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Behind the paper: A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae

Posted by , on 12 November 2024

Brown algae are a group of complex multicellular eukaryotes, unrelated to animals, plants and fungi. It follows that brown algae evolved the process of multicellular development independently, offering a unique ...

New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances

Posted by , on 10 November 2024

It’s now been 13 months since I started my lab, marking the end of my ‘New PI Diaries’ series here on the Node. The journey has so far been both ...

Promoting developmental diversity in a changing world 

Posted by , on 7 November 2024

Editorial from Development's latest Special Issue 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity', edited by Cassandra Extavour, Liam Dolan and Karen Sears.

October in preprints

Posted by , on 6 November 2024

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

Catch up on Development presents… October webinar on the development of ectoderm derivatives

Posted by , on 5 November 2024

Catch up on the Development presents... webinar on 30 October, featuring talks from Eirini Maniou, Daniel Aldea and Casey Griffin.

Understanding signalling pathways involved in the development of definitive endoderm.

Posted by , on 4 November 2024

During my time as a summer student at the Francis Crick Institute, I had the privilege of working in the Developmental Signalling Laboratory of Dr Caroline Hill. Under the mentorship ...

Reverse development in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi

Posted by , on 4 November 2024

Joan and Pawel show us a timelapse video of reverse development of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, and tell the story behind it.

Lab meeting with the Chan Lab

Posted by , on 31 October 2024

Meet the Chan lab, based in the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore. The lab is interested in how mechanics regulates mammalian follicle development.

Development presents... November webinar featuring BSDB prize winners

Posted by , on 30 October 2024

Hear from four early-career, BSDB-prize-winning researchers. Chaired by Marysia Placzek.

Ovulation filmed from start to finish for the first time

Posted by , on 28 October 2024

This post is co-written by Christopher Thomas and Tabea Marx. What is this? This video shows ovulation live!  Watch as an egg is released from an isolated ovarian follicle from ...

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