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Periodic inhibition of Erk activity drives sequential somite segmentation

Posted by , on 23 February 2023

Node Blog: Behind the Paper Story Clocks, gradients and segmentation Muhammed Simsek, Ertuğrul Özbudak and colleagues have discovered that oscillations in the ppErk gradient, driven by the Her1-Her7 oscillator, is ...

Pioneering new strategy lengthens limbs to treat skeletal disorder

Posted by , on 15 February 2023

A Press Release from Development Robinow Syndrome is the best known of a set of genetic disorders that affect the growth and development of the skeletal system. Patients with these ...

Announcing the Node correspondents

Posted by , on 6 February 2023

At the end of 2022 we launched our Node correspondent programme. We were looking for three researchers to help us develop and write content for the Node in 2023. The ...

From the Node to FocalPlane - a farewell

Posted by , on 2 February 2023

Dear all, Yesterday was my last official day as the Community Manager of the Node, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the Node community for being ...

COVID has increased trust in genetics - a press release from the Genetics Society

Posted by , on 25 January 2023

A survey of over 2000 British adults, commissioned by the Genetics Society through Kantar Public, finds that trust in genetics is high, and went up significantly during the pandemic. It ...

Developing news

Posted by , on 18 January 2023

After a short break, our first ‘Developing news’ post of 2023 focusses on disruption in science. How good is ChatGPT? One of the main talking point on Twitter in December ...

Development presents... a webinar on theoretical and computational modelling of developmental biology

Posted by , on 16 January 2023

Our next Development presents... webinar will be chaired by Associate Editor Paul François

Call for Nominations: 2023 IZFS George Streisinger & Chi-Bin Chien Awards

Posted by , on 11 January 2023

Dear Zebrafish Community, The International Zebrafish Society (IZFS) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for our two prestigious annual awards – The George Streisinger and the Chi-Bin Chien ...

Development's Pathway to Independence programme

Posted by , on 21 December 2022

At Development, we know that going on the job market and then setting up a lab is a real crunch time in an academic’s career, and not everyone receives the ...

Job opportunities at The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 21 December 2022

It’s musical chairs at The Company of Biologists at the moment (though fortunately without any chairs actually being removed!) – after Seema Grewal left Development last month to become the ...

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