Welcome to the Node
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.
Recent posts
Catch up on Development presents… webinar on gene regulation
Posted by the Node, on 11 September 2025
Catch up on the Development presents… gene regulation webinar, featuring talks from two of Development’s PI fellows.Results from the MBL Embryology course image competition
Posted by the Node, on 9 September 2025
This year brought the return of our image competition with the MBL Embryology course at Woods Hole. Twenty impressive submissions were received from the 2025 cohort of students, with images ranging …The Next Great Symbiosis:
Posted by Gene Levinson, on 9 September 2025
How a Biological Principle is Guiding the Human-AI Partnership Summary: For decades, we’ve used computational metaphors for the brain (it’s like a computer!). But what if the most powerful metaphor …Early embryos develop… and eliminate threats
Posted by Esteban Hoijman, on 4 September 2025
We recently discovered that early embryos can eliminate bacterial infections before immune cells are formed. Take a look at the dynamics of our first encounter with microbes.Geometry first: how positional cues dictate fate in bilayered epithelia
Posted by Robin Journot, on 4 September 2025
Behind the paper story focussed on research on early fate decisions in bilayered epithelia.Introducing Ingrid – the New Reviews Editor for Development
Posted by Ingrid Tsang, on 3 September 2025
Hi there, I’m Ingrid and I’m very happy to be introducing myself as the new Reviews Editor for Development. I will mainly be working behind-the-scenes with authors to commission and …Development presents… gut development
Posted by the Node, on 3 September 2025
Join us in mid-September to hear from three early-career researchers working on different aspects of gut development. Chaired by Development’s Executive Editor, Alex Eve.Call for papers – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells
Posted by the Node, on 2 September 2025
Development, host of the Node, invites you to submit your latest research to our upcoming Special Issue – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells. This issue will …An interview with BSDB Beddington medal winner Rory Maizels
Posted by the Node, on 2 September 2025
The 2025 BSDB Beddington Medal winner was Rory Maizels, who completed his PhD with James Briscoe at the Francis Crick Institute in London, UK. In this interview, we hear about …The Node Time Machine – August 2010
Posted by Joyce Yu, on 27 August 2025
At the end of each month, I pick the same month from a random year from the past 15 years of the Node, and take a look at what people …Subscribe to our mailing list
Weekly digests highlighting our latest blog posts and job adverts
Read the latest Development issue
Do you have something to share?
From behind the paper stories, meetings reports, to featured resources, we have a list of the different series on the Node that your story might fit into. We also welcome any type of content relevant to the developmental and stem cell biology community.
The Node Network
Join our global directory of developmental and stem cell biologists
Most-read posts in August
Our sister community sites
Grants from The Company of Biologists
Development presents…
Watch the recordings from our webinar featuring two of Development’s PI fellows working on gene regulation.
Development presents… webinars
You can view all the previous Development presents… talks on-demand
Development presents… mailing list
Subscribe to the Development presents… mailing list to receive details about upcoming webinars as they are announced.