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When did our flexible and lubricated joints evolve?
Posted by Neelima Sharma, on 30 April 2025
[Behind the paper story of “Synovial joints were present in the common ancestor of jawed fish but lacking in jawless fish”.] Synovial joints are marvels of biological evolution where two …Cell-ebrating 100 years of The Company of Biologists: Perspectives from two PhD students
Posted by Simran Singh, on 30 April 2025
BSDB Report on the biologists @ 100 conference co-written by Simran Singh and Renato Duarte Dos Santos.Painless Preprint Posting
Posted by Joachim Goedhart, on 30 April 2025
One of my favourite uses of social media is sharing (and discovering) new preprints that seem relevant for my field. Rewardingly, posting preprints is usually well-received by followers. Since there …SciArt profile: Margot Smit
Posted by the Node, on 30 April 2025
In this SciArt profile, we meet Margot Smit, a plant developmental biologist whose lab is in the ZMBP, University of Tübingen. Margot enjoys linocut printmaking of designs inspired by Arabidopsis …Re-growing adult organs: mothers do it best
Posted by Tomotsune Ameku, on 30 April 2025
Tomotsune Ameku tells the story behind the paper “Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction”Generative biology: new approaches to study developmental design principles
Posted by Sally Lowell, on 29 April 2025
A workshop to explore how synthetic biology can help us understand how embryos build themselves 20 – 21 October 2025, Brighton, UK. A Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting organised by …The Node Time Machine – April 2014
Posted by Joyce Yu, on 29 April 2025
At the end of each month, I pick a random year from the past 15 years of the Node, and take a look at what people were talking about back …Of TOR and Tide: Metabolism Beyond the Model #MetabolismMondays
Posted by Shefali Shefali, on 28 April 2025
All the world’s a metabolic dance, and we are merely moving to the rhythm ! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we will get to know insights from Dr. Eudald …All the world’s a metabolic dance, and we are merely moving to the rhythm !
Posted by Shefali Shefali, on 25 April 2025
Emerging perspectives in metabolism. #MetabolismMondays begin on April 28th 2025.Would you like to be the Node’s new Community Manager?
Posted by Joyce Yu, on 24 April 2025
After two fulfilling years working at the Node and Development, I have decided to move on and embark on a new adventure. That means, my job is up for grabs! …Subscribe to our mailing list
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Most-read posts in March
- The Beginners’ Guide to Scientific Conferences by Jen Annoh
- 3rd Crick Beddington Symposium: Somites get lost without Hox keeping time by Alex Neaverson
- Fish, Frogs, Friends, Lend me your Ears. by Mathi Thiruppathy
- #DanioDigest (February 2025) by Kevin Thiessen (Zebrafish Rock!)
- Human brain development on a vacation island by Dosh Whye
- An interview with Pleasantine Mill, winner of the 2025 BSDB Wolpert Medal
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