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Behind the paper: The mechanisms underlying microglial expansion in the developing brain

Posted by , on 1 May 2023

Dr Liam Barry-Carroll, Dr David A Menassa, Professor Diego Gomez-Nicola and colleagues have recently published a paper in Cell Reports elucidating the mechanisms by which microglial cells expand as a ...

Lab meeting with the Ashe lab

Posted by , on 27 April 2023

Our next 'Lab meeting' is with the Ashe lab at the University of Manchester, UK.

Genomic Analyst position at Xenbase

Posted by , on 25 April 2023

Genomic Analyst position at Xenbase, the Xenopus Model Organism Knowledgebase Xenbase (www.xenbase.org) is the online Xenopus bioinformatics and genomics resources used by biomedical researchers worldwide and is funded by the ...

Biocurator position at Xenbase

Posted by , on 25 April 2023

Biocurator position at Xenbase, the Xenopus Model Organism Knowledgebase Xenbase (www.xenbase.org) is the Xenopus bioinformatics and genomics resource used by biomedical researchers worldwide and is funded by the NIH/NICHD. Xenopus ...

Meet the Node correspondents: Dina Mikimoto

Posted by , on 25 April 2023

We recently announced that we will be working with three newly appointed the Node correspondents, who will be helping us to develop and write content for the Node in 2023. ...

PhD position (University of Plymouth) - Recreating brain tumours in vitro using patient-derived glioma stem cells hosted by human mini-brains

Posted by , on 24 April 2023

We are seeking a talented and motivated PhD candidate to work on our fully funded project focused on recreating brain tumours using human mini-brains. As part of our team, you’ll ...

Beyond the birds and the bees

Posted by , on 24 April 2023

“It’s like growing a clone of yourself out of your arm,” Bailey Steinworth said, gesturing to her own arm to illustrate one of the ways Cassiopea xamachana — the upside-down ...

Behind the paper story: uncovering non-canonical functions of the Hippo pathway

Posted by , on 21 April 2023

Heya Zhao shares the story behind a recently published paper in Dev Cell where they reveal the non-canonical functions of the Hippo pathway in developmental cell fate decisions in the ...

From Cell to Organism. When Cell Biology meets Development

Posted by , on 21 April 2023

Paris, October 16-19, 2024 The International Conference Centre, Sorbonne Université This conference is co-organized by the 3 major French organizations in the field: French Society for Cell Biology, French Developmental ...

Meet Joyce Yu, the new Community Manager of the Node

Posted by , on 20 April 2023

Hello everyone! I am Joyce Yu, the new Community Manager of the Node. Before joining The Company of Biologists, I was doing science communications at Alzheimer’s Research UK, a charity ...

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