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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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Minipigs get stem cell transplants to treat blindness

Posted by , 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 …
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Become a Node correspondent

Posted by , 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 , 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 …

Behind the paper: “Temporal variability and cell mechanics control robustness in mammalian embryogenesis”

Posted by , on 15 December 2024

The massive presence of disorder and variability challenges the traditional metaphor of the developmental process as a perfectly executed program leading to precise mechanisms at every level [1,2]. Yet, the …

The mechanics of crocodile head scale development

Posted by , on 11 December 2024

Rory L. Cooper, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh & Michel C. Milinkovitch Laboratory of Artificial and Natural Evolution (LANE), Geneva, Switzerlandhttps://www.lanevol.org From the hard, protective scales of reptiles to the soft, insulating fur …

November in preprints

Posted by , on 10 December 2024

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 Resource: Gene Expression Database (GXD)

Posted by , on 5 December 2024

Find out more about the Gene Expression Database (GXD), a community resource that collects and integrates mouse gene expression data generated by biomedical researchers worldwide.

Join us at the Biologists @ 100 conference early-career researcher event

Posted by , on 4 December 2024

 The Biologists @ 100 conference, happening 24-27 March 2025 in Liverpool, UK, will have a dedicated half-day event specifically for early-career researchers.

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Updated on 19 December 2024