NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available in the Nascone-Yoder laboratory at North Carolina State University (NCSU) to study left-right asymmetric organ morphogenesis. The successful applicant will utilize both Xenopus and the emerging amphibian model, Lepidobatrachus (Budgett’s frog), to elucidate the cellular and molecular basis of gut and/or heart looping.

We are seeking a self-motivated individual with a Ph.D. in cell and developmental bio, and at least one peer-reviewed publication.  A strong background in molecular biology must be demonstrated, with experience in bioinformatics, frog models, organogenesis, IHC techniques, and/or confocal microscopy also highly desirable.

North Carolina State University is situated in the heart of the Research “Triangle” (as delineated by the three relative locations of NCSU, Duke University & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).  The Nascone-Yoder lab is located in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine, currently ranked 3rd among the top veterinary colleges in the nation.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Please send a CV, including a list of three references, and a statement of research interest by email to:    Nanette Nascone-Yoder, nmnascon@ncsu.edu

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I previously wrote a post about the development of a 4-D X-Ray Tomography technique for imaging early Xenopus embryos. Frog embryos are opaque due to their yolky composition and this has proved a challenge for traditional optical microscopy of events in the early stages of Xenopus embryo development. However Julian Moosmann, Ralf Hofmann and Jubin Kashef at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) recently developed a technique using an X-ray setup from a synchrotron beamline to generate images of the frog embryo which they used were able to track events in gastrulation and neural crest migration.

They recently had some beam time at the Advanced Photon Source in Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA and they kindly invited me along to participate in some frog X-rays.

The Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

The basic principle of the process is that electrons are accelerated in a linear accelerator (to >99.999% the speed of light) and this beam of accelerated particles is further accelerated by electrical fields to >99.999999% the speed of light in a booster synchrotron, which also uses magnets to focus the beam. X-rays are generated by perturbing the path of the electrons to make them oscillate in the large storage ring. There are 35 tangential lines (we were in Sector 32, with assistance from APS staff members Alexey Ershov and Xianghui Xiao in setting up and operating the beam) which receive X-rays for experimental use, using optical setups tailored for the particular uses required by researchers.

Top panels: The Experiment Hall. Bottom panels, left: The hatch containing the experimental room for Sector 32 and right: the line carrying the beam from the storage ring to the hatch.

The team from KIT place frog embryos (fixed or living) in front of the beam in the setup shown below: an Eppendorf tube containing a well of agarose to hold the embryo in a fixed position is mounted on a rotating stage. For each tomogram, a 360˚ image is generated and for living samples, images are taken at multiple timepoints to generate a 4-Dimensional tomogram across space and time.

Setup of the sample holder (left, Eppendorf tube on pink stand) in front of the beamline (right).

Obviously having 30 keV of X-ray radiation fired at them doesn’t make for happy frog embryos and after some time they are unable to be imaged further. This is an obvious caveat to the technique but one that can be manipulated through exposure times, much as one would limit the exposure of samples for fluorescence imaging in an optical setup.

Left in charge of the beam by myself for a few hours!

Look out for this technique as it is developed further; it is clear that the images generated will give us a new view of embryology.

Please feel free to comment/ask questions – a further extended blog will likely appear at Beware of the Frog!
Further information and events:

No terrifying mutant frog monsters/comic-book villains were generated in this work.

For more info about the Advanced Photon Source please visit their website.

Ralf and Jubin are both giving talks at the upcoming Xenopus conference – Ralf will give a talk at 9am on August 27th entitled, “X-ray phase contrast microtomography: 4D livecell imaging of structural development” and Jubin will give a talk at 9.40 am entitled, “Cadherin-11 localizes to focal adhesions and promotes cell-substrate adhesion”.

Many thanks to Mike Levin at Tufts University for funding my trip out to APS.
References:

Moosmann, J. et al. X-ray phase-contrast in vivo microtomography probes new aspects of Xenopus gastrulation. Nature 497, 374–377 (2013).

Moosmann, J. et al. Time-lapse X-ray phase-contrast microtomography for in vivo imaging and analysis of morphogenesis. Nature Protocols 9, 294-304 (2014).

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A 3-year postdoctoral position is available in the Sablowski lab at the Cell and Developmental Biology Dept., John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK. The successful candidate will work on a project that combines genome-wide association mapping and quantitative image analysis to reveal novel genes that control stem architecture in Arabidopsis.
 

