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This month on the Node- September 2015

Posted by , on 1 October 2015

 

Research:

– Are cellular movements essential for the formation of Turing patterns? Two theoretical chemists posted about their recent paper in Nature Communications!

– David wrote his recent paper in Disease Models & Mechanisms, where he developed two novel and complementary strains that facilitate genetic studies in the mouse.

 

Discussion:

– Are PhD internships a valuable exposure to careers outside academia or a harmful distraction from research? Share your thoughts in the latest question of the month!

– What are the books that every developmental biologist should read? Check out the growing list and add your suggestions!

 

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Meeting reports:

ZDM8 square– Alfonso considered the  10th edition of the Physics of Living Matter conference and the history of how physical sciences came to shed light onto biological problems

– Check out this joint report on the recent FASEB meeting on ‘Mechanisms in Plant Development‘.

– and Amrita wrote about the 8th Annual Zebrafish Disease Model conference.

 

 

Also on the Node:

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– You may have presented posters and given talks about your research, but how about a rap? Check out this Rapstract on a paper using the direct differentiation of motor neurons from mouse ESCs as a tool to identify genes that direct phrenic neuron identity

– Two interviews featured on the Node this month: an interview with Didier Stainier and an interview with Philip Zegerman

A tour of grant hell– a scientific parody of Dante’s Divine Comedy!

 

 

Happy reading!

 

 

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