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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 9 February 2011
What I love about developmental biology is the collaborative nature of the field. The vast majority of biologists feel that by sharing ideas, data, and reagents, we can learn more ...Posted by the Node, on 3 February 2011
[updated 24/2] – New deadline: March 15 To celebrate the successful first half year of the Node, we’re running a competition. A Node Latin, Nodus – a knot In general ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 5 January 2011
Cancer and stem cells are two very loaded biology concepts, and more frequently can be found in the same discussion. Stem cells within tumors are able to divide and provide ...Posted by Linda, on 22 December 2010
The other beauty of Fluorescent Reporter Gene Systems is its unbearable likeness to holiday colours.Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 8 December 2010
We can all articulate the importance of using model organisms to understand biology, but many of us fall short in our understanding of some of the more uncommon model organisms. ...Posted by Bruno Vellutini, on 6 December 2010
“I also here salute the echinoderms as a noble group especially designed to puzzle the zoologist.” Libbie Hyman, 1955 Echinoderms are fascinating creatures. They have extensive regenerative capabilities, a mutable ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 1 December 2010
The RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology has released the images for a series of postcards under a creative commons license. The images picture a wide range of both common and ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 17 November 2010
Glamour, fame, red carpets, flashing lights. It’s not what you usually get as a top scientist, but why not? Why should overnight reality TV stars get more attention than people ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 21 October 2010
One of my (many) geeky passions is the overlap between art and science: Science as art (think of the Nikon image competition) or art inspired by science. That last category ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 19 October 2010
Somites are the building blocks of the vertebrae, skeletal muscle and dermis…literally and figuratively. Somites define the segmented features of vertebrate embryos, and are repeated blocks of epithelial cells formed ...