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January in preprints

Posted by , on 5 February 2026

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

Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas”

Posted by , on 28 January 2026

Behind the paper story from Alejo Torres Cano on their recent paper describing how spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas.

December in preprints

Posted by , on 19 January 2026

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

AlphaFold protein interaction modeling tutorial and workshop

Posted by , on 8 January 2026

This video is the culmination of several years attempting to: (1) Figure out best practices for modeling protein-protein interactions; (2) Understand the outputs of programs like AlphaFold and adjacent software ...

preLighters’ choice - November’s handpicked preprints

Posted by , on 8 December 2025

Concise preprint highlights from the November 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.

November in preprints

Posted by , on 2 December 2025

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

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.

A bittersweet acceptance: Between a manuscript and grief

Posted by , on 10 November 2025

I was so excited when I received notification that my first first-author research paper was accepted. My excitement quickly turned into sadness with the realization that my co-PI was not ...

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,

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