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.
“Unconventional” posts from #DevMeeting23: Eusocial insects
Posted by Brent Foster, on 20 September 2023
“Unconventional” posts from #DevMeeting23: Plants
Posted by Brent Foster, on 20 September 2023
From Procko, Radin et al., 2022. “Dynamic calcium signals mediate the feeding response of the carnivorous sundew plant.” PNAS. More plant representatives For this postcard, I’ve selected Ivan’s talk about …“Unconventional” posts from #DevMeeting23: Early branching metazoa
Posted by Brent Foster, on 20 September 2023
On Monday we learned a bit about early branching animals, especially the cnidarians. One poster mentioned ongoing work in ctenophores. Note: I should point out that Nematostella wasn’t the only …“Unconventional” posts from #DevMeeting23: Origins of multicellularity (cont’d) & Organoids
Posted by Brent Foster, on 19 September 2023
“Unconventional” posts from #DevMeeting23: Origins of multicellularity
Posted by Brent Foster, on 18 September 2023
Introducing “unconventional posts,” a miniseries celebrating the “unconventional” experimental systems presented at #DevMeeting23. Each day I’ll upload handmade postcards spotlighting the breadth of unconventional systems shared in talks or posters …The science of the future
Posted by Dina Mikimoto, on 18 September 2023
When I was a child, I loved the movie “The Fifth Element”—the people working together with living beings from other planets, the space travel while you sleep, the queer clothes, …