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Tweaking a gene can remind cells of their ancient roots

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

What is this? A sea anemone stinging cell (F; left panel) and change in cell identity following the knockout of a gene called NvSox2 (G; right panel). How was this ...

BEE-ST – a technique for monitoring hard tissue development

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

What is this? BEE-ST (Bone and tEEth Spatio-Temporal growth monitoring) is a method to monitor mineralization dynamics across species. It is based on the intraperitoneal (abdominal cavity) administration of fluorescent ...

A flipbook of zebrafish embryogenesis

Posted by , on 3 January 2024

A 'flipbook' of zebrafish embryogenesis in the 1996 issue of Development.

Temperature, variability and the robustness of development

Posted by , on 29 December 2023

Find out the story behind the paper about temperature sensitivity across cell types in zebrafish embryos, from first author Mike Dorrity.

Join us for some end-of-year fun!

Posted by , on 21 December 2023

As we get to the end of 2023, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane, the three community sites of The Company of Biologists, would like say a massive thank you to ...

SciArt profile: Morag Lewis

Posted by , on 19 December 2023

Find out more more about Morag Lewis, the scientist behind the artwork 'Castle of Dreaming Dragons', which was chosen as the Judges' choice runner-up in the Node-BSDB virtual art exhibition. ...

Meeting report - “Genes, cells and embryos in development and evolution: Pere Alberch 25 years on”

Posted by , on 19 December 2023

I read the name of Pere Alberch for the first time while leafing through a collection of articles on Ecology and Evolution edited by the Universidad Autónoma de México [1]. ...

Japan SciCom Forum 2023 - an apprentice science writer finding a place to belong

Posted by , on 19 December 2023

In my previous article, I discussed the importance of joining communities and finding your crowd. Following my own advice, I have joined the Japan SciComm Forum, the community for English-speaking ...

"Here's looking at -oids, kid": meeting report – Vienna ISSCR symposium, December 2023

Posted by , on 19 December 2023

One does not easily pass up the opportunity to attend an ISSCR conference, especially when said conference is in Vienna, in the leadup to Christmas, and the venue is the ...

Bridge to Faculty Fellow - Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina

Posted by , on 16 December 2023

As part of the new Bridge to Faculty program at the University of South Carolina, the Department of Biological Sciences seeks a faculty fellow investigating fundamental concepts in Biology to ...

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