Plant architecture depends in large part on the on the size and shape of the stem, which vary widely in nature and in crops. The genetic and developmental basis for this variation, however, is mostly unknown. Knowledge about stem ontogenesis and novel genetic variation that modifies stem development is not only of fundamental interest in plant development and evolution, but also has great strategic potential for crop improvement.
 

An effective approach to reveal the genetic basis of natural variation is genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and in recent years Arabidopsis has emerged as a powerful model for GWAS. Also in the last years, novel imaging and quantitative, 3D image analysis methods have created unprecedented opportunities to study the cellular basis of plant growth. In this project, we combine both approaches to reveal the genetic basis for natural variation in stem development and the mechanism of action of the underlying genes.
 

A PhD in cell biology, development or molecular biology is required. The ideal candidate will have a proven record of scientific productivity and will combine rigorous and creative thought with attention to detail and ability to integrate their own project and results with knowledge from the relevant literature. Good knowledge of statistics, experience with Arabidopsis genetics, confocal microscopy, image analysis and knowledge of programming languages (R, Python) will be advantageous.
 

To apply, please go to: http://www.jic.ac.uk/training-careers/vacancies/2014/08/postdoctoral-research-scientist-sablowski-lab/
 

For further details about the lab, visit http://www.jic.ac.uk/STAFF/robert-sablowski/sablowski.htm

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Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:

HSCs make a Runx1 for it

The emergence of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) during early mammalian development is crucial for the formation of all blood cell lineages. Previous studies indicate that Runx1 is required for the endothelial-haematopoietic transition that gives rise to definitive HSCs; however, this transition occurs in multiple steps and the precise stage at which Runx1 is required has been unclear. In this issue (p.3319), Alexander Medvinsky and colleagues define the exact point during murine HSC emergence at which Runx1 is required. Using a conditional reversible knockout strategy, the authors show that a deficiency of Runx1 does not affect commitment to the haematopoietic lineage as marked by the expression of CD41, as Runx1 knockout embryos still contain a population of CD41+ cells that can form HSCs when Runx1 expression is restored. However, the absence of Runx1 blocks progression to the next stage of HSC emergence, as marked by the expression of CD45. These results demonstrate a precise, stage-specific role for Runx1 in the molecular regulation of HSC emergence during embryo development.

New player in neocortical neuron migration

The formation of the mammalian neocortex relies on the migration of projection neurons into specific layers, which is in turn regulated by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5). Cdk5 has previously been shown to interact with the G protein-coupled receptor serotonin 6 receptor (5-HT6R); however, whether and how this interaction might be important for neocortical migration remains unclear. Now, on p.3370, Alexandre Dayer and colleagues use a range of knockdown and rescue in utero electroporation experiments in mouse to show that 5-HT6R regulates the migration of the upper layer cortical projection neurons via its interaction with Cdk5, rather than with serotonin or other agonists. Knockdown of 5-HT6R in postmitotic upper layer neurons impairs their migration and leads to their presence in deeper layers of the neocortex, while re-expression of the full-length receptor or a Cdk5 kinase rescues this defect. The interaction between Cdk5 and 5-HT6R specifically affects the transition between multipolar and bipolar morphology in immature migrating neurons and provides in vivo evidence for the role of a G protein-coupled receptor in neocortical neuron migration.

Sonic hedgehog all Ptch2 up

The sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling pathway is a crucial mediator of cell proliferation, morphogenesis and fate, influencing the development and homeostasis of multiple organ systems during all stages of life. A central premise of Shh signalling is that the receptor patched 1 (Ptch1) mediates the Shh response, and that this response is greatest when Ptch1 is absent, allowing the release of pathway activator smoothened (Smo) and the eventual activation of Gli proteins. In this issue (p.3331), Henk Roelink and colleagues challenge this notion by showing that cells devoid of Ptch1 remain Shh responsive in both transcriptional and migrational assays. Furthermore, the authors demonstrate a role for patched 2 (Ptch2) in mediating the Shh response in the absence of Ptch1, since a response to Shh is seen in Ptch1–/– but not in Ptch1–/–;Ptch2–/– cells. These data are indicative of a complex relationship between Ptch1 and Ptch2 in their regulation of Smo activity in response to Shh.

