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Posted by the Node, on 21 June 2011
Tomorrow is the Node’s first birthday, which means we’ve been online for a year now. We’ve taken a look at the archive of the past year as a reminder of ...Posted by kara_cerveny, on 24 May 2011
Although I’m no longer working at the bench, I still think of myself as a scientist. During grad school and much of my post-doc, I assumed that I would follow ...Posted by SophieP, on 23 May 2011
Sophie Pryor Institute of Child Health University College London The third Young Embryologist Meeting, which brings together PhD students, Post-Doctoral and Young PI researchers, was held on Friday 6th May ...Posted by Michael Belliveau, on 22 May 2011
I am now a Patent Attorney at Clark & Elbing, a Boston boutique patent law firm specializing in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. I have been at Clark & Elbing since 1998, ...Posted by Vivian Siegel, on 19 May 2011
I was a PhD student with Peter Walter, studying protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum. I did very well as a student, publishing six research papers during that time. After ...Posted by Nishal Patel, on 4 May 2011
The Map of Life is a recently published guide to convergent evolution produced by the University of Cambridge that has been touring science festivals and events across the world. It ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 22 April 2011
Axons have such important jobs to do that they require their own support staff. Schwann cells are responsible for ensheathing axons of the peripheral nervous system with myelin, which allows ...Posted by the Node, on 21 February 2011
Contest reminder The deadline for the Node image contest is creeping closer. Have you sent in your submission yet? Have a look on our Facebook page to get a glimpse ...Posted by Linda, on 18 February 2011
“A researcher is found dead hunched over her lab bench, and seven suspects are in custody. Now it’s up to 30 high school students to determine who killed her.” To quote ...Posted by sarahgibb, on 15 February 2011
During the first year of my PhD, I undertook a small rotation project in the lab of Dr Kim Dale, doing some work with the chick embryo. I did this ...