This month on the Node – May 2016
Posted by the Node, on 1 June 2016
May was most notable for the departure of the Node’s brilliant Community Manager, Cat Vicente. Cat said her goodbyes here, but we’d like to take this opportunity to thank her again for her great work over the last 3 years.
And Cat still found time to keep posting right up to the end – both with the latest in our Forgotten Classics series, and her reflections on the inspiration behind Eric Satie’s piano composition ‘Desiccated Embryos‘.
In Cat’s absence, the community has been fantastic at keeping the Node full of content – we’ve had a particularly busy month on the jobs page, and lots of other really interesting content. Thanks to all of you for posting!
Research
Lei wrote about her recent work on the lineage and connectivity of mouse germ cell cysts – and the similarities and differences with Drosophila oogenesis.
Elizabeth posted on sex determination in flies, and how this translates into sexual dimorphism in body size and in gut physiology.
Hernan and colleagues recently published a software platform for quantitative analysis of tissue organisation. He told us more about the pipeline and its potential applications.
Meetings
Erin and Matthias were at the Inaugural Sainsbury Lab Symposium on Induced Plant Development. They tell us all about the latest advances in this fascinating field.
The latest Company of Biologists’ Workshop “Metabolism in Development and Disease” brought together a diverse group of researchers, including Carlos and Patricia – who give us their reflections on the meeting.
Development is hosting a meeting this September, focussing on the use of stem cell technologies to understand human development. Find out more here, and register soon to secure your place!
Also on the Node
The recent Kumamoto earthquakes devastated the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics. Find out about their recovery efforts.
Nestor got involved with the recent ‘Science Saturday‘ event with The Rockefeller University’s outreach team.
And the SDB is offering the John Doctor Education Prize for the best video explaining ‘Induction’ to a lay audience. Get your thinking caps on and enter for the chance to win $1000!
We hope you enjoy these and all the other posts featured on the Node in the past month. June sees the arrival of our new Community Manager – find out more in a couple of weeks!
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