
Navigation
In the left sidebar, you’ll find various ways of navigating the content on the Node: you can search posts by keyword, by tags and categories for particular topics, or by date through the archive. You’ll also see a short list of recently posted job ads, and five upcoming meetings from our full calendar of conferences and workshops for developmental biologists.
Further down the left-hand sidebar are links to developmental biology societies and resources you might find useful, and at the very top are the different methods to keep up with the Node: email, RSS, Facebook, and Twitter.
Keeping up with the literature
Once you move to the front page of the Node, or to any of the posts, you’ll see another sidebar on the right-hand side. This sidebar displays the most recent table-of-content feeds for four developmental biology journals.
Posts
Posts on the Node are sorted into different categories. You can read them all, or choose your favourite topics. Here’s a sample of posts to show the variety of content on the Node:
| Research | Events | Images | Education |
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| A farewell to frog arms | LASDB meeting | Intestinal stem cells | Polymer clay embryo models |
| News | Video | Resources | Stories from the Lab |
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| (Re)birth of the DSDB | Echinoderm development on film | ReplicationDomain | Nippon |
| Careers | Interviews | Funding | Discussions |
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| Alternative career paths | Interview with Jorge Cham | All funding news | Skip your postdoc? |
Contributing content to the Node
You can write your own posts on the Node, add job ads for your lab or institute, or update the events calendar. In all cases, the first thing you need to do is register on the site. After you’ve done that, you’ll have to wait for the Node’s staff to review and approve your account (just to make sure you’re not going to spam us). This can take up to a few days, so if you register now, you won’t have to wait for approval once you’re ready to post.
When your account is approved, you’ll receive full instructions on how to post. Still not sure about something? Check our help page, or drop us a line.
