The Node at 15 – Then and now with Joachim Goedhart We got in touch with prolific authors of the Node over the past 15 years to revisit the posts they've written for us and see what they’re up to now. First up is @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social: thenode.biologists.com/the-node-at-...

The Node at 15 - Then and now with Joachim Goedhart - the Node

The Node is 15 years old this year! We thought it’d be fun to get in touch with prolific authors of the Node over the past 15 years, revisit the posts

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As we turn 15, we want to collect feedback from you, our community, to ensure the Node is still relevant and useful. If you’ve ever visited the Node to read, write and interact with the #DevBio & #StemCell community, thank you! Please spare 5min to take our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/7QHYQCW

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're turning 15 this year🥳The past and present Community Managers got together to chat about what it's like working at the Node, and what they've been doing since: @easternblot.bsky.social @catcvicente.bsky.social @aidanmaartens.bsky.social @helenzsci.bsky.social @joyceyu.bsky.social #biologists100

A conversation with the Node Community Managers, past and present - the Node

To mark the 15th birthday of the Node, the past and present Community Managers of the Node got together to chat about what it's like working at the Node, and how this job has influenced their subseque...

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🏗️ How to build a community site for developmental biologists As our publisher @biologists.bsky.social celebrates its 100th birthday this year, the Node is celebrating turning 15! #biologists100 #DevBio #community Here, we take you through the steps of how the Node was built from scratch:

How to build a community site for developmental biologists - the Node

What did it take to build a community site from scratch? What even is a community site? Follow along to find out how the Node was born.

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Pre-conference run ✅ All ready for #biologists100! Happy to chat about @the-node.bsky.social, @dev-journal.bsky.social, and @biologists.bsky.social

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...

🧪Getting ready for #biologists100; what’s the best way to prepare? 🤔 Conference Survival Guide Needed! 📝 If you could give ONE piece of advice to a first-time attendee, what would it be? Let’s help the newcomers thrive! ✨ #SciComm #ConferenceTips #AcademicLife #AcademicSky @the-node.bsky.social

📢Let’s welcome the new Node correspondents – @sciwhye23.bsky.social, @iamshef.bsky.social and Mariia Golden! We look forward to working with them to bring you a range of interesting content for the Node. Stay tuned for their posts 👀 Find out who they are and what they plan to write about:

New correspondents for the Node – welcome! - the Node

Let's welcome the three new Node correspondents – Dosh Whye, Mariia Golden and Shefali! We look forward to working with them to bring you a wide range of

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Check out these fun and colourful pottery pieces by @biyolokum.bsky.social 😍

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In this #SciArt profile, we meet @biyolokum.bsky.social, an assistant professor studying regeneration in segmented worms. Duygu enjoys making pottery pieces of worms, bugs and other “creepy” animals to show people the wonders of these organisms. Find out about her art pieces and artistic influences:

To accompany the Biologists @ 100 conference, we're launching an image competition together with @focalplane.bsky.social! Enter your best biological research images 🧪🔬 Shortlisted images will be presented at the #Biologists100 conference in March. Details: thenode.biologists.com/enter-the-no...

Divide and conquer. Or don’t divide but still conquer. @kkukreja.bsky.social & co. looked into the role of cell division in forming all major cell types during early zebrafish 🐟development, and found something they didn't expect. Read the story behind the paper:

Divide and conquer. Or don't divide but still conquer. - the Node

Behind the paper story for "Cell state transitions are decoupled from cell division during early embryo development" As embryos develop, their cells

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"How being a scientist helped me to be a good mother" In this new "Honest conversations" blog post, Felicity Davis @davislab.bsky.social discusses gender inequalities in academia and shares her experience of becoming a mother-scientist: thenode.biologists.com/how-being-a-...

Top Trumps - but make it science 🤓 I had the most fun designing these, and I've written about how you could use it in your outreach programme! I'm keen to spread the word to any educators/academics who might be interested - please share 🤗 @nc3rs.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/biological-r...

Biological Research Trump Cards: from fruit flies to stem cells... who will come out on top? - the Node

In 2023 I was awarded a NC3Rs 20th Anniversary Public Engagement Award to develop and print a "Biological Research Trump Cards" game. I have now designed

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As we look forward to lots more great #DevBio and related content on the Node in 2025, why not take a moment to re-visit posts from the past year? Thank you to everyone who's contributed to the Node in 2024🙂 Here are our 2024 highlights: thenode.biologists.com/thats-a-wrap...

2024: that's a wrap! - the Node

With almost 200 posts published on the Node in 2024, below are just a few of our highlights. Have you read a Node post that you really enjoyed this year?

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Throughout 2024, we've seen lots of great #DevBio content posted on the Node. Thank you to everyone who's contributed! From 'behind the paper stories', 'New PI diaries', to 'Honest conversations' about the ups and downs of being a researcher, here are just a few of our highlights:

2024: that's a wrap! - the Node

With almost 200 posts published on the Node in 2024, below are just a few of our highlights. Have you read a Node post that you really enjoyed this year?

