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Featured Resource: Gene Expression Database (GXD)
Posted by the Node, on 5 December 2024
Find out more about the Gene Expression Database (GXD), a community resource that collects and integrates mouse gene expression data generated by biomedical researchers worldwide.Join us at the Biologists @ 100 conference early-career researcher event
Posted by the Node, on 4 December 2024
The Biologists @ 100 conference, happening 24-27 March 2025 in Liverpool, UK, will have a dedicated half-day event specifically for early-career researchers (ECRs), in the afternoon of 24 March 2025. The …There’s no one particular path of doing science – explore different options
Posted by the Node, on 4 December 2024
No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Christos KyprianouLab meeting with the Hirashima lab
Posted by the Node, on 3 December 2024
Meet the Hirashima lab, situated at the Mechanobiology Institute and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore.I made a conscious choice to switch from dancing to research, and I don’t regret it at all
Posted by the Node, on 2 December 2024
No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Maria RostovskayaCongenital heart defects caused by problems with placenta
Posted by Laura Hankins, on 28 November 2024
Brief summary: Congenital heart defects are the most common human birth defect, affecting around 1% of newborns. People with heart defects often show low levels of a protein that helps …Choose what fits with your personality
Posted by the Node, on 28 November 2024
No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Sara Morais da SilvaSciArt profile: Petra Korlević
Posted by the Node, on 27 November 2024
In this SciArt profile, we meet Petra Korlević, a scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, interested in retrieving DNA from historic mosquito collections. Can you tell us about your background …The Node Network
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Most-read posts in November
- Please, show me your boundaries by Irene Karapidaki, Béryl Laplace-Builhé and Michalis Averof
- New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances by Margot Smit
- No such thing as a standard career path
- Reverse development in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi by Joan-Josep Soto Angel and Pawel Burkhardt
- Don’t eat me!! by Cecilia Pessoa
- Behind the paper: A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae by Jaruwatana Sodai Lotharukpong
- The SEBD turns 30 years old! by Sociedad Española Biologia Desarrollo
- Trans Perspectives in Academia
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