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Apply for a funded ECR place our Workshop on Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution

Posted by , on 2 October 2025

Applications are open for 10 ECR funded places at The Company of Biologists Workshop on Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution, organised byJames Hombría and Antónia Monteiro. The ...

The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab

Posted by , on 27 September 2025

The Kahneman Chronicles #1: When a Nobel Laureate Fixed Our Lab’s Scheduling Disasters Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who revolutionized our understanding of human decision-making and became known ...

The Invisible Cost: How Power Dynamics May Undermine Respect in Academic Labs

Posted by , on 24 September 2025

I’m a big fan of podcasts, and one of my favorites is Tim Harford’s “Cautionary Tales.” It tells true stories about disasters and what we can learn from them. One ...

In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration

Posted by , on 23 September 2025

Behind the paper stories from “A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration“ We are all stepping into a story where evolution, development, and regeneration converge in ...

It’s about who you know, not what you know. Uh Oh.

Posted by , on 21 September 2025

When I attended my first networking event, I felt like I was sticking out like a sore thumb, but the thumb gets sorer and sorer and eventually the whole hand ...

Between Molecules and Milestones: Tales from Seattle to Heidelberg for grad school

Posted by , on 21 July 2025

We pick up where we left off with Anna-Lena Vigil, now a PhD candidate in the Crocker Group at EMBL, as her journey unfolds to moments beyond the bench that ...

Closing the chapter: Goodbye from Joyce

Posted by , on 17 July 2025

Today marks the end of the chapter for my time at the Node and Development. What a ride it has been! I don’t think you can find many jobs like ...

Currents of Change: Metabolism shaping cell fate and evolution #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 15 July 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Anna-Lena Vigil, who is a PhD candidate in the ...

Metabolic Origins: Steering of early developmental fate #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 7 July 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Dr Kristina Stapornwongkul, a new incoming faculty at IMBA, ...

The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 9 June 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Dr Karin Van der Burg, a new faculty at ...

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