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Behind the paper: Characterising the spatiotemporal dynamics of microglia across the human lifespan

Posted by , on 17 October 2022

Dr David A. Menassa and Professor Diego Gomez-Nicola at the University of Southampton, UK recently published an article in Developmental Cell where they reveal how the microglial population colonises the human ...

From Stem Cells to Human Development 2022

Posted by , on 14 October 2022

by Haneen Alsehli, Shrinidhi Madhusudan, Marie-Christin Leitner and Katherina Tavernini For most of us, this was the first in-person conference since starting our PhDs, or since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. All of us ...

Featured Resource: The Arabidopsis Information Resource

Posted by , on 12 October 2022

In our latest 'Featured resource' article, we hear from Tanya Z. Berardini, Ph.D (TAIR Director) and Leonore Reiser, Ph.D (Senior Scientific Curator)] who describe the work of TAIR.

September in preprints

Posted by , on 12 October 2022

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

Job opportunities at The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 11 October 2022

You may have seen on twitter that our Senior Editor, Seema Grewal, will shortly be leaving Development (sob, sob) to take up a new role as the Executive Editor of ...

Back-to-school: Resources for #devbio

Posted by , on 11 October 2022

In 2017, our Node Intern, Sarah Morson, revamped our ‘Resources’ topic area on the Node. With a bigger emphasis on advocacy and outreach, we also cover teaching resources, societies and ...

Genetics Unzipped: Bread and fishes - the future of food in a changing climate

Posted by , on 6 October 2022

In the latest episode of Genetics Unzipped, we’re looking at the future of food. With climate change making crop harvests more unpredictable and fresh water becoming a more scarce resource, ...

SDB Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar - October 14

Posted by , on 4 October 2022

The next Society for Developmental Biology Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar will be held Friday, October 14, at 3 pm ET (9 pm CEST). This seminar featuring Hae Ryong Kwon ...

Developing news

Posted by , on 4 October 2022

What’s in a name? From defining ‘epigenetics’, to naming nervous system organoids and assembloids, #SciTwitter has been alive with debate over the last two weeks. We bring you some of ...

Become a Node correspondent

Posted by , on 3 October 2022

Enthusiastic about science communication and looking for a chance to broaden your writing experience alongside your research activities? We would like to appoint three correspondents who will play a key ...

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