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Breakthrough Prize floors winners with sheer amount of money

Posted by , on 20 February 2013

Eleven biologists received some unbelievable news this week: They will each receive 3 MILLION dollars from a newly established award. The Breakthrough Prize was founded by Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) , ...

Cover winner: mouse confocal

Posted by , on 19 February 2013

We have a winner! This colourful image quickly took the lead, and stayed there. It will appear on the cover of Development soon. This confocal image (extended focus Z stack) ...

Stem cells at school, plus new fact sheets on EuroStemCell

Posted by , on 29 January 2013

Happy 2013 everyone! I hope you’re all settling into the year nicely.We sent out our EuroStemCell January newsletter last week and I thought some of you might be interested in ...

Woods Hole course application deadline extended

Posted by , on 28 January 2013

The Woods Hole image voting posts are some of the most popular posts on the Node (and yes, there will be a new one up VERY soon!). These images are ...

François Guillemot joins the Development team

Posted by , on 10 January 2013

Here at Development, we’re delighted to welcome François Guillemot to the team of academic editors. François will be replacing Alexandra Joyner, who is soon to step down as our neurodevelopment ...

Advent calendar round-up

Posted by , on 25 December 2012

If you have been following along with the advent calendar we’ve had in the sidebar for the past couple of weeks, you will have seen twenty-four papers – all selected ...

Travelling Fellowships

Posted by , on 17 December 2012

Do you need to learn a new technique?  Are you planning a collaborative visit?  If so please have a look at The Compnay of Biologist’s Travelling Fellowships – http://www.biologists.com/fellowships.html.  The ...

Would you like to work for the Node?

Posted by , on 13 December 2012

As you may have spotted, we’ve just posted a job ad for community manager for the Node. That is currently my job, but I will be leaving at the end ...

Nobel Laureates Warn Against Going over the Fiscal Cliff

Posted by , on 11 December 2012

Although I’m not a fan of simply reposting press releases, this press release from The Coalition for the Life Sciences, about a letter-campaign by Nobel Laureates to emphasize the importance ...

Reprogramming development

Posted by , on 4 December 2012

This editorial by Development Editor-in-Chief Olivier Pourquié appears in the current issue of Development. It seems most appropriate to start this editorial by congratulating the 2012 winners of the Nobel ...

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