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A Business Engagement Fund project to test Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP)-mediated mRNA delivery and efficacy

Posted by , on 12 May 2026

The Medical Research Council provided £750K in funding for the National Mouse Genetics Network’s Business Engagement Fund with a call for applications in early 2023. The Business Engagement Fund supported ...

‘Molecules to Morphogenesis’ – Perspectives on the BSDB 2026 meeting in Warwick

Posted by , on 24 April 2026

In this Meeting Report, we get perspectives from BSDB members who attended the recent BSDB meeting in Warwick .

Throwback to Biologists @ 100: Focus on sustainability

Posted by , on 29 December 2025

Earlier this year, The Company of Biologists celebrated its 100-year anniversary with the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool – bringing together researchers across a wide range of disciplines. To ...

New developments in a decades-old quest on flowering

Posted by , on 10 December 2025

New research reveals mechanism underlying decades-old mystery behind flowering

preLighters’ choice - November’s handpicked preprints

Posted by , on 8 December 2025

Concise preprint highlights from the November preprint list, prepared by the preLighter community. Quick reads from early-career researchers to help working scientists spot the month’s most exciting biological preprints.

preLighters’ choice - October’s handpicked preprints

Posted by , on 12 November 2025

Concise preprint highlights from the October preprint list, prepared by the preLighter community. Quick reads from early-career researchers to help working scientists spot the month’s most exciting biological preprints.

Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime

Posted by , on 4 November 2025

Traditionally, developmental biology has been considered the study of the embryo, and significant events such as metamorphosis or birth signify the pinnacle of development. However,

Limb regeneration guide for axolotls

Posted by , on 28 September 2025

A recent paper from Otsuki and colleagues investigates the molecular mechanisms driving limb regeneration in axolotl

The Node Time Machine – August 2010

Posted by , on 27 August 2025

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

July in preprints

Posted by , on 12 August 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

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