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August in preprints

Posted by , on 16 September 2025

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

Early embryos develop... and eliminate threats

Posted by , on 4 September 2025

We recently discovered that early embryos can eliminate bacterial infections before immune cells are formed. Take a look at the dynamics of our first encounter with microbes.

Geometry first: how positional cues dictate fate in bilayered epithelia

Posted by , on 4 September 2025

Behind the paper story focussed on research on early fate decisions in bilayered epithelia.

Call for papers – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells

Posted by , on 2 September 2025

Development, host of the Node, invites you to submit your latest research to our upcoming Special Issue – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells. This issue will ...

An interview with BSDB Beddington medal winner Rory Maizels

Posted by , on 2 September 2025

The 2025 BSDB Beddington Medal winner was Rory Maizels, who completed his PhD with James Briscoe at the Francis Crick Institute in London, UK. In this interview, we hear about ...

Link between autism and heart defects offers hope for early autism diagnosis

Posted by , on 6 August 2025

Press release from Development on the Research Report Ciliary biology intersects autism and congenital heart disease Summary: It is difficult to predict whether newborns will develop autism, but autism can ...

Between Molecules and Milestones: Tales from Seattle to Heidelberg for grad school

Posted by , on 21 July 2025

We pick up where we left off with Anna-Lena Vigil, now a PhD candidate in the Crocker Group at EMBL, as her journey unfolds to moments beyond the bench that ...

Currents of Change: Metabolism shaping cell fate and evolution #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 15 July 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Anna-Lena Vigil, who is a PhD candidate in the ...

Metabolic Origins: Steering of early developmental fate #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 7 July 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Dr Kristina Stapornwongkul, a new incoming faculty at IMBA, ...

MITOtalks and FocalPlane features... webinar on the cell biology of mitochondria

Posted by , on 23 June 2025

The recent Special Issue from Journal of Cell Science focussed on the cell biology of mitochondria. To showcase some of the research in this issue, FocalPlane and MITOtalks have teamed ...

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