This month on the Node- January 2016

We’ve had a busy start to 2016 on the Node! Check out this round-up of new content, and remember to check our Jobs page for new opportunities, and our Events page to keep up to date with conference and course deadlines.

Research

–What can zebra finches tell us about pluripotency? Raj posted about early zebra finch development and its potential for the comparative study of pluripotency in amniotes.

-Joseph wrote about measuring protein activity in embryos using fluorescent tandem timers, and using Timerquant, a useful modelling tool.

-How can one study the effects of age on regeneration? Konstaninos and Panagiotis wrote about how neither aging nor repeated regeneration seems to affect newts’ ability to regenerate.

-Jiho wrote about his paper addressing the controversy as to whether embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are molecularly and functionally equivalent.

-In addition, make sure to check out these research posts from December! Learn about the evolution of the neural crest and the developmental processes that take place during grafting in Arabidopsis. You can also read about detection of GFP-tagged proteins in whole organisms using electron microscopy and find out more about high-speed isotropic resolution microscopy.

Discussion

-This January the Node released a new series,  Forgotten Classics of Developmental Biology, highlighting the hidden gems that we should all revisit. Read the first instalment, on the 1940 paper that first identified the cell layers in the shoot meristem.

–How important is drawing to observing and studying development? Beatrice gives us an insight into Edwin Conklin’s view of drawing as a tool for research.

Also on the Node

-Check out this amazing timelapse of pre-implantation development in mouse, posted by Kate!

-The Node and Abcam are looking for a meeting reporter to attend the Abcam  Germ Line Stem Cells Conference in San Francisco. The application deadline is the 15^th of April, and the lucky reporter will get free registration to the conference!

-There’s still time to participate in the first Development cover image competition of the year! Voting is open until noon GMT on the 4^th of February.

Interviews

-We featured this interview with Peter Lawrence first published in Development, where he talks about developmental biology, science funding and the ideal size for a lab!

-We also posted this interview with Melina Shcuh, who studies meiosis in mammalian oocytes. First published in the Journal of Cell Science.

Happy reading!

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