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Welcome to the Node - a virtual coffee break

Posted by , on 14 June 2010

On one of the walls of the Royal Institution in London is the following quote: “Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break” ...

Meeting report from the 2nd joint meeting of the SFBD AND JSDB 2010 - "From Cells to Organs"

Posted by , on 13 June 2010

(This was essentially written by Dr. Chris Gordon – see bottom for details, though “Heather” posted it here.) Approximately 320 participants attended the second joint meeting of both the Japanese ...

Research snippets from the Land of the Tiger

Posted by , on 13 June 2010

It is close to three years since my first visit to the ‘Land of the royal kings and gold, tigers, cobras and elephants’ – INCREDIBLE INDIA!! Yes, incredible in every ...

BSDB-BSCB Meeting Report Part I

Posted by , on 12 June 2010

The recent joint meeting of the British Societies for Developmental Biology (BSDB) and Cell Biology (BSCB) in Warwick provided an exciting opportunity to catch a glimpse of the future of ...

Write your next article with your head in a cloud

Posted by , on 12 June 2010

There are many ways to write a collaborative research article, review, grant or conference proposal. One of the most comfortable frameworks when there are more than two of you actually ...

An interview with Kate Storey and Silvia Marino

Posted by , on 27 May 2010

(Originally published in Development) In February 2010, in the beautiful setting of Wiston House, nestled at the foot of the hilly South Downs in Sussex, UK, The Company of Biologists, ...

The dish on career choices

Posted by , on 26 May 2010

When we did a survey among attendees of the British Society for Development Biology meeting in April, we asked what topics you would like to discuss on the Node. One ...

March of Dimes award for Shinya Yamanaka

Posted by , on 19 May 2010

Earlier this month, Shinya Yamanaka, of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease in San Francisco, won the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology for his groundbreaking work on induced ...

Tips for blogging from meetings

Posted by , on 11 May 2010

At the Node we welcome reports from scientific meetings, but only if the meeting organizers and speakers allow it. I’m currently writing the Node’s guidelines for meeting reports, and then ...

Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences

Posted by , on 5 May 2010

Earlier this year, Cold Spring Harbor Asia opened a new conference centre in Suzhou, China. Located near Shanghai, the conference centre gives the research community in Asia an international conference ...

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