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In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration

Posted by , on 23 September 2025

Behind the paper stories from “A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration“ We are all stepping into a story where evolution, development, and regeneration converge in ...

It’s about who you know, not what you know. Uh Oh.

Posted by , on 21 September 2025

When I attended my first networking event, I felt like I was sticking out like a sore thumb, but the thumb gets sorer and sorer and eventually the whole hand ...

Hungary offers a dire warning about what is happening in the U.S.

Posted by , on 18 September 2025

I work at Northwestern University where all of our NIH funding has been frozen since March. I am increasingly concerned that too few of my fellow scientists are paying enough ...

August in preprints

Posted by , on 16 September 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research - Next Generation Fellowship

Posted by , on 10 September 2025

The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research (CTR) was founded in 2007 as a Centre of excellence to promote scientific study of the placenta, early development and maternal-fetal interactions during pregnancy. ...

The Next Great Symbiosis:

Posted by , 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 ...

An interview with BSDB Beddington medal winner Rory Maizels

Posted by , 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 , 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 ...

SciArt profile: Kathryn Garner

Posted by , on 22 August 2025

In this SciArt profile, we meet Kathryn Garner, whose passion for art and science has been linked throughout her life as she discovered her passion for science through her art. ...

Vote for your favourite image from the MBL Embryology course

Posted by , on 19 August 2025

Browse through the gallery of the 20 images and vote for your favourite by Wednesday 3 September.

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