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Catch up on Development presents… webinar on the environment and evolution
Posted by the Node, on 29 January 2026
Our January webinar featured two early-career researchers working on development, evolution and the environment. Here, we share the talks from Chee Kiang (Ethan) Ewe (Tel Aviv University) and Max Farnworth …Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas”
Posted by Alejo Torres Cano, on 28 January 2026
Behind the paper story from Alejo Torres Cano on their recent paper describing how spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas.Lab meeting with the Ditadi lab
Posted by the Node, on 27 January 2026
Meet the Ditadi lab, based at the Ospedale San Raffaele, as part of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, in the north-east corner of Milan, Italy.Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology
Posted by Helena Jambor, on 26 January 2026
or, Why all biologists needs data visualization Biology probes form and function of Life. Form is easy to grasp: cells under a microscope, subcellular structures in electron micrographs, or organisms …Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease
Posted by Nivedita Mukherjee, on 21 January 2026
Reflections from The Company of Biologists Workshop on ‘Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease’ by Nivedita Mukherjee and Mateus de Oliveira Lisboa.The hard truth about how hard it is to publish in Development
Posted by the Node, on 20 January 2026
Every researcher knows the anticipation and trepidation that come with submitting a paper to a journal. Years of effort have been distilled into a few thousand words and a handful …December in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 19 January 2026
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research in Cambridge launch registration for the 2026 Annual Meeting, themed ‘Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation’
Posted by ERIN SLATERY, on 19 January 2026
The 2026 Loke CTR annual meeting theme, “Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation” brings together leading clinical and basic scientists to explore topics including the interplay of environment, genetics and epigenetics …What a Gene Regulatory Network Is — and What It Is Not !
Posted by Pedro Martinez, on 13 January 2026
Pedro Martinez. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona Gene Regulatory Networks: An Introduction and Their Historical and Conceptual Context. The concept of a gene regulatory network has, …The health impacts of microplastics are studied using a Xenopus amphibian model.
Posted by Jacques Robert, on 12 January 2026
Our study using Xenopus carries substantial significance, raising developmental immunotoxicity (DIT) concerns not only for aquatic vertebrates but also for human health.Subscribe to our mailing list
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