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It is summertime. I am eight years old and on summer break. I have been an early bird for as long as I can remember, and that morning I get out of bed at sunrise and run barefoot outside. I still vividly remember the smell of grass in the early morning and the chilly dew [...] The post Every seed mattered appeared first on the Node .

On 26 April, a sun-drenched country hotel in East Sussex set the stage for an intensive three-day workshop that brought together 30 leading metabolism researchers across cell biology, mitochondrial biology, developmental biology, cancer biology and systems biology. Organised by Lydia Finley and Wilhelm Palm, the meeting provided a forum for sharing unpublished findings, assessing the [...] The po…

With most first-year PhD students starting graduate programs this month, it seemed like a good time to address the most important dilemma faced by many incoming PhD students—how to choose rotation labs. Although perhaps obvious to those of us with some experience, many of the key factors are often overlooked by early career scientists. This [...] The post How to choose rotations and a dissertatio…

By: The FlyPower Team From July 27–28, 2026, the Institute of Biosciences at the University of São Paulo (IB-USP) hosted the FlyPower Meeting 2026, held as an official satellite event of the XXIII Congress of the Brazilian Society for Cell Biology (SBBC). Figure 1: FlyPower Meeting attendees at the Universidade de São Paulo. Bringing together [...] The post From Bench to Bedside: Highlights from …

A chance to win £200 by posting on the Node before 4 September The post Win £200 for your post on the Node appeared first on the Node .

Job offer: PhD contract (4 years) Cristian Cañestro’s lab offers a fully funded 4-year FPI PhD contract associated with our newly granted project PID2025-170547NB-I00, “Gene loss impact: evolution of cardioparaxial-neuromesodermal development and genome scrambling in Oikopleura dioica as a case study” (OikoLoss). The PhD will be carried out within the Genetics Doctoral Programme at [...] The post…

One limitation of comparative genomics and transcriptomics in understanding the origin of evolutionary novelties is that these approaches typically provide long (or short) lists of genes that differ among the species being compared, but they cannot distinguish causal mechanisms from subsequent adaptive outcomes. The former are most likely involved in the rewiring of gene regulatory [...] The post…

The adventure of a brave ENGAGE-Bio post-bac scholar at the MBL who set up a new sea cucumber species in the Perillo lab. The post A day in the life of a sea cucumber lab appeared first on the Node .

Comparative Developmental Biology Course at the MBL, October 2026 The post Comparative Developmental Biology Course at the MBL, October 2026 appeared first on the Node .

\ Limb development as a model for regulation and evolution of vertebrate form:  Fellowship position to investigate dynamics of Shh regulation and function. Mackem lab is recruiting for NIH-funded post-doc position in developmental morphogenesis to study the roles of Shh in vertebrate limb patterning (different digit types, numbers, adaptations) using molecular-genetic and genomic approaches.  Our…

We find out more about the winners of the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition. The post Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition appeared first on the Node .

A scientists we tend to move around a lot during our training period. Adjusting to new scientific and social environments can be challenging and intimidating but also exciting. Andrew Ramirez writes about navigating this process with the right mindset and some useful strategies. The post Help I’m a Scientist! — new article: Adjusting to new laboratories, scientific fields, and academic/social cul…

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The post May in preprints appeared first on the Node .

Ella Knüpling, Juliette Gracia and Jiaming Bi write about the 2026 Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium. The post Meeting report: 2026 Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium appeared first on the Node .