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BSDB Autumn Meeting

Posted by , on 18 October 2016

The 2016 BSDB Autumn meeting under the topic of ‘chimaeras and their use in studying  developmental processes and disease models’ was organised by Jenny Nichols and Tristan Rodriguez. It took ...

Exciting news on neural stem cell niches: stunning research from Fiona Doetsch's lab

Posted by , on 26 August 2016

http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)30163-1 Sense & Sensibility: niche signals regulate neural stem cells in an age-dependent manner paper feature by Thomas Schwarz-Romond Tissue specific stem cell niches provide lifelong support for adult stem ...

Model Organism Database funding is in trouble: Let your voice be heard

Posted by , on 23 June 2016

  Model Organisms such as yeast, worm, fly, fish, rat, and mouse are key drivers of biological research, providing manipulable and cost-effective experimental systems that continuously yield fundamental insights into ...

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 ...

BSDB Autumn Meeting: the use of chimeras to study developmental mechanisms

Posted by , on 9 May 2016

It is our greatest pleasure to welcome you to the 2016 BSDB autumn meeting that will be held from the 28-30 August in Edinburgh. This conference is our only theme driven ...

All movies of the 2016 BSCB/BSDB Spring Meeting

Posted by , on 23 April 2016

In 2016 the BSCB/BSDB Spring conference has yet again been a great success, and many prizes were announced, amongst them the BSDB’s Waddington, BSCB’s Hooke, BSCB’s Women in Cell Biology ...

A DNA laboratory for everybody: Bento Lab

Posted by , on 14 April 2016

Bento Lab – a low-cost portable DNA laboratory has been funded on Kickstarter in less than 36 hours. The team, led by Philipp Boeing and Bethan Wolfenden aims to transform ...

BSCB/BSDB Spring Meeting 2016: BSDB medals & all other awards

Posted by , on 13 April 2016

The joint BSDB/BSCB spring meeting has yet again been a great and most successful event. As every year most of our Awards are announced on this meeting and the BSDB ...

Abigail Tucker: the first to be awarded the BSDB Cheryll Tickle medal

Posted by , on 1 February 2016

As reported earlier last year, the BSDB has introduced the Cheryll Tickle Medal, which will be awarded annually to a mid-career, female scientist for her outstanding achievements in the field ...

The BSDB Newsletter 2015 is out

Posted by , on 8 January 2016

The BSDB Newletter 2015 is out! As you might have noticed, there was no BSDB summer newsletter this year. The reason for this is that the BSDB committee has taken ...

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