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Two years of the Node Network

Posted by , on 25 January 2022

In January 2020 we launched the Node Network and now, two years later, we are delighted to announce that we have over 1000 members from 44 different countries. Read on ...

‘Not birth, marriage or death, but gastrulation’: the life of a quotation in biology

Posted by , on 24 January 2022

Developmental biologists might be interested in a just-published article about Lewis Wolpert’s famous saying, ‘“Not birth, marriage or death but gastrulation”: the life of a quotation in biology’. The piece ...

#devbiolbookclub

Posted by , on 20 January 2022

Howdy all, As promised, here's a post with book recommendations for developmental biologists.

SciArt profile: Diego Galagovsky

Posted by , on 17 January 2022

In our first SciArt profile of 2022, we hear from Diego Galagovsky, a postdoc with a passion for using cartoons to communicate science.

Science visualization trends of 2021

Posted by , on 10 January 2022

What are the top 10 science visualization trends of 2021? I summarize ten notable changes I've seen in science figures in the past year.

December in preprints

Posted by , on 5 January 2022

Welcome to our monthly collection of preprints on developmental and stem cell biology (and related fields). The list includes a number of more unusual model organisms including squirrels, hippos, the ...

RNAi biology during intragenomic conflict and speciation

Posted by , on 4 January 2022

The Eric Lai lab at Sloan-Kettering Institute (NYC) has positions available under a newly funded NIH-R01 to address exciting and fundamental questions in small RNA biology, meiotic and chromosome conflicts, ...

Community Manager for Microscopy Community Site FocalPlane

Posted by , on 4 January 2022

Journal of Cell Science and its publisher The Company of Biologists are seeking to appoint a new Community Manager to run our microscopy community website, FocalPlane. Launched in 2020, FocalPlane ...

2021 in numbers

Posted by , on 31 December 2021

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Node in 2021. We hope you have enjoyed interacting with the site over the past year.

Uncovering the Regenerative Capacity of Araneus diadematus

Posted by , on 25 December 2021

Regeneration is the mechanism by which a species can restore damaged or missing cells, tissues, organs, or body parts. Different living organisms have vastly differing regenerative capabilities. Humans, while capable ...

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