Featured resource: Facebase In this post, we learn about the data and functionalities available at Facebase @facebase.bsky.social, and hear about new initiatives they are developing. thenode.biologists.com/featured-res...

🚀 What changes when all voices are heard in science? A new edition of #ERCMagazine explores how inclusion and diverse voices drive innovation, excellence, & fairer research 👉 buff.ly/AkSBLOb #DiversityInScience #ScienceforSociety #InclusiveResearch #FrontierResearch

📸 Every image has a story! This year our 2025 Image Competition winners capture everything from the earliest moments of life to the vast universe within our own tissues. Explore our digital gallery & follow along as we share more #SciArt this fall: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cele...

Are you looking for work in a research group that is led by an ERC grantee? There more than 100 currently open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 europa.eu/!gdXPfd #ChooseEurope #jobs #research

Happy to have shared my first post on The Node, on how hidden power dynamics may prevent creative science from blooming. @the-node.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/the-invisibl...

preLights is a #preprint highlighting service—supported by @biologists.bsky.social—encouraging #ECRs to highlight and discuss preprints that spark interest or debate within the biological #community. #SciComm Interested in joining? Our 'call for preLighters' is open for another week! ⬇️👀

🧵1/14 Preprint thread! Can we predict a cell’s fate based on its dynamics? 🔮 Our new study unveils a framework for watching development unfold in real-time, revealing how a cell's shape and movement encode info about its future fate. 🔬📄 Preprint: tinyurl.com/4shf8v4x

#Behindthepaper stories: @accorsi-alice.bsky.social & @planaria1.bsky.social share how curiosity & passion driven research revealed that apple snails can regenerate full camera type eyes. @the-node.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social #regeneration #applesnails #devbio

It’s about who you know, not what you know. Uh Oh. In this new post on the Node, Umaymah Ahmad discusses the importance of speaking to others, asking questions and making connections. thenode.biologists.com/its-about-wh...

📣Job Opportunity: A postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) position that will focus on exploring the role of macrophages during salivary gland development in our Emmerson Lab. Applications close 09 October 2025. Further information: edin.ac/42uTVlc

Applications are now open for our single-cell genomics course. This course covers the complete end-to-end workflow of single-cell sequencing, from experimental design to data analysis. 📅 18 – 21 November Learn more and apply 👇 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/sin...

The September 12 #SDBPostdocSeminar with @sarahcolijn.bsky.social of Washington University in St. Louis and @shyama13.bsky.social‬ of the University of Pittsburgh has been posted. Thank you to moderators Rui Yan and Taylor Medwig-Kinney. Watch here: youtu.be/kGAtxCqFARk

✨ They say true beauty is on the inside… This zebrafish took that personally 🐟 🟢 Bone 🟣 tendon & ligament🔬Image by Hung-Jhen (Olivia) Chen #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio #Zebrafish

🧪 New Science & Poetry Journal 🖋️ Issue 22 of the science, poetry, & art journal Consilience, has just been published! This issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Waves’. 🔗 www.consilience-journal.com/issue-22 #SciComm #SciArt #Poetry #Waves

Hungary offers a dire warning about what is happening in the U.S. New post on the Node from Carole LaBonne, where she shares her thoughts about the current state of U.S. science and universities. thenode.biologists.com/hungary-offe...

Modeling whole ascidian embryos for #forksningdagene 😉🧪🧬🔬#devbio

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk at King’s, London. Seeks Research Assistant in Dr Sarah Marzi’s @sj-marzi.bsky.social group to support stem cell culture, assays, and genomic work on neurodegenerative disease. Closing date: 6th October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Our latest monthly #preprint list is out! Explore our trawl for #DevBio and #stemcell biology preprints that came out in August. 🔍 thenode.biologists.com/august-in-pr...

ICYMI, the recordings of our #DevPres webinar on gene regulation are now available. Check out the talks from @dev-journal.bsky.social PI fellows Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social and Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social. thenode.biologists.com/catch-up-on-... #devbio 🎥

Save the Date! Development has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative to co-organise a meeting on #HumanDevelopment. 📅7 - 9 Sep 2026 📍University of Warwick, UK Register your interest for #HumanDev26: www.biologists.com/meetings/dev...

👀 Do you have an idea for a post on the Node that you have been postponing writing for a while? This is your chance to publish your piece at last for a chance to win £200. Submit your post by 30 September 2025. 📝 thenode.biologists.com/the-node-wri... #devbio #stemcell

Check out the latest President's Corner by SDB President Richard Behringer @rrbehringer.bsky.social on challenges. www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

🚨 Two weeks left to apply for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Programme. Apply by: 30 September 2025. Ready to take the next step in your science career? www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos... @sangerinstitute.bsky.social #postdoc #sciencecareers

The Company of Biologists and the British Society for Developmental Biology: a model partnership As part of the #biologists100 anniversary, Saanjbati Adhikari and Raman Das review the relationship between @biologists.bsky.social and @bsdb.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/dev....

