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Announcement of a new evo-devo book, Evolution Evolving
Posted by Scott Gilbert, on 2 January 2025
Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity Kevin H. Lala, Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marcus W. Feldman and Scott F. Gilbert Princeton University Press, 2024. evolutionevolving.org. Some of …Genetics Society – Communicating Your Science workshop
Posted by the Node, on 31 December 2024
Closing date: midnight 10th January 2025 This is a residential workshop at Chicheley Hall on 2nd- 4th April 2025. An important part of science is getting your results and ideas across to …2024: that’s a wrap!
Posted by the Node, on 28 December 2024
With almost 200 posts published on the Node in 2024, below are just a few of our highlights. Have you read a Node post that you really enjoyed this year? …Vote for the 2024 Development cover image of the year
Posted by the Node, on 27 December 2024
Over the past 12 months, Development has featured 24 cover images. Now, it’s your chance to pick your favourite! To find out more about each cover image, you can visit …Catch up on Development presents… December webinar on gene regulation
Posted by the Node, on 23 December 2024
Catch up on the Development presents… November webinar, featuring talks from Madalena M. Reimão Pinto and Gabriel Aughey.Minipigs get stem cell transplants to treat blindness
Posted by Joyce Yu, on 20 December 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Millions of people around the world are affected by retinal degenerative diseases. In most cases, loss of vision is caused by damage to the macula, a region in …Become a Node correspondent
Posted by the Node, on 17 December 2024
Enthusiastic about science communication and looking for a chance to broaden your writing experience alongside your research activities? We would like to appoint three correspondents who will play a key …Peer review – why we need it and what we need
Posted by Katherine Brown, on 16 December 2024
Hopefully some of you will have seen the recent editorial in Development on our approach to peer review. If you haven’t read it yet, please do take a look. In …The Node Network
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Most-read posts in November
- Please, show me your boundaries by Irene Karapidaki, Béryl Laplace-Builhé and Michalis Averof
- New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances by Margot Smit
- No such thing as a standard career path
- Reverse development in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi by Joan-Josep Soto Angel and Pawel Burkhardt
- Don’t eat me!! by Cecilia Pessoa
- Behind the paper: A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae by Jaruwatana Sodai Lotharukpong
- The SEBD turns 30 years old! by Sociedad Española Biologia Desarrollo
- Trans Perspectives in Academia
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