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This month on the Node and beyond

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

January was a productive month on the Node, with a variety of developmental biology content from the lab bench and beyond.   Research We heard from the authors of a ...

From our sister journals - December & January

Posted by , on 6 February 2017

Here we highlight some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists. JCS kicked off 2017 with a Special Issue relevant to many developmental biologists: 3D cell ...

January in preprints

Posted by , on 3 February 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. See June’s introductory post for background, and let us know if we missed anything   2017 started where 2016 had ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 3)

Posted by , on 31 January 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Evolving an atypical developmental programme with IMM The brown alga Ectocarpus has alternating haploid (gametophyte) and diploid (sporophyte) generations. ...

Lifemap: a zoomable interface for exploring the entire Tree of Life

Posted by , on 30 January 2017

“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” (Dobzansky, 1973). Our knowledge of the evolutionary relationships between all known organisms, the so-called Tree of Life (ToL), is ...

Can you handle the tooth?

Posted by , on 23 January 2017

Reflections on “Sox2+ progenitors in sharks link taste development with the evolution of regenerative teeth from denticles”, PNAS 113(51), 14769-14774, 2016.   Despite an overwhelming amount of carefully curated data, such as the ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 2)

Posted by , on 17 January 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   ECM: bridging the gap between germ layers The extracellular matrix (ECM) plays crucial roles during morphogenesis but how it ...

A fine balance: tuning adult neurogenesis in the freshwater planarian

Posted by , on 12 January 2017

Comment on “Neuronal sources of hedgehog modulate neurogenesis in the adult planarian brain”, eLife 2016;5:e19735. Currie et al., eLife (2016)   Ko W. Currie, Cellular Neurobiology, Institut de recherches cliniques de ...

December in preprints

Posted by , on 6 January 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. See June’s introductory post for background, and let us know if we missed anything   2016 saw preprints in the life ...

the Node in 2016

Posted by , on 23 December 2016

2016 will live in infamy for many reasons, but perhaps we can seek a little catharsis in science, and in some of the wonderful developmental biology that the Node has ...

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