PLUS…

Semaphorin signalling during development

Semaphorins are secreted and membrane-associated proteins that regulate many cellular and developmental processes. In this article and accompanying poster, Jongbloets and Pasterkamp review the molecular biology of semaphorin signalling in different contexts. See the Review on p.3292

A cellular understanding of tissue separation

The separation of the embryo into physically distinct regions is one of the most important processes in development. François Fagotto discusses various boundary formation models and summarizes recent studies that have examined this process at the cellular level. See the Review on p.3303

Coordinating cell polarity: heading in the right direction?

Jeffrey Axelrod and Dominique Bergmann report from The Company of Biologists workshop ‘Coordinating Cell Polarity’, which brought together researchers working on plant and animal systems to discuss the emerging themes in the field. See the Meeting Review on p.3298
 
 
 
 

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Applications are still being invited for this exciting course, to be given at MBL October 12-24, 2014.

This is the 7^th edition of an advanced Course oriented around the central conceptual foci of the field. Gene regulatory networks lie at the conceptual nexus of development, evolution and functional regulatory genomics. The Course is open to graduate students, postdocs, PIs or anyone else who might profit from a fast moving treatment of this new field. The Network Course provides an intense experience, which includes lectures, discussions, and seminars with a prominent interdisciplinary Faculty; modeling and topological network problems; and student presentations. The Course covers structure and function of genomically encoded gene networks controlling many different developmental processes, in vertebrate, Drosophila, and sea urchin model systems.. The Course is supported by NICHD, and has drawn rave reviews in all of its previous six incarnations. This year’s stellar Faculty:

Scott Barolo, University of Michigan
James Briscoe, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London
Marianne Bronner, Caltech
Arthur Lander, University of California Irvine
Bill Longabaugh, Institute for Systems Biology
Rob Phillips, Caltech
Ellen Rothenberg, Caltech
Harinder Singh, Cincinnnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
Steve Small, New York University
Isabelle Peter, Caltech, Assistant Director
David McClay, Duke University, Co-Director
Eric Davidson, Caltech, Co-Director

The syllabus of the 2014 Course can be seen at http://www.mbl.edu/education/files/2014/04/gern_sched14.pdf

Applications http://ws2.mbl.edu/StudentApp/StudentApp.asp?CourseID=GERN

are due August 19, 2014  (Some fellowship and travel assistance are available on request).

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Here is August’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:

News & Research:

– An interesting article considers the impact of the Great War in women in science.

– Alan Turing’s contributions to developmental biology featured in an excellent article in Mosaic.

– Do you use Research Gate? Or maybe Twitter? Nature News & Comment investigated how scientists use social networks.

– The British Society for Developmental Biology and the Node collated a list of outreach projects, resources and more. Have a look!

– And several articles considered different aspects of science jobs:

      – How stress affects postdocs, and how to deal with it

      – Should early scientists still be required to move country and institutes?

      – Why advertise a job position if you’ve already picked your winner?

      – Chris Wylie wrote this document a few years ago, providing advice to young faculty

Weird & Wonderful:

– If you are a fan of hama beads, you can now create images of the most common model organisms (suitable for cross stitching as well!)

– If famous scientists had logos, this is probably what they would look like.

– An artist has taken advantage of an  insect’s biology to create cocoons of gold and jewells

– ‘Directed evolution of a full professor‘- the research study (well, at least an abstract!)

– What is your pipette tip personality?

What pipette tip personality are you? pic.twitter.com/yLb73hVnqE RT @StemCellsAus @AusHSI @Dr_Mel_Thomson

— the Node (@the_Node) August 1, 2014

Beautiful & Interesting images:

– The smooth ER gets all the girls!

– A visual guide to bioluminescent creatures .

– Creating images of model organism out of laboratory equipment .

– Happy grass cells!  

Happy grass cells! pic.twitter.com/JckpUuib3U RT @MicroPicz via @Ivette_Negrete — the Node (@the_Node) August 8, 2014

 
 
Videos worth watching:

– Great video of a reconstructed beating heart.

– The importance of funding basic science, winner of a FASEB outreach competition.

– ‘Smells like development’, a Nirvana parody. And if you like this, make sure to also check the Devo Show!
 

