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Posted by the Node on February 28th, 2011
Last summer you’ve been able to follow the experiences of a few of the students of the Woods Hole embryology course on the Node. You could tell from their stories that they learned different imaging techniques and studied a range of unique organisms. The images produced in this course deserve a much wider audience, so[…]
Posted by the Node on February 25th, 2011
Good news if you were rushing to get your images in in time for our image competition: we’ve extended the deadline to March 15. We’ve seen all sorts of unique interpretations of the theme “intersections” as applied to developmental biology among the submissions so far. Make sure to send yours in, too – you just[…]
Posted by James Briscoe on February 24th, 2011
Don’t miss the early bird registration deadline for this year’s BSCB-BSDB meeting. To receive the discounted price make sure you’re registered by Friday 4th March. The conference is the annual main meeting of the British Societies for Cell and Developmental Biology. This year it will be at Kent University in Canterbury from 27-30 April 2011.[…]
Posted by Eva Amsen on February 23rd, 2011
In 1997, sisters Helen and Kate Storey collaborated on a project spanning their respective areas of expertise: fashion design and developmental biology. The result was a highly acclaimed collection of dresses, designed by Helen Storey, that each represent a stage in early development. Recently, the Wellcome Trust renewed funding for the work, and Primitive Streak[…]
Posted by fclynn on February 22nd, 2011
A postdoctoral scholar position is currently available in the Lynn Lab, located at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver Canada, for a qualified individual interested in studying the regulation of pancreatic beta cell development. The project will use mouse and human systems to address how microRNAs regulate pancreatic progenitors and pancreatic beta cell[…]
Posted by Seema Grewal on February 22nd, 2011
Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Arteriovenous-specific regulation of angiogenesis Endothelial cells (ECs) assume arterial- or venous-specific molecular characteristics at early stages of development. These lineage-specific molecular programmes subsequently instruct the development of the distinct vascular architectures of arteries and veins. Now, on p. 1173, Jau-Nian Chen and co-workers investigate[…]
Posted by dorloff on February 22nd, 2011
The Cell: An Image Library – a new, free, easy to use library of cell images. Quail Developmental Atlas video Visit: http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/ Post Images: http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/pages/contribute Invite colleagues to LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3733425&csrfToken=ajax%3A8893101144045091654 Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cell-An-Image-Library/201662616514516 (+2 rating, 2 votes) Loading…
Posted by the Node on February 21st, 2011
Contest reminder The deadline for the Node image contest is creeping closer. Have you sent in your submission yet? Have a look on our Facebook page to get a glimpse of the kind of thing you could win. (Though, presumably, you’re not going to commission the Node logo when you win, so it would look[…]
Posted by Linda on February 18th, 2011
“A researcher is found dead hunched over her lab bench, and seven suspects are in custody. Now it’s up to 30 high school students to determine who killed her.” To quote from the UBC Science newsletter. Don’t be alarmed, this isn’t tabloid fodder. It’s actually part of a high school out-reach program, organized by UBC’s grad student[…]
Posted by Linda on February 17th, 2011
I’ve no doubt that this is what they’d say: Or maybe this is what they really sound like and Sir David Attenborough refused to share this with us on the BBC. Just for fun! I bet UK residents are very familiar with BBC One’s Walk on the Wild Side. Now to enlighten the rest of the[…]
