The Node correspondents
At the beginning of 2023, we appointed our first three correspondents, Alexandra Bisia, Brent Foster and Dina Mikimoto. In 2024, we welcome three new Node correspondents, Alex Neaverson, James Zwierzynski and Shreyasi Mukherjee. We are looking forward to working with them throughout the year and we hope you enjoy reading their posts on a range of topics.
Non-model organisms: weird critters and the people who study them
Posted by Alexandra Bisia, on 29 January 2024
By Brent Foster and Alexandra Bisia When the two of us, Brent and Alex, started our Node correspondent positions early last year, we both expressed an interest in non-model organisms …Online vs in-person conferences: advantages, disadvantages and why we need both
Posted by Dina Mikimoto, on 15 January 2024
All flavours of a conference – in-person, online, or maybe hybrid? Thinking back to my first conference, it was a confusing experience for me. It happened well into my PhD …BEE-ST – a technique for monitoring hard tissue development
Posted by Alexandra Bisia, 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 …Japan SciCom Forum 2023 – an apprentice science writer finding a place to belong
Posted by Dina Mikimoto, 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 Alexandra Bisia, 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 …Developmental biologists tackle biodiversity, peer review, climate change in annual Development meeting
Posted by Brent Foster, on 24 October 2023
Of the 10 million or so species that make up Earth’s biosphere, the majority of biological discoveries in the 20th century were made in just six organisms. Statistically representative? I …