Keep up with this and other content, including all Node posts and deadlines of coming meetings and jobs, by following the Node on Twitter

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Last March we interviewed Zarah Löf-Öhlin, who won the BSDB poster prize at the joint meeting of the British Societies for Cell Biology and Developmental Biology. Zarah’s prize was to travel to Seattle to attend the 73^rd Society for Developmental Biology meeting. Continuing the interview chain, Zarah interviewed Niteace Whittington, who won the SDB poster prize there. As a prize, Niteace will be attending the BSDB Spring meeting next April, in Warwick, UK.

ZLÖ: Congratulations on your achievement. You must be really proud of yourself!

NW: Thank you, I am!

ZLÖ: How do you feel?

NW: I am very surprised, happy and excited. I have never won anything this big before, so it is a really big deal for me.

ZLÖ: Is this the first prize that you have ever won at a poster competition?

NW: I won a prize during my undergraduate studies for a poster competition, but that was a long time ago. Last year I won a prize for presenting at a regional SDB meeting, but this is the biggest prize I have ever received.

ZLÖ: I can see that you also won a travel award for this meeting, so you have been very successful…

NW: Yes, I was awarded the FASEB MARC travel award. I have actually been awarded this travel prize every year since 2010 to attend SDB meetings. It is a travel award aimed at under-represented minorities in the sciences.

ZLÖ: In which lab do you work and what does your lab work on?

NW: I work with Elena Silva at Georgetown University, in the department of Biology. We are a developmental biology lab, and we study the development of the nervous system. We are particularly interested in identifying the gene regulatory network that regulates neurogenesis, i.e. the progression from a neural stem cell to becoming a neuron. My work tries to understand the function of Sox21, a transcription factor. We want to understand what role it plays in the process of neurogenesis.

ZLÖ: And you presented this work here?

NW: That is what I presented in my poster. It is my graduate thesis work, so the majority of my life as a graduate student was spent on that poster!

ZLÖ: Do you have a lot of time left on your PhD?

NW: I have actually defended my thesis in April. I have just finished my PhD.

ZLÖ: What are you future plans?

NW: I am looking for a postdoc position. I have been talking to a few people here and sending emails. I am really interested in expanding my research and learning new techniques.

ZLÖ: Then it is great that you get to go to England. Is it an option for you to move to Europe?

NW: We will see after I have visited!

ZLÖ: Have you been there before?

NW: I have never been to Europe before. It will be very exciting!

ZLÖ: Thank you and good luck with everything!

 Zarah Löf-Öhlin (left) and Niteace Whittington (right)

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I write this article in the beautiful city of Vienna at the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology meeting 2014. This is a meeting that happens every two years and I have been to every single one since the inaugural meeting in 2006 in Prague. As a card-carrying evolutionary developmental biologist, I began my career working on the basal chordate amphioxus. For the last five years or so have been working on questions of brain evo-devo in amniotes, predominantly using chick as a model system, in a neuroscience department. As such, I am thoroughly embedded amongst people whose primary concern is frequently how things work rather than how they have evolved. Often, the notion that biological systems have evolved seems (or perhaps, feels) completely alien. Philosophically, the approach frequently is intensely reductionist and shares more common ground with that of engineers than with many areas of biology. If there is a strain of criticism in my voice, it is only subliminal – working in a neuroscience department has been intensely invigorating and stimulating for my own scientific development.

Nevertheless, it is wonderful to be at a conference surrounded by people who are interested only tangentially in ‘cool’ experimental approaches, but primarily in really interesting animals and plants and what they can tell us about biology. It is the problems that count here, not the approaches – they are just a means to an end, though ironically the field has proved much quicker than most at adapting to new technologies (sequencing is an obvious example). As such, having initially thought that I would try and put together a meeting review, I have decided not too. This is not for the want of great talks, though I have drank a lot of beer in the last few days and have been rather worse for wear during many of them (another reason EED is a great conference). The reason for my change is that I wanted to write about something a bit less obvious: inspiration.

As a first year PhD student I bumbled along to a mini-meeting in Oxford on evo-devo in the UK. I was all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and loving the start of becoming an evolutionary developmental biologist. The crippling self-doubt and crushing disappointment and delusion that would come to characterise much of the rest of my doctoral studies had yet to set in. This is not a complaint – I had a successful time with very good supervision during my PhD; it strikes me that a PhD is supposed to resemble emotional purgatory (at least, always seems to – people who say it doesn’t, or more often reminisce that it didn’t, are lying).

