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SciArt profile: Elad Bassat

Posted by , on 10 January 2024

In this SciArt profile, find out more about Elad Bassat, the scientist behind the artwork ‘Klimt-olotl’, chosen as both the Judges’ choice and People’s choice in the 'Science-inspired art' category ...

2nd European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023) – The Oxford Panorama

Posted by , on 9 January 2024

Read the meeting report from Nawseen Tarannum, who attended the 2nd European Developmental Biology Congress in Oxford.

2023 European Developmental Biology Congress, Paris Mini-Hub – Meeting Report

Posted by , on 9 January 2024

Read the meeting report from Tanya Foley, who was part of the Paris hub organizing team of the 2023 European Developmental Biology Congress.

Earning your Green stripes: enhancing sustainability in zebrafish research

Posted by , on 6 January 2024

Within our collective of zebrafish labs at UCL, the sheer volume of single-use plastic Petri dishes we breeze through is staggering – a staggering 130 kg per year, to be ...

December in preprints

Posted by , on 5 January 2024

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

Introducing 'Show and tell'

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

Introducing 'Show and tell', our new blog series to bring more visual content to the Node.

Tweaking a gene can remind cells of their ancient roots

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

What is this? A sea anemone stinging cell (F; left panel) and change in cell identity following the knockout of a gene called NvSox2 (G; right panel). How was this ...

BEE-ST – a technique for monitoring hard tissue development

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

What is this? BEE-ST (Bone and tEEth Spatio-Temporal growth monitoring) is a method to monitor mineralization dynamics across species. It is based on the intraperitoneal (abdominal cavity) administration of fluorescent ...

A flipbook of zebrafish embryogenesis

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

A 'flipbook' of zebrafish embryogenesis in the 1996 issue of Development.

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