In honour of Postdoc Appreciation Week, here are three ways we support postdocs: 1. Since 2023, we’ve supported 24 postdocs as they transition to becoming a group leader through our Pathway to Independence programme. Meet our latest fellows: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi... #NPAW2025

To celebrate the #NPAW2025 theme of communicating your science and research, we share advice and tips from our #SciCommConnect webinar, which discussed practical ways to help researchers deliver their message. Find out more bit.ly/3K6GeCC #LovePostdocs

🚀 Looking for a Bioinformatician / Data Scientist to join our crew and explore regeneration through single-cell genomics & evolutionary biology! @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social 📩 Questions? Contact us ✉️ 🔗 Apply here: www.mpg.de/25243280/bio...

We've just released the first in a series of best practice guidelines around the use of AI in preprints and preprint peer review. Also widely applicable to traditional publishing! Some review services have already begun to implement some of our guidelines 🎉🎉 #scipub #academicsky

I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

ICYMI, the recordings of our #DevPres webinar on gene regulation are now available. Check out the talks from @dev-journal.bsky.social PI fellows Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social and Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social. thenode.biologists.com/catch-up-on-... #devbio 🎥

We are grateful to all our sponsors who made the V4SDB Meeting 2025 in 🇸🇰 possible and accessible, specifically Visegrád Fund, @biologists.bsky.social, @isdb.bsky.social, @cellsdev.bsky.social, @devdynamics.bsky.social, MUNI SCI, Allgene, BRIX, LABO-SK, and Merck Life Science. Thank you!

Sign up now! Early registration deadline closes 30 September for the ASCB | EMBO #CellBio2025 Meeting taking place 6–10 December in Philadelphia, US: www.ascb.org/cellbio2025/... 🧪 @ascbiology.bsky.social #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference

Congratulations to the winners of our image competition with the @mblscience.bsky.social Embryology course. The winner of the Editor’s choice is an image of a anole lizard eye, acquired by Arthur Boutillon @campaslab.bsky.social. thenode.biologists.com/results-from... #devbio 🔬🎉

Congratulations to the winners of our image competition with the @mblscience.bsky.social Embryology course. The winner of the popular vote is a mouse embryo stained for Sox9 (cyan) alpha-tubulin (yellow) & endomucin (magenta) from Nicole Roos & Anthony Wokasch. thenode.biologists.com/results-from...

So you've actually managed to get to the interview stage of the ERC grant application process. Well done! To help you prepare, in this video Odeta explains what exactly to expect at your interview. #AcademicSky #FrontierResearch #interview #proposal #grant #funding #research

🚨ISRB Webinar Alert - Zone 2: Europe, West Asia, Africa📷 Join us on October 14th at 4pm Central European Time. Featuring Ehsan Razaghi and Patrick Steinmetz.

🚨 Lots of cool science happening in the UK #zebrafish community, from fundamental biology to disease modelling! Thanks to @biologists.bsky.social and @gensocuk.bsky.social for supporting #UKZF2025 🐟👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

EMBO meeting on "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026 Registration is now open! Deadline next November 3rd! meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...

Want to join #EMBOEpitrans on site? Then don't forget to register by 16 September 👉 https://s.embl.org/etc25-01-bl#EMBOEpitrans ✨ The workshop will spotlight the latest breakthroughs, future directions, and current challenges in the field. 🗓️ 28 – 30 October 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Don't miss the next #SDBPostdocSeminar this Friday, September 12 at 3pm ET featuring @sarahcolijn.bsky.social‬ from Washington University in St. Louis and @shyama13.bsky.social‬ from the University of Pittsburgh. Register today and join us. bit.ly/4649fWS

🚨 Final bits are falling into place for #UKZF2025 🎉 The organisers are buzzing with excitement and can’t wait to welcome the zebrafish community to Exeter & Exmouth TODAY 🐟✨

GloBIAS conference Kobe 2025, the registration for the symposium is still open, until Sept 15th! bit.ly/GloBIAS2025-...

Early embryos develop... and eliminate threats @estebanhoijman.bsky.social & co recently discovered that early embryos can eliminate bacterial infections before immune cells are formed. Take a look at the dynamics of their first encounter with microbes. thenode.biologists.com/early-embryo...

✨Drosophila melanogaster 🪰The fly that changed science 🔬Drosophila has been a cornerstone for understanding genetic control of development, axis patterning, and organogenesis 🧪 GIF from Bruno Vellutini #ModelMonday #DevBio

Today Lucía takes you by the hand and walks you through the entire ERC #evaluation process — from panel selection to interview. Learn who reviews your #proposal, how decisions are made, & how to best increase your chance of success. 👇 #research #funding #grant #AcademicSky

Join our campus! The Vienna BioCenter PhD program offers 20+ fully-funded positions: Open call now! Read more: www.vbcphd.at Our working language is English #viennabiocenter #vbcphd

Planning on watching the ERC's webinar this Thursday 11 September? It's for grant applicants with in-depth questions on the ERC process. But, before you tune in: Make sure you know the basics 📹 bit.ly/463AbYl Get answers to some extra questions 📑 europa.eu/!y49yxF

Geometry first: how positional cues dictate fate in bilayered epithelia Read @robinjournot.bsky.social's behind the paper story featuring the Hippo/YAP and Notch signalling pathways. thenode.biologists.com/geometry-fir...

Big thank you to @biologists.bsky.social, @focalplane.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social for sending me the printed poster of my image from their imaging contest earlier this year! 🔬 It finally found a spot in my new flat — I couldn’t be happier to have this piece of science art on my wall❤️💙