Anyway, that’s not important. What I wanted to talk about was the inspiration that got me through, and it was to at least some extent the result of that meeting in my first year. I heard, amongst other people, Cassandra Extavour present some really preliminary data from her postdoc in Michael Akam’s lab in Cambridge. She works on germ cell specification in arthropods. I have no idea how that works (I didn’t then; I still don’t now). The data she presented was not at the time particularly impressive (though that is likely at best an uneducated opinion, dragged up from the back of my bad memory). But you could see the spark. She was fantastically bright and depressingly charismatic.

Well, eight years later, she is now an Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard. She has published about 4347238472 nice papers across a range of big and small journals (one of the things that in my experience seems to characterise good scientists is the willingness to publish in smaller journals rather than just shoe-horn data together and bully editors over the phone at NPG or Cell Press) and is, in short, a massive success. At EED 2014, she gave an update on her efforts as part of the community setting up a Pan-American evo-devo society that will be the sister to the European one of which I am a member. She also went on to highlight how the American network, through loudly and accurately advocating the field and jumping through the appropriate hoops, are in the process of convincing the National Science Foundation that the field of evo-devo can directly contribute to the goals of the NSF. Compared to the frequent tendency (at least in me) to naval-gaze and complain that people don’t fund evolution for its own sake, this was incredibly impressive*. I hate writing pieces that if I read them would make me post an anonymous comment of ‘vomit’, but I have made an exception as I stand to gain nothing: it was an inspiration.

*To be fair though, it does help to have a funding body that ask scientists (the people who actually have an informed opinion) what the priorities should be, rather than dictating to them what they are, and then asking them to change their behaviour. The ERC has developed a stellar reputation for exactly that reason too – the only criterion is scientific excellence; there is not a ‘strategic priority’ in sight. Research Councils UK take note. Please.

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Coming from a cell biology background, one of the most exciting things about attending developmental biology conferences for me is the range of (unusual) model organisms used in this field. So when the opportunity arose to go to this year’s European Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo-Devo) meeting in Vienna, I was very keen to attend (although I admit that the prospect of delicious Mozart Kugeln chocolates may have had something to do with it too!).  In this post I will give you my perspective on this meeting, but with 3 days worth of parallel sessions (sometimes 5 lectures running simultaneously!) I may have missed important points. If that is the case, please add your thoughts to this post by leaving a comment!

The 2014 European Evo-Devo took place at a lovely campus of the University of Vienna, a historical venue that was once a general hospital. The hosting city also has a particular association to the European Society for Evo-Devo because of the society’s logo. The beautiful tree (that also featured in the conference bags) is inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt, an Austrian artist that was part of the Vienna Secession movement. The society started its activities in 2006, with its first meeting in Prague, and since then the meeting has increased steadily in scale. The current edition boasted almost 600 attendees. Not bad for a field that, as we were reminded by the president of the society, Gerd Müller, in his opening address, was initially described as a ‘short term enterprise, an altogether misguided one’ when it first took off in the ‘80s! The American researchers in the field have taken a bit longer to get organised, but it was announced at this meeting that the Pan-American society for Evo-Devo has been officially launched.

From an outsider’s perspective one of the most striking features of this meeting was the breath of topics covered and the diversity of backgrounds of the attendees. I met developmental biologists, genomics researchers, palaeontologists, physicists, and more. There were talks ranging from morphogenesis and regeneration to the evo-devo of behaviour and eco-evo-devo. In fact, a surprisingly small number of talks actually fitted in what would have been my definition of evo-devo. The talk given by Blanche Capel (Duke University), for example, was along the lines of my expectations: after studying mouse gonad development for many years, part of her lab’s efforts focused on the equivalent system in turtles, in an attempt to understand whether there is an underlying signalling mechanism that has evolved to regulate sex determination in different organisms. However, Michael Travisano’s work (University of Minnesota), studying the evolution of multicellularity in vitro (with the creation of ‘snowflake’ yeast) was very much a talk on the mechanisms of evolution, while Olivier Hamant’s talk (ENS Lyon) on plant morphogenesis was a cross between developmental biology and mechanics. Not that this is a problem – as Gerd Müller stated in the conference booklet: ‘it is this broad interpretation of Evo-Devo that our society intends to foster’. The benefits of exposing yourself to other fields and ways of thinking are immense, especially for young researchers, and the Euro Evo-Devo meeting is a fantastic place to do just that (you can appreciate the broad range of issues covered by checking the conference programme here).

