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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.

October in preprints

Posted by , on 12 November 2025

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

Neanderthal DNA helps explain how faces form

Posted by , on 10 November 2025

A press release from Development Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are encoded in our DNA, but we ...

Interview with Nicole Roos and Anthony Wokasch: winners of the MBL Embryology course image competition  

Posted by , on 10 November 2025

Here, we interview Nicole Roos and Anthony Wokasch, the winners of the popular vote of our image competition with their submission, ‘Mouse embryo’.

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,

September in preprints

Posted by , on 31 October 2025

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

The Node writing challenge 

Posted by , on 30 October 2025

During September, we ran a writing challenge on the Node, giving our contributors a chance to win £200. The winner of the challenge was Umaymah Ahmad with the post ‘It’s ...

Interview with Arthur Boutillon: Editor’s Choice of the MBL Embryology course image competition  

Posted by , on 13 October 2025

We find out more about Arthur Boutillon, Editor's Choice winner of the MBL Embryology course image competition.

Results from the MBL Embryology course image competition 

Posted by , on 9 September 2025

This year brought the return of our image competition with the MBL Embryology course at Woods Hole. Twenty impressive submissions were received from the 2025 cohort of students, with images ranging ...

Introducing Ingrid - the New Reviews Editor for Development

Posted by , on 3 September 2025

Hi there, I’m Ingrid and I’m very happy to be introducing myself as the new Reviews Editor for Development. I will mainly be working behind-the-scenes with authors to commission and ...

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