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the community site for and by developmental biologists
Posted by the Node on November 30th, 2012
Site upgrade We now have a “featured topics” bar across the top of the page, which has the same function as these highlight posts: to let you know what happened on the Node recently. This upgrade also came with author profile page. Do remember to fill out your profile bio, because people can now see[…]
Posted by the Node on November 1st, 2012
The big news this past month was of course the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, awarded to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for their work on cellular reprogramming. Katherine Brown wrote a brief post about John Gurdon’s connection to the Company of Biologists – and to the Node! Hydra Summer School[…]
Posted by the Node on October 1st, 2012
September is “back to school”-month in a lot of countries, and “back to the lab” for those lucky few who had time off. We saw this reflected on the Node with a lot of varied content and several job postings. Here’s a summary. EMBO meeting The annual EMBO meeting took place in Nice from September[…]
Posted by the Node on August 31st, 2012
A detailed view of mice and fish Michael Wong wrote about the 3D mouse embryo atlas he has worked on. The high-resolution atlas of an E15.5 mouse embryo allows for easier phenotyping of mutant strains, which can then be compared to the wildtype. “If you have two groups of mouse embryos, one wild-type and one[…]
Posted by the Node on July 31st, 2012
What was new on the Node this past month? “Developments in development” essay competition Congratulations to Joanna Asprer and Máté Varga, whose essays were selected by the judges in our recent essay competition. Read both essays on the Node, and then vote for your favourite. The final winning essay will be published in Development. –An[…]
Posted by the Node on July 2nd, 2012
June marked the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as the Node’s second birthday. We celebrated this occasion with… a plethora of conferences, courses, workshops, and job postings! It was our busiest month ever, in terms of site visits as well as in number of posts, so let’s see what everyone has[…]
Posted by the Node on June 4th, 2012
This (last…) month, several posts on the Node were about publishing issues. Ivan Oransky wrote a guest post to tell the story of why he and Adam Marcus started the blog “Retraction Watch“, which tracks retractions across the literature. “There are 44% more papers published every year than a decade ago, but at least 10[…]
Posted by the Node on April 30th, 2012
Discussions We launched an essay competition, “Developments in development”. If you have any thoughts on the future of developmental biology – whether it’s about techniques, funding, or the general direction of the field – submit an essay before July 2nd, for a chance to be published in Development. For full details, see this post. Speaking[…]
Posted by Eva Amsen on March 30th, 2012
Money appears to have been the main topic of conversation this month. In the past few weeks, we’ve had a glimpse into the status of science funding in countries around the world. Paul O’Neill shared some news about the current funding situation in Japan, where government advisors recommended amalgamation of the main science bodies to[…]
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[…]
