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Literary Paper Openings

Posted by , on 24 May 2013

What would a paper be like if it started with the opening line of a famous book? Since yesterday Twitter has been buzzing with answers to that question! We have ...

Woods Hole Images Round 2- the winner

Posted by , on 21 May 2013

The polls have closed for the second round of beautiful images from last year’s Woods Hole course. Making an unexpected dash to victory in the last hours of voting, the ...

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

Posted by , on 17 May 2013

In December last year, a group of editors and publishers, including editors from our sister journal Journal of Cell Science, got together at the annual ASCB meeting to discuss ways ...

From Sequence to Function

Posted by , on 17 May 2013

  It took longer than the human genome, if by only a few years, but it has finally arrived. The sequencing of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) genome reported in Howe ...

A Taste of Stem Cells

Posted by , on 16 May 2013

Continuous supply of mature differentiated cells by adult stem cells is required in most of adult tissues especially those with rapid turnover rates. In recent years, using advanced cell biological ...

Enter the EuroStemCell non-fiction writing competition!

Posted by , on 15 May 2013

Spring has sprung! The sun is out at last (sort of), but that’s not the only great news we’ve got from EuroStemCell: we’ve launched our first ever stem cell non-fiction writing ...

The Node new community manager!

Posted by , on 14 May 2013

Hi! My name is Cat and I am the new Community Manager here at The Node. I am originally from Portugal, but moved to the UK to study a long time ago ...

So now I'm a Development editor!

Posted by , on 29 April 2013

I got the call and immediately said yes. What a thrill to be asked to join the best developmental biology journal there is! Then I talked to some colleagues afterwards ...

SpotOn highlights the Node

Posted by , on 25 April 2013

SpotOn, Nature Publishing Group’s online forum for science policy, outreach and tools, and organiser of community events, is currently running a series on the use of social media for science ...

Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) announces new Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editors

Posted by , on 25 April 2013

  This week, Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) formally announced the appointment of a new team of academic editors to lead the journal. Ross Cagan, Associate Dean of the Graduate ...

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