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An interview with Abigail Tucker

Posted by , on 5 April 2016

This interview first featured in Development.   Abigail Tucker is a professor at King’s College London, UK and her lab works on various aspects of craniofacial development – from basic, ...

An interview with Cheryll Tickle

Posted by , on 5 April 2016

This interview first featured in Development.   Cheryll Tickle is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Bath, UK. She dedicated her long research career mainly to the study of ...

This month on the Node- March 2016

Posted by , on 1 April 2016

  Focus on organoids Following Development’s call for papers for their upcoming Special Issue on Organoids, we featured an interview with their guest editor Melissa Little, discussing her career and research on ...

Woods Hole images 2014 round 2- the winner

Posted by , on 30 March 2016

The results are out! The winner of this year’s movie round from the 2014 Woods Hole Embryology course is… the Drosophila embryo imaged in 7 channels!   Here are the full results: ...

Obituary: Hans Meinhardt (1938-2016)

Posted by , on 29 March 2016

This obituary first appeared in Development.   Patrick Müller and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard reflect on the life and career of their colleague Hans Meinhardt.   Hans Meinhardt, a pioneer in the field ...

Recent jobs by the Node

PhD studentship: Engineering an in vitro human embryo implantation platform to study pathologies arising in early pregnancy

Posted by , on 5 November 2025

About the Project A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Embryo implantation is the step in early pregnancy where the founding tissue of the placenta from the embryo, called the trophoblast, establishes a physical connection with the mother at the inner […]

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Building a virtual human embryo to predict developmental success and failure

Posted by , on 5 November 2025

About the Project Unlocking the secrets of human embryo development demands a new, dynamic approach. This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge computational methods to a fundamental challenge in reproductive biology: understanding why human embryos fail. As delayed childbearing becomes more common, pinpointing the barriers to healthy development is critical. You’ll be […]

Community site paid internship

Posted by , on 21 May 2025

The Company of Biologists currently has an opportunity for a paid three-month internship to work on our community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in the rapidly growing online science communication environment, to develop writing skills, and to learn about academic publishing. Together, the Company’s three community sites provide platforms […]