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An extraordinary exploration of the extracellular environment

Posted by , on 4 September 2026

Editorial from Development’s latest Special Issue - The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells, edited by Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya.

ULT1 and me

Posted by , on 3 September 2026

How I started working on ULTRAPETALA1, the subject of a recent paper revealing how it influences plant development.

Show and Tell: Start Exploring Single-cell Data

Posted by , on 31 August 2026

Bioinformatics can seem intimidating, especially when you're just starting out. But you don't need to be an expert to begin exploring single-cell RNA-seq data. In this short tutorial, I walk ...

The little beach hopper that could

Posted by , on 6 August 2026

How Parhyale hawaiensis went from mundane beach critter to lab celebrity across biology, chemistry and even physics.

Causality and Comparative Genomics/Transcriptomics

Posted by , on 21 July 2026

One limitation of comparative genomics and transcriptomics in understanding the origin of evolutionary novelties is that these approaches typically provide long (or short) lists of genes that differ among the ...

Comparative Developmental Biology Course at the MBL, October 2026

Posted by , on 16 July 2026

Comparative Developmental Biology Course at the MBL, October 2026

Post-doc position on Shh dynamics in limb development at NIH

Posted by , on 16 July 2026

\ Limb development as a model for regulation and evolution of vertebrate form:  Fellowship position to investigate dynamics of Shh regulation and function. Mackem lab is recruiting for NIH-funded post-doc ...

May in preprints

Posted by , on 2 July 2026

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

New FocalPlane features... webinar series on cell migration

Posted by , on 3 June 2026

We are delighted to announce that we are launching a second FocalPlane features... webinar series, this time focussing on cell migration. Our first webinar will be held on Thursday 11 ...

What can happen during a short stay at a marine station?

Posted by , on 26 May 2026

I was fortunate to receive an EMBRC-supported grant to carry out a small project on calcium imaging in sea urchin larvae at the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV). ...

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