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Travelling Fellowships- deadline approaching!
Posted by NickyLB on April 16th, 2014
Do you need to learn a new technique? Are you planning a collaborative visit? Then The Company of Biologists and Development can help! We offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £2,500 to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, subsistence and visa fees. The next deadline for applications is the 30th of April! Find more information about how […]
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(Developmental) Biology around the internet- April 2014
Posted by the Node on April 13th, 2014
Here is our monthly round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet: News & Research: - This year’s Waddington Medal was awarded by the British Society for Developmental Biology to Prof Phil Ingham! - Are you a budding science writer? The Wellcome Trust launched their 2014 Science Writing Competition, and are […]
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Outreach competition- the winners
Posted by the Node on April 10th, 2014
Science outreach often involves using metaphors, where a real life object or situation is used to explain a complex scientific concept. Last December we launched an outreach competition, and we asked the Node readers to submit pairs of images: a photograph of a real life scene and an image of the scientific concept that it helps […]
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Scheduled Node maintenance- 9th of April
Posted by the Node on April 8th, 2014
We will be doing some maintenance work on the Node on Wednesday the 9th of April, and unfortunately there will be no access to the site during that period. You can expect the Node to be down from 7 p.m. (British Summer time) for approximately 4 hours. We are sorry for the disruption, especially for […]
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Dicty World Race – 2014
Posted by dirimia on March 1st, 2014
The first ever World Dicty Race will require cells to navigate a complex microfluidic maze to reach a pool of chemoattractant at the finish line. Diffusion of the chemoattractant will create a spatial gradient to guide cells along the shortest path to the finish line. The challenge is to engineer Dicty or HL60 cells to […]
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the Node at the CSHL conference on Avian Model Systems
Posted by the Node on February 25th, 2014
The Node is on the road again! Next week, from the 5th to the 8th of March, Cold Spring Habor Laboratories will be hosting a conference on Avian Model Systems, and the Node will be there! Are you attending this meeting? Then say hello to Cat, our community manager, who would love to hear your […]
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(Developmental) Biology around the internet- February 2014
Posted by the Node on February 13th, 2014
Here is our monthly round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet: News & Research: - A new paper in Nature claims that cellular reprogramming can be achieved by exposing cells to stress. - The winners of the 2014 SDB awards were announced. Richard Harland, Christopher Wylie and Janet Heasman […]
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BSCB/BSDB Early Bird Registration Deadline is Today!
Posted by ac270 on February 7th, 2014
The early bird deadline for the BSCB/BSDB spring meeting registration is today (Friday 7th of Feb). http://www.bscb-bsdb-meetings.co.uk/reg.htm
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Slidecasts and videos from conference on congenital melanocytic nevus
Posted by Heather on February 5th, 2014
Limited time offer! Read on. As a developmental biologist, I have found my calling in applying what I have learned about normal embryogenesis to better understanding the pathophysiology of various human congenital malformations. Often these are rare diseases, and I work closely with patient associations devoted to those conditions and learning to live with […]
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Woods Hole embryology course 2014- last chance to apply
Posted by the Node on February 4th, 2014
Having celebrated its 120th anniversary last year, the Woods Hole embryology course is back in 2014! The course will consist of 6 intense weeks of lectures and laboratory work, from the 7th of June to the 20th of July, and applications are open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and senior researchers seeking a broad view […]
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- Spine-tingling new role for Sall4 [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Ageing thymus out-FOXed [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Muscling in on stem cell hierarchy [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Nucleolus precursor body makeover [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Moss stem cells do it differently [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Change of heart for RA signalling [IN THIS ISSUE]
- The evolution and conservation of left-right patterning mechanisms [HYPOTHESIS]
- The Hippo pathway effectors TAZ and YAP in development, homeostasis and disease [REVIEW]
- Spalt-like 4 promotes posterior neural fates via repression of pou5f3 family members in Xenopus [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- The maternal nucleolus plays a key role in centromere satellite maintenance during the oocyte to embryo transition [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- The egg membrane microdomain-associated uroplakin III-Src system becomes functional during oocyte maturation and is required for bidirectional gamete signaling at fertilization in Xenopus laevis [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Development of five digits is controlled by a bipartite long-range cis-regulator [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Msx1 and Msx2 act as essential activators of Atoh1 expression in the murine spinal cord [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Type I TARPs promote dendritic growth of early postnatal neocortical pyramidal cells in organotypic cultures [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Functional phylogenetic analysis of LGI proteins identifies an interaction motif crucial for myelination [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Endothelial cell-derived non-canonical Wnt ligands control vascular pruning in angiogenesis [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- A Caenorhabditis elegans developmental decision requires insulin signaling-mediated neuron-intestine communication [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Pulses of Notch activation synchronise oscillating somite cells and entrain the zebrafish segmentation clock [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Genetically encoded molecular probes to visualize and perturb signaling dynamics in living biological systems [Articles of interest in other COB journals]
- Epithelial repair is a two-stage process driven first by dying cells and then by their neighbours [Articles of interest in other COB journals]
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- Foxi transcription factors promote pharyngeal arch development by regulating formation of FGF signaling centers
- Hipk promotes photoreceptor differentiation through the repression of Twin of eyeless and Eyeless expression
- Unc45b is essential for early myofibrillogenesis and costamere formation in zebrafish
- Exocyst-mediated membrane trafficking is required for branch outgrowth in Drosophila tracheal terminal cells
- Ephrin-B2 governs morphogenesis of endolymphatic sac and duct epithelia in the mouse inner ear
- Mesodermal Nkx2.5 is necessary and sufficient for early second heart field development
- Maternal bias and escape from X chromosome imprinting in the midgestation mouse placenta
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- Do the BEAF insulator proteins regulate genes involved in cell polarity and neoplastic growth?
