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May in preprints

Posted by , on 1 June 2018

Welcome to our monthly trawl for preprints in developmental biology (plus those hopefully relevant for developmental biologists). May featured the usual catch of fascinating and beautiful work across the spectrum ...

The people behind the papers - Pauline Anne & Christian Hardtke

Posted by , on 25 May 2018

Short CLE peptides regulate a wide variety of processes during plant development. In the developing root, the receptors and co-receptors for CLEs have remained largely unclear, as have the relationships ...

The story of my PhD…

Posted by , on 25 May 2018

(Chapter II – The Travelling Fellowship)   Hi! My name is André Dias and I am a PhD student in Portugal. I work in a wonderful institute called Instituto Gulbenkian ...

A long (microbial) journey…

Posted by , on 24 May 2018

In this post, Prof. Genoveva F. Esteban (Bournemouth University) goes hunting for protozoa at a Company of Biologists Workshop   This is the story of a journey that started a few ...

Vote for a Development cover from the Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 23 May 2018

***We have a winner: go to https://thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-a-development-cover-we-have-a-winner/photo/***     In January, students from across the Americas gathered in Chile to participate in the International Course on Developmental Biology, an EMBO ...

The people behind the papers - Cathy Pichol-Thievend, Natasha Harvey & Mathias Francois

Posted by , on 22 May 2018

The vertebrate lymphatic vascular network provides crucial circulatory and immune functions but its developmental origin has been a contentious issue, in particular the question of whether lymphatic endothelial cells have ...

From basic questions to exciting findings

Posted by , on 21 May 2018

In this post we report the backstories behind our recently published paper. It was an enjoyable research adventure driven by discussions, readings, exciting experiments and unexpected discoveries. As a result, ...

The people behind the papers - Samira Benhamouche-Trouillet, Evan O’Loughlin & Andrea McClatchey

Posted by , on 21 May 2018

Intrahepatic bile ducts (IHBDs) are epithelial tubular structures that transport bile from the liver to the intestine, but the molecules and mechanisms controlling IHBD morphogenesis have remained largely unclear. A a ...

Announcing Visegrad Group Society for Developmental Biology (V4SDB) Inaugural Meeting - Registration now open!

Posted by , on 17 May 2018

  Registration for the Inaugural Meeting of the Visegrad Group Society for Developmental Biology is now open!   When? – 7th-9th September 2018 (free student specific events beginning 6th September) ...

Reviews Editor for the journal Development

Posted by , on 17 May 2018

We are currently seeking applications for the role of Reviews Editor for the journal Development, our flagship journal for the developmental biology and stem cell community. This is a permanent, ...

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