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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. From the flicker of a dividing cell to the sweeping arc of evolutionary adaptation, metabolism drives cell behavior and shapes …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! …Lab meeting with the Davies Lab
Posted by the Node, on 22 April 2025
Meet the Davies Lab, based in the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh.Take part in our survey and help shape the Node’s future
Posted by the Node, on 22 April 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 …Lab Meeting with the Phng Lab
Posted by the Node, on 14 April 2025
Meet the Phng Lab, based at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan. The lab is interested in vascular morphogenesis and, in particular, endothelial cell mechanobiology.Essay competition: Innovative ideas for the future of sustainable events
Posted by Teodora Andreea Rinciog, on 11 April 2025
The Company of Biologists is organising an essay competition entitled “Innovative Ideas for the Future of Sustainable Events”. Participants are invited to write an essay of maximum 1000 words to …Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano: the Node–FocalPlane image competition
Posted by the Node, on 10 April 2025
We find out more about the story behind Allan Carrillo-Baltodano’s image, which was one of the runners-up in the competition.YEN 2025 abstract submission closes this week! | YEN Image Competition Announcement
Posted by Matyas Bubna-Litic, on 9 April 2025
Abstract submission to the Young Embryologist Network Conference closes this week on the 13th April 2025. Please share! This is a great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs working on differentiation, stem cells, embryonic …#DanioDigest (March 2025)
Posted by Kevin Thiessen, on 8 April 2025
An easily-consumable recap of the latest happenings in the #zebrafish community! Use these links below to get to the section you want: Community news Zebrafish careers Publications Preprints Reviews Protocols …March in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 4 April 2025
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv and arXiv – use these links below to …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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