- Lhx1 is required in Müllerian duct epithelium for uterine development
- A role of the LIN-12/Notch signaling pathway in diversifying the non-striated egg-laying muscles in C. elegans
- Cleavage of the Drosophila screw prodomain is critical for a dynamic BMP morphogen gradient in embryogenesis
- Over-expression of DMRT1 induces the male pathway in embryonic chicken gonads
- CYP26B1 promotes male germ cell differentiation by suppressing STRA8-dependent meiotic and STRA8-independent mitotic pathways
- The atypical Rho GTPase, RhoU, regulates cell-adhesion molecules during cardiac morphogenesis
- Microarray meta-analysis identifies evolutionarily conserved BMP signaling targets in developing long bones
- Cooperative interaction of Etv2 and Gata2 regulates the development of endothelial and hematopoietic lineages
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- Development and evolution of vertebrate cranial placodes
- Setting appropriate boundaries: Fate, patterning and competence at the neural plate border
- Establishing the pre-placodal region and breaking it into placodes with distinct identities
- Neural crest and placode interaction during the development of the cranial sensory system
- Signaling mechanisms controlling cranial placode neurogenesis and delamination
- Sensational placodes: Neurogenesis in the otic and olfactory systems
- The development of lateral line placodes: Taking a broader view
- The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes – I: Cell type evolution
- The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes II. Evolution of ectodermal patterning
- Resident progenitors, not exogenous migratory cells, generate the majority of visceral mesothelium in organogenesis
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- Why you should publish your papers in Developmental Biology
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- Loss of Hand2 in a population of Periostin lineage cells results in pronounced bradycardia and neonatal death
- Posterior skeletal development and the segmentation clock period are sensitive to Lfng dosage during somitogenesis
- Mammalian Fused is essential for sperm head shaping and periaxonemal structure formation during spermatogenesis
- Epigenetic regulation of oogenesis and germ stem cell maintenance by the Drosophila histone methyltransferase Eggless/dSetDB1
- Sfrp1a and Sfrp5 function as positive regulators of Wnt and BMP signaling during early retinal development
- The bristle patterning genes hairy and extramacrochaetae regulate the development of structures required for flight in Diptera
- Retraction notice to “The human placenta is a hematopoietic organ during the embryonic and fetal periods of development” [Dev. Biol. 327 (2009) 24–33]
- Ecdysone differentially regulates metamorphic timing relative to 20-hydroxyecdysone by antagonizing juvenile Hormone in Drosophila melanogaster
- Tbx18 is essential for normal development of vasculature network and glomerular mesangium in the mammalian kidney
- Peroxisomal membrane channel Pxmp2 in the mammary fat pad is essential for stromal lipid homeostasis and for development of mammary gland epithelium in mice
- Cell signaling during development of Dictyostelium
- Canonical Wnt signaling regulates the proliferative expansion and differentiation of fibrocytes in the murine inner ear
- Distinct requirements for beta-catenin in pancreatic epithelial growth and patterning
- The PAF1 complex is involved in embryonic epidermal morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Neuroblast lineage identification and lineage-specific Hox gene action during postembryonic development of the subesophageal ganglion in the Drosophila central brain
- miR-373 is regulated by TGFβ signaling and promotes mesendoderm differentiation in human Embryonic Stem Cells
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- Dystrophic muscle environment induces changes in cell plasticity [Perspectives]
- DNA methylation dynamics during epigenetic reprogramming in the germline and preimplantation embryos [Reviews]
- The diabetes gene Hhex maintains {delta}-cell differentiation and islet function [Research Communications]
- Coupling 40S ribosome recruitment to modification of a cap-binding initiation factor by eIF3 subunit e [Research Communications]
- HDAC-regulated myomiRs control BAF60 variant exchange and direct the functional phenotype of fibro-adipogenic progenitors in dystrophic muscles [Research Papers]
- miR-99a/100~125b tricistrons regulate hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell homeostasis by shifting the balance between TGF{beta} and Wnt signaling [Research Papers]
- ATR checkpoint kinase and CRL1{beta}TRCP collaborate to degrade ASF1a and thus repress genes overlapping with clusters of stalled replication forks [Research Papers]
- Structural basis for the Nanos-mediated recruitment of the CCR4-NOT complex and translational repression [Research Papers]
- Distinct regulatory mechanisms balance DegP proteolysis to maintain cellular fitness during heat stress [Research Papers]
- Root growth is modulated by differential hormonal sensitivity in neighboring cells [Research Papers]
- Nucleosome-binding activities within JARID2 and EZH1 regulate the function of PRC2 on chromatin [Errata]
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