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Are you a #DevBio/#StemCell researcher and keen to do more #SciComm? We're looking for new correspondents to work together with the Node team to develop and produce content over the coming year. We're open to any ideas💡 📅Apply by 20 Jan Find out more: thenode.biologists.com/become-a-nod...

As 2024 comes to a close we caught up with our fabulous #FocalPlaneCorrespondents Daniel Doucet, @sdutta.bsky.social and Greg Redpath. In our interviews we chat about their research, their FocalPlane posts and their experiences as correspondents. focalplane.biologists.com/2024/12/19/o...

Our 2024 FocalPlane correspondents - Daniel Doucet, Subhajit Dutta and Greg Redpath - FocalPlane

Our 2024 FocalPlane correspondents - Daniel Doucet, Subhajit Dutta and Greg Redpath - Interviews

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Are you a #DevBio/#StemCell researcher and keen to do more #SciComm? ✍️🎨 We're looking for new correspondents to work together with the Node team to develop and produce content over the coming year. 📅Apply by 20 January 2025 Find out more: thenode.biologists.com/become-a-nod...

🧪 We have made it easier to follow our journals and community sites with our new starter pack. https://go.bsky.app/BwC3bSV

Excited for #CellBio2024 (how is it only a few days away? 😱)! Looking forward to seeing old friends/colleagues and meeting new ones (…and hopefully seeing some ☀️). If you’d like to chat more about publishing in @jcellsci.bsky.social, drop me a message or find me at the @biologists.bsky.social stand!

The next question in our #ACloserLook is set by @biologists.bsky.social SciComm Officer @andreamurillo.bsky.social. As well as guessing the 'bigger picture', try and guess the song Andrea has used in her clue!

The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎵Baby, I like to compare you to a symbol from Egypt on the face, Oh, the more I see of you, hieroglyphs ooooh yeah, And now that your Ankh is in view The thing in this image is grey.🌹 What is this an image of? 🧪#ACloserLook 🔎

Featured Resource: Gene Expression Database (GXD) Here, Connie Smith and Martin Ringwald introduce the data and functionalities available at GXD @mousegenome.bsky.social and talk about future directions of the database: https://thenode.biologists.com/featured-resource-gene-expression-database-gxd/

Featured Resource: Gene Expression Database (GXD) - the Node

Find out more about the Gene Expression Database (GXD), a community resource that collects and integrates mouse gene expression data generated by biomedical researchers worldwide.

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Introducing community-driven preLists! 🎉 Our first list is here, crafted by a team of preLighters: @fadelvalle.bsky.social, @girishkalephd.bsky.social, @sristi.bsky.social (+others)🙌 Explore their favourite #CellBio #preprints of the last month! #preList ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/prelists/nov...

November in preprints - the CellBio edition - preLights

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Welcome to Day 2 of #devbiolwriteclub! We’re talking about how working scientists can become better writers. Yesterday, we discussed Rules #1 and #2. Do the work. Today, we'll talk about a key element of that work, the key to any craft, in fact. INTENT. 1/n

Meet the Hirashima Lab @hirashima0203.bsky.social at @mbisg.bsky.social and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore. The lab studies the emergence of collective cell behavior and its connection to biological functions in #DevBio and reproduction. Read the 'Lab meeting' post:

Lab meeting with the Hirashima lab - the Node

Meet the Hirashima lab, situated at the Mechanobiology Institute and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore.

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Over the next few weeks, the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social will take over @biologists.bsky.social to run a Guess the image quiz! Can you guess what this is?🔎#ACloserLook (Hint: the image was featured in a post published on the Node in 2024 #DevBio 👀)

The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧪 Guess the image quiz starts today - Take #ACloserLook 🔎 🎵I see blobs of blue Red circles too I see them move For me and you And I think to myself What could this image be?

Thank you Sara for sharing your very personal career journey with me (and with @the-node.bsky.social readers)! Read this interview to find out about her various career adventures beyond #DevBio research, and how she approaches making career decisions 👇 thenode.biologists.com/choose-what-...

Sara Morais da Silva@saramds.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am deeply honoured to be part of the ‘No such thing as a standard career path’ series for the @the-node.bsky.social. This experience has been profoundly reflective and, I hope, inspiring for anyone exploring their career options. thenode.biologists.com/choose-what-...

Looking for something fun to read? Here’s a #popsci piece I did on the crazy history of cilia and left/right patterning in embryos. Remember #devbiolwriteclub Bluesky Boot Camp starts Monday Dec. 2! Please RS (re-skeet?) nautil.us/the-anatomic...

The Anatomical Quirk That Saved Dr. No

A wild tale of how scientists unraveled embryology's most fascinating mystery.

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