This month on the Node- September 2015
Posted by the Node, on 1 October 2015
Research:
– Are cellular movements essential for the formation of Turing patterns? Two theoretical chemists posted about their recent paper in Nature Communications!
– David wrote his recent paper in Disease Models & Mechanisms, where he developed two novel and complementary strains that facilitate genetic studies in the mouse.
Discussion:
– Are PhD internships a valuable exposure to careers outside academia or a harmful distraction from research? Share your thoughts in the latest question of the month!
– What are the books that every developmental biologist should read? Check out the growing list and add your suggestions!
Meeting reports:
– Alfonso considered the 10th edition of the Physics of Living Matter conference and the history of how physical sciences came to shed light onto biological problems
– Check out this joint report on the recent FASEB meeting on ‘Mechanisms in Plant Development‘.
– and Amrita wrote about the 8th Annual Zebrafish Disease Model conference.
Also on the Node:
– You may have presented posters and given talks about your research, but how about a rap? Check out this Rapstract on a paper using the direct differentiation of motor neurons from mouse ESCs as a tool to identify genes that direct phrenic neuron identity
– Two interviews featured on the Node this month: an interview with Didier Stainier and an interview with Philip Zegerman
– A tour of grant hell– a scientific parody of Dante’s Divine Comedy!
Happy reading!
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