Development presents… finalists of the 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize

Posted by the Node, on 8 April 2026

Join us in April to learn about the three papers named as finalists of Development’s 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize. In this webinar two of the papers will be presented by its first author and chaired by Deputy Editor, Steve Wilson. Learn more about the finalists in our Editorial and read the full shortlist of nominated papers in Development’s subject collection.

Wednesday 29 April – 15:00 BST (UTC+1)

Xi Yang (Purdue University, USA)
‘Reprogramming single cells into multicellular meristems: insights into sex‑type conversion and de novo meristem formation in the fern Ceratopteris’

Bénédicte Lefèvre (Institut Curie, France)
‘Evolution of a novel left-right asymmetry in organ size by co-option of a tissue rotation process’

The third finalist, Christopher De Bono (INSERM, France), will present ‘Multi-modal refinement of the human heart atlas during the first gestational trimester’ later in the year.

At the speakers’ discretion, the webinar will be recorded to view on demand. To see the other webinars scheduled in our series, and to catch up on previous talks, please visit: thenode.biologists.com/devpres