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The mechanics of crocodile head scale development
Posted by Michel Milinkovitch, on 11 December 2024
Rory L. Cooper, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh & Michel C. Milinkovitch Laboratory of Artificial and Natural Evolution (LANE), Geneva, Switzerlandhttps://www.lanevol.org From the hard, protective scales of reptiles to the soft, insulating fur …November in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 10 December 2024
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv – use these links below to get to …Featured Resource: Gene Expression Database (GXD)
Posted by the Node, on 5 December 2024
Find out more about the Gene Expression Database (GXD), a community resource that collects and integrates mouse gene expression data generated by biomedical researchers worldwide.Join us at the Biologists @ 100 conference early-career researcher event
Posted by the Node, on 4 December 2024
The Biologists @ 100 conference, happening 24-27 March 2025 in Liverpool, UK, will have a dedicated half-day event specifically for early-career researchers (ECRs), in the afternoon of 24 March 2025. The …There’s no one particular path of doing science – explore different options
Posted by the Node, on 4 December 2024
No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Christos KyprianouLab meeting with the Hirashima lab
Posted by the Node, on 3 December 2024
Meet the Hirashima lab, situated at the Mechanobiology Institute and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore.I made a conscious choice to switch from dancing to research, and I don’t regret it at all
Posted by the Node, on 2 December 2024
No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Maria RostovskayaCongenital heart defects caused by problems with placenta
Posted by Laura Hankins, on 28 November 2024
Brief summary: Congenital heart defects are the most common human birth defect, affecting around 1% of newborns. People with heart defects often show low levels of a protein that helps …The Node Network
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Most-read posts in November
- Please, show me your boundaries by Irene Karapidaki, Béryl Laplace-Builhé and Michalis Averof
- New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances by Margot Smit
- No such thing as a standard career path
- Reverse development in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi by Joan-Josep Soto Angel and Pawel Burkhardt
- Don’t eat me!! by Cecilia Pessoa
- Behind the paper: A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae by Jaruwatana Sodai Lotharukpong
- The SEBD turns 30 years old! by Sociedad Española Biologia Desarrollo
- Trans Perspectives in Academia
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