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October in preprints

Posted by , on 25 November 2022

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

Conflict between neighbours: a perfect way of rebuilding a complete organ system

Posted by , on 16 November 2022

Mabel Mathew gives us some insights into the story behind their paper on the mechanism underlying de novo shoot regeneration.

SSRI use during pregnancy: potential effects on fetal brain development

Posted by , on 10 November 2022

There have been long-standing debates around the risk of selective serotonin uptake inhibitor (SSRI) use during pregnancy due to the potential effects on fetal brain development. Our studies, which have ...

'Extraembryonic tissues: exploring concepts, definitions and functions across the animal kingdom'

Posted by , on 2 November 2022

Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B: Extraembryonic tissues: exploring concepts, definitions and functions across the animal kingdom Compiled and edited by Guojun Sheng, Thorsten E ...

Embryo Geometry

Posted by , on 2 November 2022

Dear Node Colleagues, This is my inaugural Node post. Around 1990, Stephen Jay Gould dedicated my copy of his Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1979), writing, “Thank you for tackling my real book.” As ...

Protocols for data visualization

Posted by , on 27 October 2022

Scientists are familiar with protocols that describe in a step-by-step fashion how an experiment is performed. But they are usually less familiar with code or scripts for handling data. Yet, ...

Behind the paper: Characterising the spatiotemporal dynamics of microglia across the human lifespan

Posted by , on 17 October 2022

Dr David A. Menassa and Professor Diego Gomez-Nicola at the University of Southampton, UK recently published an article in Developmental Cell where they reveal how the microglial population colonises the human ...

Featured Resource: The Arabidopsis Information Resource

Posted by , on 12 October 2022

In our latest 'Featured resource' article, we hear from Tanya Z. Berardini, Ph.D (TAIR Director) and Leonore Reiser, Ph.D (Senior Scientific Curator)] who describe the work of TAIR.

September in preprints

Posted by , on 12 October 2022

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

Back-to-school: Resources for #devbio

Posted by , on 11 October 2022

In 2017, our Node Intern, Sarah Morson, revamped our ‘Resources’ topic area on the Node. With a bigger emphasis on advocacy and outreach, we also cover teaching resources, societies and ...

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