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First issues – culture most fowl

Posted by , on 11 February 2025

This post is part of our ‘first issues’ series on the Node – looking at some of the papers, and the researchers behind them, that appeared in the first issues ...

Orphan nuclear receptors: individual and collective roles in mouse development

Posted by , on 10 February 2025

The elusive importance of NR5A2 and ESRRB as pluripotency factors Our paper entitled “Nr5a2 is dispensable for zygotic genome activation but essential for morula development” is the culmination of a ...

First issues – publishing developmental biology through the decades

Posted by , on 10 February 2025

In the latest issue of Development, you can read about the journal's history since launching as Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology (JEEM) in 1953 (Eve, 2025).

Developing news — what are people talking about on Bluesky

Posted by , on 6 February 2025

We’re only just over a month into 2025, and lots have happened already. In this ‘Developing news’ post, we’ve collated a few Bluesky posts about topics that have been on ...

January in preprints

Posted by , on 5 February 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 ...

BBSRC-funded position to study resolution of inflammation

Posted by , on 4 February 2025

A BBSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available (18 months) to study resolution of inflammation using the Drosophila model is available in the Evans lab. We are looking for an ...

Deforming Nuclei: a way to move through the crowd!

Posted by , on 3 February 2025

In their recent paper, Maia-Gil and colleagues explored whether and how nuclear properties can influence nuclear positioning in vivo. Their work revealed that in the densely packed retinal zebrafish neuroepithelium, ...

YEN 2025 Conference: Registration is open!

Posted by , on 30 January 2025

Register now for the Young Embryologist Network meeting – Monday 19 May 2025 at the Francis Crick Institute. Are you an early career researcher in developmental and stem cell biology? ...

News from Development: January 2025

Posted by , on 22 January 2025

Development's January newsletter includes the Biologists @ 100 conference, Pathway to Independence programme and 'Lifelong Development' special issue call for papers.

Technician or Technical Assistant position in stem cell biology

Posted by , on 21 January 2025

The Lengefeld laboratory is working on understanding how the failure to regenerate tissue with age is a major health issue. A contributor to this decline is the loss of stem ...

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