One session I found particularly interesting was on the future of Evo-Devo, where a number of key issues were discussed in an open forum. Is Evo-Devo a field, a connection point between fields or just a way of thinking? How is evo-devo changing? One might argue that a precise definition is not important, but there are practical consequences. As pointed out by members of the community, a clearly defined field with clearly defined objectives can be more successful in funding applications, as well as in persuading universities to allow evo-devo courses to be taught (something that the publishing of an Evo-Devo textbook might be able to address).

A personal highlight was the ‘living fossils’ session. ‘Living fossils’ is a term that refers to species that are thought not to have changed much over time. However, in this session we were persuaded of how inadequate this term is, as talk after talk showed how so many of the species considered to be unchanged actually differ from their fossilised relatives. I thought it was particularly interesting how in many cases this was shown from a very evo-devo perspective: by comparing the development (e.g. larval stages) of living animals and their fossil counterparts. Scott Gilbert’s talk (University of Helsinki) turned the concept of the individual upside down, by suggesting that we are not individuals but holobionts- us and our microbiome. He then argued that if that is the case maybe we should be studying the evo-devo of holobionts, and provided examples showing the impact of the microbiome on an individual’s development and evolution. Another favourite of mine was the talk by Nadia Fröbisch (Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin). She addressed the question of whether the ancestors of current amphibians were able to regenerate their limbs by looking through the fossil record. She noticed that fossils from a specific extinct species often showed digits that were malformed, fused or in unusual numbers- the type of mistakes that often happen when modern salamanders regenerate their limbs.

In addition to the great science, the meeting also stood out for two great social events: the evening reception at the Vienna Town Hall, a beautiful neo-gothic building where we were greeted with live music and lovely food (maybe this kind treatment stems from the fact that the mayor of Vienna studied Biology!); and the conference dinner, which took place in a Heuriger (traditional wine tavern), following a short trip in a specially booked ‘Euro Evo Devo’ tram.

Overall I really enjoyed this meeting. The variety and range of topics covered, as well as the unusual critters lurking in most talks, meant that there was always an interesting session or talk to attend. In addition, despite the relatively large size of the meeting, there was a great willingness from everyone’s part to interact and discuss science. If you would like to join in, look out for the next Euro Evo-Devo meeting, which will take place in Uppsala (Sweden) in 2016.

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Are you a postdoc or student planning to visit a collaborators lab? Then apply for a Development travelling fellowship! You can be awarded up to £2,500 (or currency equivalent) to offset travel costs and expenses, and there are no restrictions on nationality.

Find out more by visiting the travelling fellowships website. The next deadline is the 31st of August.

You can also find out more about this scheme by reading the Node posts written by successful applicants. Here are a few recent examples:

Of mice and zebrafish– by Shauna Katz (PhD student in France) who visited the Guillemot lab (UK)

Development Travelling Fellowship: a node connecting Woods Hole with the Stowers Institute– by Alice Accorsi (PhD student in Italy) who visited the Sánchez Alvarado lab (USA)

Sweet Swiss…Zebrafish?!– by Monika Tomecka (PhD student in the UK) who visited the Mosimann lab (Switzerland).

Green eggs and serrano ham– by Mariana Delfino-Machin (lecturer in Costa Rica) who visited the Gómez-Skarmeta lab (Spain)

Learning to Inject Platynereis Embryos– by Maggie Pruitt (Postdoc in the USA) who visited the Arendt lab (Germany)

Generation of Embryoid Bodies: a great tool to study vascular development– by Helena Serra (PhD student in Spain) who visited the Gerhardt lab (UK)

From a travel fellowship to starting your own lab– by Mirana Ramialison (Postdoc in Australia) who visited the Furlong lab (Germany)

Rewiring the brain– by Sonia Sen (Postdoc in India) who visited the Wang lab (USA)

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