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Postnatal neurodevelopment: Inside out or the reverse?
Posted by Xuanmao Chen, on 12 March 2025
The people behind the papers – Juan Yang and Xuanmao Chen In mammalian embryos, brains develop from the inside out, with younger neurons moving to the outer layers in a …Vote for your favourite image in the Node–FocalPlane image competition
Posted by the Node, on 11 March 2025
Browse through the gallery of the 15 shortlisted images and vote for your favourite image by Wednesday 26 March.3rd Crick Beddington Symposium: Somites get lost without Hox keeping time
Posted by Alex Neaverson, on 7 March 2025
The 3rd Crick-Beddington Symposium, in memory of Rosa Beddington FRS (1956-2001), took place on 10th-11th February at the Francis Crick Institute, London. Rather than providing a broad summary of the …ISSCR Neural Stem Cell Symposium: Discover New Research and Connect with Scientists in Athens, Greece
Posted by Hunter Reed, on 6 March 2025
Join us in Athens 3-4 April 2025 for an unforgettable symposium, as global leaders in stem cell research come together to explore groundbreaking advancements in neural stem cells. From development …SciArt profile: Harsh Kapoor
Posted by the Node, on 6 March 2025
In this SciArt profile, we meet Harsh Kapoor, who has a background in genetics and molecular biology, but decided to switch gears from doing a PhD to starting his own …Fish, Frogs, Friends, Lend me your Ears.
Posted by Mathi Thiruppathy, on 6 March 2025
Humans and other tetrapods evolved from aquatic fish. In making this leap, tetrapods evolved lungs to breathe air and lost respiratory gills. It is tempting to intuit that lungs evolved …IMCBio Master – Integrative Biological Sciences, a new MSc opening in September 2025, is recruiting!
Posted by Sophie Jarriault, on 6 March 2025
Applications to the new Master in Integrative Biological Sciences (iBioS) are opened Dear student, You are currently finishing, or already have, a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences? You are highly …Human brain development on a vacation island
Posted by Dosh Whye, on 5 March 2025
The island of Capri, lying south of Naples and West of Sorrento, is an Italian vacation destination known for its exquisite views and extravagant luxury shopping. So, it may come …Job opportunity: Reviews Editor on Development
Posted by Katherine Brown, on 5 March 2025
As well as looking for the next Executive Editor for Development, we are also recruiting a Reviews Editor on the journal. If you love developmental biology but don’t want to …February in preprints
Posted by the Node, on 4 March 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 …Subscribe to our mailing list
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Most-read posts in February
- Deforming Nuclei: a way to move through the crowd! by Mariana Maia-Gil
- SciArt profile: B. Duygu Özpolat
- First issues – publishing developmental biology through the decades by Alex Eve
- Building Bridges Between Biology and Physics: Insights from a Workshop on Early Embryonic Cell Divisions by Irene Li, Magdalena Schindler and Isaac Wong
- The Arterial Maze: Unveiling the Origin of Pial Collaterals in Mouse Brain by Swarnadip Ghosh & Soumyashree Das
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