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BSDB/BSCB/JSDB Joint Spring Meeting Report, part two

Posted by , on 1 May 2012

Tuesday: Cell cycling and growth, stem cells and fate, and medal-winners’ lectures Buzz Baum opened the cell cycle and growth in development session with a talk about his lab’s work ...

BSDB/BSCB/JSDB Joint Spring Meeting Report, part one

Posted by , on 1 May 2012

The 2012 Spring meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology was held on the 15th-18th April at the spacious campus of Warwick University.  The meeting was held jointly with ...

This month on the Node - April 2012

Posted by , on 30 April 2012

Discussions We launched an essay competition, “Developments in development”. If you have any thoughts on the future of developmental biology – whether it’s about techniques, funding, or the general direction ...

Tweets from the BSCB/BSDB/JSDB meeting

Posted by , on 30 April 2012

Although there was no “official hashtag” to be used on Twitter, several attendees of the recent BSCB/BSDB/JSDB meeting were livetweeting the event. I tried to keep up, and collected several ...

And of course there's a hedgehog...in the car

Posted by , on 28 April 2012

We have been getting pretty good videos for the past few days, but it seems the animals have realized we aren’t actually predators and have gone on strike. After the ...

Of course there are chickens...

Posted by , on 27 April 2012

We just got back from the desert about a half hour ago, at 2:30 am, after a pretty successful evening. We also went earlier in the day to build a ...

Interview with Beddington Medal winner Boyan Bonev

Posted by , on 27 April 2012

Each year, the British Society for Developmental Biology awards the Beddington Medal for the best PhD thesis in developmental biology. At the 2012 BSDB meeting, this award went to Boyan ...

Epigenomics of Common Diseases 12-15 October 2012

Posted by , on 26 April 2012

Abstract deadline: 27 July 2012 | Registration deadline: 1 September 2012 Building on the success of last year’s event, ECD 2012 will bring together scientists from the fields of epigenomics, ...

The IMPC: a new era in mouse genetics

Posted by , on 26 April 2012

The sophistication of genetic tools and the relative ease of breeding and housing mean that the mouse is the most widely used mammalian organism for basic and biomedical research. The ...

Baby camels!

Posted by , on 25 April 2012

Now the real adventures begin. We arrived at the field station on Sunday and met with The Fixer on Monday afternoon to discuss arranging a driver for the next week ...

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