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developmental and stem cell biologists

Joyce Yu

I joined the Node as the Community Manager in April 2023. Prior to that, I was working in the Science Communications team at Alzheimer's Research UK. My scientific background was in cell and developmental biology, looking at Wnt signalling and planar cell polarity in fruit flies.

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Posts by Joyce Yu

The Node Time Machine – April 2014

Posted by , on 29 April 2025

At the end of each month, I pick a random year from the past 15 years of the Node, and take a look at what people were talking about back ...

Would you like to be the Node's new Community Manager?

Posted by , on 24 April 2025

After two fulfilling years working at the Node and Development, I have decided to move on and embark on a new adventure. That means, my job is up for grabs! ...

The Node Time Machine – March 2013

Posted by , on 28 March 2025

At the end of each month, I pick a random year from the past 15 years of the Node, and take a look at what people were talking about back ...

A conversation with the Node Community Managers, past and present

Posted by , on 24 March 2025

To mark the 15th birthday of the Node, the past and present Community Managers of the Node got together to chat about what it's like working at the Node, and ...

How to build a community site for developmental biologists

Posted by , on 24 March 2025

What did it take to build a community site from scratch? What even is a community site? Follow along to find out how the Node was born.

Recent jobs by Joyce Yu

Community Manager, the Node

Posted by , on 23 April 2025

The Company of Biologists and its journal Development are seeking to appoint a new Community Manager to run its successful community website ‘the Node’ and the journal’s social media activities. Launched in 2010, the Node is the place for the developmental biology community to share news, discuss issues relevant to the field and read about the latest […]

Recent comments by Joyce Yu

Hi Elizabeth, you can contact Jo by clicking the 'get in touch' link just beneath the first image of this post.
by Joyce Yu in Biological Research Trump Cards: from fruit flies to stem cells… who will come out on top? on January 9, 2025
Hi Kathy, if you click the Play button on the YouTube box at the top of this post, you should be able to play the video. Let us know if it's not working! (Here's the direct link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZ9dGk9y-M)
by Joyce Yu in Ovulation filmed from start to finish for the first time on October 29, 2024
Added - thanks Evan!
by Joyce Yu in February in preprints on March 6, 2024
I'd also like to point the readers to this fantastic and honest interview with Kelly Stevens: "Prioritizing diversity will help all of us" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-023-01217-6
by Joyce Yu in Navigating a research career with a disability on September 6, 2023