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Favourite papers advent calendar

Posted by , on 8 November 2012

What was your favourite paper in the fields of developmental or stem cell biology this past year? We’re preparing a little feature on the Node for the month of December: ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 23)

Posted by , on 6 November 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Dishevelled: the Notch-Wnt go-between The Notch and Wnt signalling pathways are used during animal development to generate a diverse ...

Celebrating stem cells

Posted by , on 1 November 2012

Last month was an exciting one for stem cell research. I’m sure you all saw how stem cells hit international headlines with the announcement of a Nobel Prize for John ...

The embryonic cell lineage of C. elegans, revisited and revisualized

Posted by , on 26 October 2012

On my desk sits a tattered photocopy of one of the pinnacles of modern developmental biology, the “embryonic lineage” paper by John Sulston, et al. (1983). In this paper, Sulston ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 22)

Posted by , on 23 October 2012

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development:   Nodal regulates germ cell potency During mammalian gonadal development, somatic cues regulate the sex-specific development of foetal germ ...

Postdoctoral Researcher - Morphogenesis during animal development, Bergen Norway

Posted by , on 22 October 2012

Postdoctoral Researcher Morphogenesis during animal development The Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology is now offering a two-year postdoc position in a research group working on morphogenesis using the ...

At the cutting edge of molecular biology: 25 years of Genes & Development

Posted by , on 18 October 2012

The Genetics Society’s 2012 Autumn Meeting celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Genes & Development There have been exciting advances in molecular analyses of genetic and epigenetic regulation of key cellular ...

Worms teach about germline stem cells

Posted by , on 10 October 2012

To me, the stem cells within a germline are a perfect storm of fascination.  Stem cells are, of course, intriguing in their ability to self-renew and differentiate, and a germline ...

Meeting Report: 1st Spanish Conference on the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila. 25-28th September. Aiguablava, Girona.

Posted by , on 6 October 2012

In the middle of the worst political and financial turmoil Spain is experiencing since the return of its young democracy, the 1st Spanish Conference on the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 20)

Posted by , on 18 September 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   S1P1 halts vascular remodelling During organogenesis, vascular remodelling ensures that developing organs receive sufficient oxygen and nutrients. Factors that ...

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