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Posted by Emma Kemp, on 18 October 2011
The European Court of Justice has today announced a landmark decision banning patenting of inventions based on embryonic stem cells. Several senior stem cell biologists have expressed their concern that ...Posted by MaryWilliams, on 13 October 2011
Teaching Tools in Plant Biology is an online educational resource published by The Plant Cell and the American Society of Plant Biologists. Each Teaching Tool includes a set of about ...Posted by Sasha Terashima, on 13 October 2011
What would you do if you were given $500,000 to fund your research for five years, with no strings attached –– no proposals to write, no progress reports to submit? ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 12 October 2011
There are so many factors for a stem cell to consider when deciding cell fates. A recent paper from Development discusses how the age of a stem cell can affect ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 11 October 2011
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: New blood: vasculature restrains pancreas growth Although the primary function of blood vessels is to provide organs with the oxygen ...Posted by GrowthDivDiff, on 9 October 2011
The final day of the meeting continued with vivid discussion and scientific exchange during the presentation sessions as well as during the breaks. Coming back to the initial focus of ...Posted by Lucia Prieto Godino, on 7 October 2011
This is the first post of others to come on the first course on insect neuroscience and Drosophila neurogenetics in Uganda, that is being partially funded by The Company of ...Posted by Christian Schröter, on 7 October 2011
As a follow up to Ben Martynoga’s post from yesterday, here is some more information on the topics covered in this excellent workshop that took place a couple of weeks ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 6 October 2011
October 7 is Ada Lovelace Day, celebrating women in science and technology. This international day to promote gender equality in these fields was first held in 2009, and is named ...Posted by Ben Martynoga, on 5 October 2011
Better late than never! This excellent workshop took place a couple of weeks ago, but it is still nice to have a record of what was discussed, here on The ...