Developing news
Posted by the Node, on 7 December 2021
Welcome to our light-hearted look at the goings-on in the world of developmental biology in the last two weeks (or so).
Talking points on Twitter
- The latest craze on twitter is to post artwork using your paper title or job title as a prompt, created using the AI illustrator app https://app.wombo.art/. See our artwork using the Node strapline and ‘Vibrant’ art style below!
- Single-cell analysis still under discussion;
- and with a festive theme
- It’s nice to be nice!
- Looking for inspiration, there are so many great questions here:
Gene editing news in the News
In the UK, the government is considering proposals to allow gene editing in commercial livestock. The report emphasised the importance of putting animal welfare first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59480907
Three days later, a paper from James Turner, Peter Ellis and colleagues explained how gene editing could spare animal suffering by producing single-sex litters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59505112
Prelights in #Devbio
A comprehensive 3D+t atlas of heart tube formation and looping
Thanks to the #DevBio community for making this such an interesting couple of weeks, especially on twitter. If you have some news that you think we should share with the developmental biology community on our blog, please get in touch at thenode@biologists.com. If you are interested in getting involved with writing preLights you can find out more here.