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Fish, Frogs, Friends, Lend me your Ears.

Posted by , on 6 March 2025

Humans and other tetrapods evolved from aquatic fish. In making this leap, tetrapods evolved lungs to breathe air and lost respiratory gills. It is tempting to intuit that lungs evolved ...

Human brain development on a vacation island

Posted by , on 5 March 2025

The island of Capri, lying south of Naples and West of Sorrento, is an Italian vacation destination known for its exquisite views and extravagant luxury shopping. So, it may come ...

February in preprints

Posted by , on 4 March 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 ...

#DanioDigest (November 2024 thru January 2025)

Posted by , on 3 March 2025

An easily-consumable recap of the latest happenings in the #zebrafish community! Use these links below to get to the section you want: Community news Zebrafish careers Publications Preprints Reviews Protocols ...

ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting: Where Scientific Discoveries, Biotech Innovations, and Clinical Breakthroughs Converge

Posted by , on 2 March 2025

The ISSCR Annual Meeting, taking place in Hong Kong on 11-14 June, is a gathering of the brightest minds in stem cell research and regenerative medicine across geographies and disciplines. ...

The Node Time Machine – February 2011

Posted by , on 27 February 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 ...

Are you the recipient of a Travelling Fellowship? Tell us your story

Posted by , on 27 February 2025

Did you know that The Company of Biologists’ journals –  Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology and Disease Models & Mechanisms – offer Travelling Fellowships to early-career researchers (graduate students and ...

Join us as an intern working across the Node, preLights & FocalPlane

Posted by , on 26 February 2025

The Company of Biologists is looking for one or more interns, through the BBSRC DTP/PIPS or equivalent schemes, to work on our community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. ...

Developmental timing across species | EMBO Workshop | 6-9 May

Posted by , on 25 February 2025

Join us at the EMBO Workshop “EvoDevoTempo – Developmental Timing Across Species: From Mechanisms to Evolutionary Insights”. Topics will include theoretical modelling, metabolism, and evolutionary biology, thus bringing a uniquely ...

New correspondents for the Node – welcome!

Posted by , on 24 February 2025

Let’s welcome the three new Node correspondents – Dosh Whye, Mariia Golden and Shefali! We look forward to working with them to bring you a wide range of content and ...

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