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The Zika Virus and Systematic Screens of Mouse Mutations

Posted by , on 14 July 2016

  This post was originally published on the DMDD blog.     The Zika virus has raised global awareness of birth defects more than at any time in the last ...

“People in this country have had enough of experts”

Posted by , on 2 July 2016

I woke up this morning to a Facebook reminder of where I was 5 years ago. I was in Lille, France, on a 2 month sabbatical at Université Lille 1 ...

YEN 2016 review

Posted by , on 26 June 2016

My informal review of YEN this year is by necessity a bit rushed but, for what it is, here it is. Most reviews are very short and pithy/jealous and only ...

Hello from Aidan!

Posted by , on 14 June 2016

I’m happy to introduce myself as the Node’s new Community Manager, taking up the reins from Cat Vicente, who said goodbye recently, and left this unique site in great shape. ...

Sweetening with a pinch of salt: maximized Cas9 efficiency in zebrafish

Posted by , on 14 June 2016

  Alexa Burger, Mosimann lab, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Switzerland. When I first heard about the “new” genome editing method in early 2013 called CRISPR-Cas9, I ...

Call for Papers: a Special Collection on Neurodegenerative Diseases

Posted by , on 31 May 2016

Disease Models & Mechanisms invites you to submit original research for consideration for an upcoming Special Collection ‘Neurodegeneration: From Models to Mechanisms to Therapies‘. This ongoing collection will focus on ...

2 technical and 1 post-doctoral posts in cell biology, molecular endocrinology and skeletal biology, Imperial College London

Posted by , on 24 May 2016

Professors Graham Williams and Duncan Bassett have 3 full-time posts (5 years each) available. One technical post in skeletal biology is funded by the Horizon 2020 grant: Resetting the THYRoid ...

Reflecting on the student & postdoc events at the BSCB/BSDB Spring Meeting

Posted by , on 23 May 2016

Last year, the BSDB carried out a student and postdoc survey (see here), and the results clearly highlighted the need for more dedicated program items for young researchers on BSDB ...

A mouse embryo atlas using HREM data

Posted by , on 23 May 2016

For the first time, a reference mouse embryo atlas has been created using HREM image data. For other embryo imaging methods such as micro-CT, a reference embryo atlas has previously ...

Recovering from an earthquake: update from IMEG

Posted by , on 13 May 2016

I recently learned that the recent earthquakes in Kumamoto, Japan, severely affected the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG) – home to a large community of developmental biologists. Fortunately, ...

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