(Developmental) Biology around the internet- September 2013

Here is our monthly round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:

News & Research

– Nature reported this month that stem cells have been used to generate minibrains in vitro. You can read an excellent article by Ed Yong on this work .

– The hilarious 2013 IgNobel Prizes that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’ have been revealed. Check out the list of winners!

– A paper was published this month reporting the first case of successful in vivo cellular reprogramming.

– How good is your stem cell knowledge? Take the Knoepfler lab 2013 stem cell quiz!

– And if you are keen on making a poster to communicate your research to the general public, here are some tips from the British Science Association.

Weird & Wonderful 

– We found two great science-inspired art websites. We found a website dedicated to art in a petri dish, as well as an artist who creates beautiful microscopy-inspired glass sculptures.

– World Cell Race 2013 is now accepting applications! Do your in vitro cells have what it takes to be a winner?

– Science-inspired arts and crafts make another appearance this month, with this pattern to knit an axolotl as well as a brain-inspired hat.

– Check out the amazing camouflage of this moth! Not so successful in Spring though!

 
 
 
Beautiful & Interesting images

– Cell Press has a great gallery of embryogenesis images that you should definitely have a look at.

– This beautiful image is a map of the scientific collaborations across the world. You can read an explanation of how the map was generated in this blog.

– And if you are a microscopist, you might want to have a look at these Victorian mounters for microscopy slides.

Videos worth watching

– This cool animation shows metamorphosis from tadpole to frog.

– The New York Times made this short video explaining what 3D bioprinting is, including footage of a working bioprinter!

– and we found a few science raps on the internet, including this rather catchy one from Stanford University about meiosis:

All the content on this post and more (including coming meetings and registration deadlines) was tweeted from the Node twitter account. If you don’t want to wait for the monthly posts, follow us on Twitter!
 
 

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