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The end of an era
Posted by Katherine Brown, on 6 May 2025
As you may have seen in an earlier post, I’m moving on from Development after 13+ years as the journal’s Executive Editor. The good news (for me at least!) is …Development presents… Development’s 2024 oustanding paper prize
Posted by the Node, on 6 May 2025
Talks from the first authors of Development’s outstanding paper prize finalists.April in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 6 May 2025
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv – use these links below to get to …Featured image with Özge Özgüç: the Node–FocalPlane image competition
Posted by the Node, on 6 May 2025
We find out more about the story behind Özge Özgüç’s image, which was the winner of the competition.Take part in our survey and help shape the Node’s future
Posted by the Node, on 6 May 2025
The Node is turning 15 this year. If you’ve ever visited the Node to read, write and interact with the global developmental and stem cell biology community – thank you …The Fat of the Matter: To know a fly, To know ourselves #MetabolismMondays
Posted by Shefali Shefali, on 5 May 2025
All the world’s a metabolic dance, and we are merely moving to the rhythm ! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week, we delve into the story of Dr. Lianna W. …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 …Subscribe to our mailing list
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Most-read posts in April
- Unexpected role of β-catenin signaling in germ layer specification by Tatiana Lebedeva and Grigory Genikhovich
- Would you like to be the Node’s new Community Manager? by Joyce Yu
- #DanioDigest (March 2025) by Kevin Thiessen (Zebrafish Rock!)
- Exploring the Uncharted Waters of Endothelial Tip Cell Migration: A Story of Aquaporins, Hydrostatic Pressure, and Angiogenesis by Li-Kun Phng
- All the world’s a metabolic dance, and we are merely moving to the rhythm! by Shefali
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