(Developmental) Biology around the internet- May 2014

Here is May’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:

News & Research:

– This month was a sad one for science, as two renowned  scientists passed away: Robin Holliday and developmental biologist Julian Lewis.

– The Royal Society announced their new fellows list, including several developmental biologists: Cliff Tabin, Liam Dolan, Mandy Fisher and Martin Johnson. EMBO’s list of new members also included developmental biologists.

– Recent papers in Science and Nature Medicine examined the rejuvenation effect that blood from young mice has on old mice

– Nature reviewed the book ‘Embryos under the microscope‘, an overview of the history and science of embryology by J.Maienschein

– The Wellcome Trust announced that in 2016 the first volunteers will receive blood cultured from stem cells.

– And do you like science and beer? The Pint of Science festival is kicking off this week (19th-21st of May) in several countries around the world. If you are attending and would like to write about it for the Node, get in touch!

Weird & Wonderful:

– Buzzfeed collated some fantastic science tattoos.

– Check out this segmentation cake to honour David Ish-Horowicz

– And on the topic of cakes, how about an evolutionary tree of cakes and biscuits?

Evolutionary tree of cakes and biscuits? RT @JohnRunions pic.twitter.com/ONtK9BiSjx

— the Node (@the_Node) May 1, 2014

Beautiful & Interesting images:

– As the weather warms up, time for strawberry mitosis.

– And this comic reveals what the audience is really thinking when you give a talk:  

What people think about during your conference talk, by @upmicblog pic.twitter.com/Exf36cXtAd — the Node (@the_Node) April 29, 2014

Videos worth watching:

– Enrico Coen talks about about his book ‘Cells to Civilizations’.

– Undergraduate students at a science communication course created this short video that uses the cartoon Pokemon to explain concepts of evolution.

– Here is an excellent video introducing DNA and the genome to a lay audience.

– And finally the MPI-CBG Institute in Dresden made their own video to the sound of the song ‘Happy’ (spot the dancing directors!):

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