++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

👋In this month's editorial, we introduce a Collection of articles in the area of #StemCell - based #embryo models. The collection will be updated as we publish new content. 👉Read here: rdcu.be/frN7h www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Emoticons: E9.5 mouse embryo sections through otocyst, hindbrain and pharyngeal endoderm resemble eyes, nose, and smile of an emoticon. 📸 Image credit: Ankita Thawani (Baylor College of Medicine) #FluorescenceFriday #Embryology #DevelopmentalBiology #Microscopy #ScienceArt✨ 🧬

Really lucky I got to attend the @bsdb.bsky.social spring meeting - Molecules to Morphogenesis. (Despite getting a cold on day 1 🙈) I got to hear incredible science, meet great people, and came away with a head full of ideas I can’t wait to test in the lab! #BSDB 🧪

Delighted to introduce KELPE: mESCs with two insulated genomic landing pads, which we use to generate new synNotch and PUFFFIN neighbour-labelling lines. They were named after kelpies, creatures from Scottish folklore, and they look pretty on a kelpie micropattern! #DevBio #SynBio

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KELPE: knock-in exchangeable dual landing pad embryonic stem cells enable efficient screening of synthetic gene circuits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.22.713470v1

📢 BioImagingUK Community Meeting 2026 is GO! 📅 12 Oct | 10:00–17:00 📍 Natural History Museum, London ✅ Free to attend (lunch included!) Careers, funding, community updates & more Travel bursaries for techs & ECRs — apply by 8 May Register👇 LINK in comments #Bioimaging

✨Development from the tail up 🦎 Gecko embryo tail glowing with HNK1 🟢 and DAPI 🔵 under the microscope 🔬 Proof that even the tail end of an embryo can be fabulous. 📸 Image by Maria Elena de Ballard #FluorescenceFriday

Visit our fully accessible journal archive, providing perpetual access to 34k articles from over a century of pioneering research in developmental biology, cell biology, comparative physiology and biomechanics, including work from 60+ Nobel Prize-winners bit.ly/3PfIjib

What a great feeling; to see the latest issue of @jcellsci.bsky.social featuring interviews from two fantastic scientists *after* I had the fortune of hearing their keynote lectures at the #biologists100 conference! #conferencing is really the best way to feel part of the scientific community! 🧪

Journal of Cell Science@jcellsci.bsky.social · last yr.

Also in Issue 6: - Science under siege Editorial - Interviews with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz and Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social - Cell biology meets climate resilience - Fibronectin matrix assembly at a glance - Cell compression Review journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

It's the moment you've all been waiting for... Invertebrate of the year voting is now open! 🗳️ Who will be your winner? theguardian.com/invertebrateoftheyear25

🎉Congratulations to the Top 3 images from the Node–FocalPlane image competition! 1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social 2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social 3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/results-from... @focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100

Send us your science images and art of embryos, organoids or stem cells! The YEN2025 Image Competition celebrates the beauty and complexity of developmental biology. Follow us to vote for the best entries between 2nd-16th May.

Day 2 of #biologists100! My poster is up, please visit #252 on Wednesday! But until then, more interviews await 👩🏾‍💼🎤🔬

Over the next few days at #biologists100, try to catch @joyceyu.bsky.social with the Node's polaroid frame 📸 We'd love to promote you and your research: write your name and key words of things you're passionate about, and smile! 😃 Here's an example from our reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social #Wnt3

We are ready for much science! The amazing Dr Jen Annoh @jens-cells.bsky.social will be the roving reporter for @the-node.bsky.social during #Biologists100. Watch out for her posts 🕵️‍♀️🧪🔬😀

The most deserving winner of the 2025 Tickle Medal is Muzlifah Haniffa! bsdb.org/2025/03/24/2...

Congratulations to our 2025 Raff PhD medal winner @impeiyee.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social bscb.org/bscb-phd-awa...

Congratulations @helenweavers.bsky.social 2025 Women in Cell Biology Early Career medal winner

🧪 Happy #conference Day Everyone and Welcome to #biologists100! I’ll be reporting on fantastic science for @the-node.bsky.social so if you see me with a microphone, please come say hi!

I’m excited to attend the @biologists.bsky.social Biologists@100 next week. With @prelights.bsky.social, I’m collating a preList of all preprints at the conference. If you’re coming with a #preprint of your own, make sure I don’t miss it here: forms.gle/JYiTFj8iSUcT... #biologists100

I absolutely love this beginners guide to scientific conferences by @jens-cells.bsky.social. It's not only useful for beginners either- there is lots of great advice even for those of us who have been attending conferences since the last millenium. thenode.biologists.com/the-beginner...

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The Beginners Guide to Scientific Conferences

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Not long until #biologists100! We made a short video with @prelights.bsky.social & @focalplane.bsky.social to guide you through the practicalities of the conference: 🎥 thenode.biologists.com/a-practical-... And if this is your first time attending a conference, check out Jen's useful guide 👇

Jen Annoh@jens-cells.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪Attending your first scientific #conference? Thinking about what to pack, or just looking to make sure you prepared all the essentials? Have a look at The Beginner’s Guide to Scientific Conferences I got to publish for @the-node.bsky.social, out now! ☺️☺️ thenode.biologists.com/the-beginner...

🧪Attending your first scientific #conference? Thinking about what to pack, or just looking to make sure you prepared all the essentials? Have a look at The Beginner’s Guide to Scientific Conferences I got to publish for @the-node.bsky.social, out now! ☺️☺️ thenode.biologists.com/the-beginner...

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The Beginners Guide to Scientific Conferences

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Attending #biologists100 in Liverpool? We’ve put together a pre-conference recording together with @the-node.bsky.social and @prelights.bsky.social. And @jens-cells.bsky.social has published a general conference guide on the Node to help you prep! focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/17/b...

Biologists @ 100 video guide - FocalPlane

Biologists @ 100 video guide - News

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A very hard decision 🙈 but choosing a favourite will help them feature at #biologists100!!

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · last yr.

Voting is open in our image competition with @the-node.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone that entered, and congratulations to our final 15. Now it's your turn to pick your favourite! Look out for our gallery of images at the Biologists @ 100 conference #biologists100.

Cells “speed date” to find their perfect neighbors when forming tissues. This marks a pivotal step in creating functional organs, like in this early heart development illustrated in a fly larvae. Learn more: www.cell.com/biophysj/ful... @timesaunders.bsky.social @biophysj.bsky.social

With less than 2 weeks to go to #biologists100, I’ve been thinking about what to pack - and how to bring my poster! What are the must-have items you never attend without? Are you Team Poster Tube or Team Canvas? Help first-timers prepare! #AcademicTravel#SciComm #ConferenceTips@the-node.bsky.social

Ever heard of scientific 'Photo Gallery' articles? 📷🧪 I hadn't either—until the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America asked me to make one! Love this concept of visual storytelling. Let’s gooo! ✨ #SciArt esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!! It was my first time celebrating by marching for women’s rights and safety, and the most memorable by far!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! To celebrate, we're sharing photos of some of the talented and dedicated women who work across IRR as researchers, technicians, students and professional service staff. We're very proud to work alongside you all!