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Moving Forward on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM
Posted by Aflah Hanafiah, on 17 October 2024
As an 8th year graduate student of a diverse background, my experience in academia has consisted of hurdles, setbacks, and emotional and mental rollercoasters. My journey to climb this career …The SDB-BSDB interview chain: Tamina Lebek and Corie Owen
Posted by the Node, on 17 October 2024
Read this interview with SDB and BSDB student poster prize winners Tamina Lebek and Corie Owen.SciArt profile: Menelia Vasilopoulou Kampitsi
Posted by the Node, on 16 October 2024
In this SciArt profile, we meet Menelia Vasilopoulou Kampitsi, who studied functional morphology during her PhD and is now working part-time as a scientific illustrator. Menelia takes inspiration from impressionism, …FocalPlane features… reproducibility in imaging
Posted by Helen Zenner, on 15 October 2024
The next webinar in the FocalPlane features… series focuses on the important topic of reproducibility when acquiring, analysing and presenting imaging data. We are delighted to have talks from Helena …Development presents… October webinar on the development of ectoderm derivatives
Posted by the Node, on 15 October 2024
Hear from three early-career researchers studying ectoderm derivatives.From Scientist to Film Presenter: My part in creating a science documentary
Posted by Courtney Lancaster, on 14 October 2024
The behind the scenes of creating a film to showcase the wonder and importance of developmental biology.Fantastic academic jobs and how to find them 🪄
Posted by Reinier Prosee, on 10 October 2024
At preLights, the preprint highlighting service run by early-career researchers, we recently launched ‘spotLights’: a podcast series where we delve deeper into exciting preprints, featuring interviews with the scientists behind …September in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 9 October 2024
Here’s a list of preprints published in September in developmental and stem cell biology (and related fields).The Node Network
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Most-read posts in September
- Model Organism Databases are more than just repositories by Beatrice Milnes and Mansi Srivastava
- A short rant on the present and future of developmental biology by Jonas Hartmann
- A Day in the Life of a Hofstenia Lab by Eliza Hirsch and Paul Bump
- SciCommConnect: A masterclass in how to deliver your message in the spoken or the written word by Alex Neaverson, Rachel McKeown and Anna Guixeras Fontana
- SciArt profile: Yoshinari Yoshida
- Making a map: exploring the origins of the shoulder and neck by Shunya Kuroda
- How we learned to build a gliding mammal by Jorge Moreno
- Behind the paper: Highlighting skeleton-producing cells during the development of a pentaradial animal by Heidi Tate
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