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The Node is a place to read, write and interact with a global community of developmental and stem cell biologists. This is your site: once you’ve registered, you can freely share your blog post, job advert or event notice with the community.

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Hello from Alex (reprise)

Posted by , on 13 May 2025

About 6.5 years ago now, I wrote my first post for the Node, ‘Hello from Alex‘, introducing myself as a new Reviews Editor for Development. I was thrilled by the …
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Biologists @ 100: a blueprint for interdisciplinary meetings

Posted by , on 12 May 2025

I was excited to be in Liverpool for the Biologists @ 100 meeting this past March. Not only is a meeting organised by The Company of Biologists always guaranteed to …

From Shifting Skies to Toxic Tides: A Tale of Flies & Flux #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 12 May 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we will get to know insights from Dr. Lautaro Gandara, who …

Nano Injections, Big Discoveries: The Journey to Map Neural and Inner Ear Lineages

Posted by , on 8 May 2025

Co-authored by Sandra de Haan and Jingyan He In our recently published paper ‘Ectoderm barcoding reveals neural and cochlear compartmentalization‘, we utilized ultrasound-guided in utero nano injections to deliver heritable DNA barcodes …

New Framework Aims to Eliminate Sex Bias in Preclinical Research

Posted by , on 7 May 2025

An important new resource for researchers, reviewers, and funders has been developed with major contributions from the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell. A group of researchers and policy leaders …

The end of an era

Posted by , 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 , on 6 May 2025

Talks from the first authors of Development’s outstanding paper prize finalists.

April in preprints

Posted by , 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 , 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 , 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 …

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Updated on 1 May 2025