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Let the collections commence!

Posted by , on 6 April 2012

All is well. The Kazakh family is unbelievable. They have been catching more than 20 females each night although almost every one of them died the first two nights. We ...

Origins of Tissue Stem Cells - June 28-29, 2012 in Edinburgh

Posted by , on 5 April 2012

Upcoming deadlines: oral abstract, poster abstract and early bird registration – 23 April 2012 Meeting chairs: Dr Clare Blackburn and Dr Val Wilson (University of Edinburgh) Topics: •  Gut and ...

I was so hungry...

Posted by , on 5 April 2012

I ate a horse. Seriously. I ate horse meat tonight. I wouldn’t have ordered it, and I don’t feel so good about myself for doing it, but I believe in ...

2012 Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Overview

Posted by , on 4 April 2012

A few weeks ago, over 150 Canadian and international graduate students, post-docs and scientists met for the 6th biennial Canadian Developmental Biology Conference. This year’s conference was held in the ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 9)

Posted by , on 3 April 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Haematopoiesis to knock your SOX7 off During vertebrate development, haematopoietic and endothelial cells emerge from a common mesodermal progenitor, ...

Sub-Nuclear Structures and Disease

Posted by , on 3 April 2012

Sub-Nuclear Structures and Disease 28 June-1 July 2012 The Møller Centre, Cambridge, UK Now in its third year, this Wellcome Trust meeting will focus on the biology of sub-nuclear structures ...

Photo-Morpholinos

Posted by , on 3 April 2012

In the study of the roles of genes during development, one problem that is often faced by researchers examining ‘late’ roles of genes is one of obscuration by temporal pleiotropy. ...

Exhausted but satisfied

Posted by , on 31 March 2012

The breakfast bell rang early this morning, so I’ve only just gotten my shower this evening which is a good thing since I was filthy and covered in sand. We ...

Stairway to Learning

Posted by , on 30 March 2012

When I stepped into the Institute of Genetics, Mainz, I stepped into the world of neural development – I was like Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders! It was all ...

This Month on the Node – March 2012

Posted by , on 30 March 2012

Money appears to have been the main topic of conversation this month. In the past few weeks, we’ve had a glimpse into the status of science funding in countries around ...

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