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How being a scientist helped me to be a good mother

Posted by , on 17 January 2025

Last year I became the mother of fraternal twins. I love being a parent, but in a profession rife with gender inequalities, I am also aware of how my transition ...

Lab meeting with the Das lab

Posted by , on 17 January 2025

This is part of the ‘Lab meeting’ series featuring developmental and stem cell biology labs around the world. Where is the lab? The lab is located at National Centre for ...

Lab meeting with the Hirashima lab

Posted by , on 3 December 2024

Meet the Hirashima lab, situated at the Mechanobiology Institute and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore.

New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances

Posted by , on 10 November 2024

It’s now been 13 months since I started my lab, marking the end of my ‘New PI Diaries’ series here on the Node. The journey has so far been both ...

Lab meeting with the Chan Lab

Posted by , on 31 October 2024

Meet the Chan lab, based in the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore. The lab is interested in how mechanics regulates mammalian follicle development.

Lab meeting with the Ladher Lab

Posted by , on 23 October 2024

Meet the Ladher Lab, based at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India.

A Day in the Life of a Hofstenia Lab

Posted by , on 19 September 2024

Learn about a day in the life of a lab that uses Hofstenia miamia, the three-banded panther worm, for their research.

New PI diaries: Hiring people and building a lab

Posted by , on 23 August 2024

On my first day at the ZMBP last October I saw our lab space and my first thought was ‘I have a lab!’. A little over half a year later, ...

Lab meeting with the Harnoš lab

Posted by , on 12 August 2024

Meet the Harnoš lab, based in Brno, Czech Republic. The lab is interested in the role of planar polarity in neural tube formation and cell migration in Xenopus.

Improving laboratory animal genetic reporting

Posted by , on 9 July 2024

The LAG-R framework (Laboratory Animal Genetic Reporting) has just been published in Nature Communications with Lydia Teboul, head of our Molecular Cell Biology team at the Mary Lyon Centre at ...

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