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Lab meeting with the Ríos-Barrera lab
Posted by the Node, on 13 June 2024
Meet the Rios-Barrera lab, based in UNAM, Mexico City. The lab uses the Drosophila respiratory system to study the sub- and supracellular mechanisms of morphogenesis.Catch up on Development presents… June webinar on brain development
Posted by the Node, on 12 June 2024
Catch up on the Development presents… webinar on 5 June.Ascidian embryonic cells offer clues to the evolutionary origin of vertebrate neural crest cells and neuromesodermal progenitors
Posted by Tasuku Ishida, on 11 June 2024
Read the story behind the paper “Ascidian embryonic cells with properties of neural-crest cells and neuromesodermal progenitors of vertebrates”.May in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 7 June 2024
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 …SciArt profile: Gabriela Krejčová
Posted by the Node, on 6 June 2024
In this SciArt profile, we meet Gabriela Krejčová, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, who enjoys making nature-inspired jewellery. Can you tell us about your …Development presents… June webinar on mechanics and morphogenesis
Posted by the Node, on 5 June 2024
Hear from three early-carrer researchers studying mechanics and morphogenesis. Chaired by James Wells.Travel awards available for PhD students to attend Neurofly2024
Posted by Alicia Hidalgo, on 3 June 2024
Neurofly2024 is the main conference on neurobiology of Drosophila, taking place every 2 years, and has been rotating across Europe for the last 40 years. The Company of Biologists Travel …Ancient origin of the vertebrate sympathetic nervous system
Posted by BEdens, on 1 June 2024
A recent paper “Neural crest origin of sympathetic neurons at the dawn of vertebrates” challenges the prevailing dogma that the sympathetic ganglia arose only in jawed vertebrates. Instead, based on …First Sy(Stem)s Developmental Biology Lab Picture
Posted by Elena Camacho Aguilar, on 31 May 2024
I can’t believe it has been six months since I started this adventure as a group leader at the Center for Developmental Biology. Since then, few (but also lots of) …Lab meeting with the Nagy lab
Posted by the Node, on 30 May 2024
Meet the Nagy Lab, based at the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. The lab uses the avian embryo to study the development of the enteric nervous system and gut-associated lymphoid organogenesis.The Node Network
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- And how would you rate your current pain and fatigue? It’s a Tuesday. by Sharna Lunn
- Developing preprints in developmental biology by Sandra Franco-Iborra, Pablo Ranea-Robles, Lonni Besancon & Jonathon Alexis Coates
- SciArt profile: Philipp Dexheimer
- A workshop to enhance thinking about and communicating research – a planktonic perspective. by Elizabeth A. Williams & Gemma Anderson-Tempini
- How do jellyfish regenerate their tentacles? by Yuichiro Nakajima
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The webinar in May 2024 celebrated the winners of Development’s 2023 Outstanding Paper Prize. Catch up on the recordings of the talks from the authors of the two winning papers.
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