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Posted by Seema Grewal on June 30th, 2015
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Controlling Traffic jam for niche specification Tissue stem cells are dependent on their local microenvironment – the niche – for regulation of self-renewal and differentiation. In the Drosophila male germline, the niche comprises a set of 8-10 somatic cells called hub cells, which are[…]
Posted by the Node on June 30th, 2015
Last week the International Society for Stem Cell Biology meeting took place in Stockholm, and next week is the turn of the Society for Developmental Biology meeting, in Utah. However, an annual meeting is not the only thing that a society may do. Other activities can include, for example, the publication of a peer-reviewed journal, advocacy for[…]
Posted by Joe Hanly on June 29th, 2015
Elena Boer, Shun Sogabe and Joe Hanly are currently attending the MBL Embryology course in Woods Hole MA. 2015 marks the 122nd year of the Woods Hole Embryology course. This program has a long and prestigious history, as exemplified by the long list of alumni who grace the the wall of class photos in the[…]
Posted by the Node on June 29th, 2015
We will be doing some maintenance work on the Node this Wednesday the 1st of July, and unfortunately this means there will be no access to the site then. You can expect the Node to be down from 7 a.m. (British Summer time) for up to 4 hours. We are sorry for the disruption, especially for[…]
Posted by Mike Levin on June 29th, 2015
A really interesting recent paper on bioartificial limbs underscored the prospect of transplantation for problems in regenerative medicine. One key issue facing transplant technology is establishing appropriate innervation to the host. What factors control the amount of nerve emanating from an organ graft and the paths that this innervation takes? Alongside the familiar diffusible signaling[…]
Posted by Max_Yun on June 28th, 2015
Salamanders are remarkable organisms. Following the amputation or loss of complex structures such as parts of their eyes, hearts and brains, tails -including the spinal cord-, jaws and even full limbs, they are able to set up a regeneration programme which leads to the exact replacement of the missing structure, even as adults. As such,[…]
Posted by Gary McDowell on June 28th, 2015
Frontal section image of mouse embryo with liver marker showing two different liver precursor populations invading and migrating into two different liver lobes (Siyeon Rhee). Continuing the effort to bring young developmental biology researchers in the Boston area together, in a similar vein to the Young Embryologist Network in the UK, and following on from our previous[…]
Posted by cathlau on June 27th, 2015
This is my first post for the Node, so I thought I would introduce myself a little bit… I just finished my MSc in Experimental Psychology (Behavioural Neuroscience) and now I am striving towards becoming a science communicator. Although, I would like to share the research that I am interested in and was involved in,[…]
Posted by CourteneyLai on June 27th, 2015
StemCellTalks is a Canadian high school outreach initiative that has been running in 7 Canadian cities since 2010. This symposium was established to facilitate knowledge transfer between academia and high school students pertaining to the science and practical ethics of stem cells. To date, over 500 graduate student and trainee volunteers have reached over 5000[…]
Posted by Federico Brown on June 25th, 2015
Join us for the 8th International Conference of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology in the Port of Santos, SP, Brazil (October 20th-23rd). We have a great line-up of speakers, a Genomic Editing and Analyses workshop, and a Comparative Embryology of Marine Invertebrate satellite course. Abstract submission deadline is June 30th!!! For more information[…]
