Hi from the new Community Manager

Greetings to the Node community, 

My name is Andrea Murillo, and I am delighted to share that I am the new Community Manager for the Node. I started my research journey as a physiologist and later found my way into endocrinology during my PhD, where I worked with my favourite worm and developmental model species, Capitella teleta. Throughout my PhD, I investigated components of the estrogen signalling pathway across life stages of C. teleta. That is how the wonder of developmental biology first wormed its way into my heart.  

After finishing my PhD, I started working for The Company of Biologists as the Science Communications Officer. In that role, my passion for science communication grew, and my appreciation for biology deepened as I wrote about the Company’s fantastic journal content across many fields. But it was the science and the community surrounding the Node and Development that truly hooked me (I will stop with the worm puns now!). 

As Community Manager, I am excited to build on the great work done by Eva, Cat, Aidan, Helen and Joyce and to continue some of our users’ favourite series and features. In my previous role, I worked closely with both my predecessor, Joyce, and the two Community Managers from our sister sites: Reinier from preLights and Helen from FocalPlane. I am thrilled to be a part of the team as the Node Community Manager, a transition which they have generously supported. I’m planning to bring some of my own fresh ideas to the Node, and I hope you will like them.  

My first chance to meet some of you in person will be at the British Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Spring Meeting next week. If you are attending, please stop by and say hello. I am really excited to learn about your research and, most of all, to meet the people who make great developmental biology and stem cell research happen.  

Wormest regards, 

Andrea 

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