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Posted by the Node on March 28th, 2012
If you’ve recently visited our Facebook page, you may have already seen them, but we have some new banners – of both the physical and digital kind. First of all, we have a new banner to take to conferences. If you’re going to some of the conferences where The Company of Biologists has a stand,[…]
Posted by the Node on February 29th, 2012
Even with an extra day, February is always over before you know it. Nevertheless, a lot of interesting content appeared on the Node in this short month. Have a look at some of these highlights: Resources Michael Barresi shared an educational approach he’s been using in the undergraduate developmental biology course he teaches: “My students[…]
Posted by the Node on February 28th, 2012
The Genetics Society of America has published a very useful list of tips for first time conference attendees, called “How to Get the Most Out of a Conference“. It’s written with GSA conferences in mind, but it’s applicable to most big meetings, and useful for returning attendees as well! Reposted with permission. Original list on[…]
Posted by the Node on February 20th, 2012
My inbox is full of abstract submission deadline reminders and meeting registration announcements, so I thought I’d share a few. Which conferences are you planning to go to this year? Abstract submission deadlines: * February 21 (tomorrow!) – Abstract submission deadline for the JSDB/JSCB meeting (May 28-31, Kobe) * March 2 – Abstract submission[…]
Posted by the Node on January 31st, 2012
This round-up also includes a few posts from the end of December that didn’t make it into December’s post due to holiday scheduling. Developmental Biology Bingo Game We made a bingo game! You all left many suggestions for words to include in a developmental biology bingo game, and BenchFly turned that into a playable game.[…]
Posted by the Node on January 24th, 2012
This form is no longer in use. You can now sign up for our writing ideas mailing list on this page. New readers of the Node, did you know that you can contribute to the site as well? If not, see the registration page for more information. But what if you already have an account,[…]
Posted by the Node on January 16th, 2012
Conference season is about to kick off, so here are a few registration dates for various meetings you might want to attend. If you know of any others, please leave a comment below. And of course keep checking the events calendar (and add any events not on there yet – see the help page for[…]
Posted by the Node on December 30th, 2011
Many of you may have a few days off from work at the moment. If you want to catch up on what you missed on the Node this month, read on: BenchFly bingo game Benchfly, a site with free video protocols and other resources for researchers, has created “Group Meeting Bingo”. The site generates bingo[…]
Posted by the Node on December 9th, 2011
Dates for your calendar This is a selection of upcoming dates of interest, but it’s by no means an exhaustive list. We’ll try to do these once in a while, but don’t hesitate to write your own posts to let people know about similar deadlines, or leave a comment below. Also make sure to check[…]
Posted by the Node on November 30th, 2011
What was new on the Node this month? Here are a few of the highlights from November: New Research: Several exciting new research papers were discussed on the Node this month. In one post, Stas Shvartsman introduces a recent Development paper from his own lab that describes a method to quantify the spatial range of[…]
