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EuroStemCell Newsletter June 2015: Stockholm, stem cells and summer

Posted by , on 2 July 2015

This month’s newsletter has a focus on the recent annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, which was held in Stockholm at the end of June. If ...

5 years, 5 posts- celebrating the Node’s 5th anniversary!

Posted by , on 2 July 2015

Happy birthday to us! It has been 5 years since the Node was first launched, and we have come a long way. Over the last 5 years, over 1,500 posts ...

An interview with Austin Smith

Posted by , on 2 July 2015

This interview was first published in Development.   Austin Smith is a stem cell and developmental biologist, who has dedicated his career to the study of pluripotency, stem cell renewal and ...

This month on the Node- June 2015

Posted by , on 1 July 2015

Here are some of the highlights of the last month!   Research: Steve told the tale of how it became an established fact that human sex ratio at conception is ...

A new look… but still the same Node!

Posted by , on 1 July 2015

As you may have noticed, the Node is looking a little different today! This year we are celebrating our 5th anniversary, and 5 years is a long time in the ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 13)

Posted by , on 30 June 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Controlling Traffic jam for niche specification Tissue stem cells are dependent on their local microenvironment – the niche – ...

Question of the month- societies

Posted by , on 30 June 2015

Last week the International Society for Stem Cell Biology meeting took place in Stockholm, and next week is the turn of the Society for Developmental Biology meeting, in Utah.  However, an ...

Woods Hole Embryology 2015 (#embryo2015)

Posted by , on 29 June 2015

Elena Boer, Shun Sogabe and Joe Hanly are currently attending the MBL Embryology course in Woods Hole MA. 2015 marks the 122nd year of the Woods Hole Embryology course. This ...

Scheduled Node maintenance- 1st of July

Posted by , on 29 June 2015

We will be doing some maintenance work on the Node this Wednesday the 1st of July, and unfortunately this means there will be no access to the site then. You ...

Nerves read the electrical topography of their microenvironment in making growth decisions

Posted by , on 29 June 2015

A really interesting recent paper on bioartificial limbs underscored the prospect of transplantation for problems in regenerative medicine. One key issue facing transplant technology is establishing appropriate innervation to the ...

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