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Labs in lockdown

Posted by , on 13 March 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has led to travel restrictions, conference cancellations and university closures. How do labs function in various states of lockdown? What happens to model organisms and long running ...

Call for letter of interest: Executive Director to DanStem, University of Copenhagen

Posted by , on 6 March 2020

A Directorship position is now open at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology DanStem Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen DanStem is seeking a ...

Call for letter of interest - Executive Director (Professor) of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology (DanStem)

Posted by , on 6 March 2020

DanStem The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology (DanStem) addresses fundamental research questions in stem cell and developmental biology and seeks to develop translational activities based on this ...

February in preprints

Posted by , on 2 March 2020

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  February’s haul features blooming orchids, regenerating lungfish and human intestines, and also lots of interesting stuff in the ‘Research ...

Moving neuromuscular disorders research forward: from novel models to clinical studies

Posted by , on 27 February 2020

This Editorial by Maaike van Putten, Julija Hmeljak, Annemieke Aartsma-Rus and James J. Dowling was recently published in Development’s sister journal Disease Models & Mechanisms, announcing a new Special Issue. ...

2020 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting

Posted by , on 26 February 2020

From the 2020 SCDB organizing committee (Sally Horne-Badovinac, Sean Megason and Zhu Wang). See also a Node report from the 2018 edition, and an interview with 2018 SCBD Young Investigator ...

Message from SDB President Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Posted by , on 25 February 2020

The following message by Society for Developmental Biology President, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (Stowers Institute for Medical Research), was originally posted on the Society for Developmental Biology website February 24, 2020. ...

Growing a body, one tiny tug at a time

Posted by , on 24 February 2020

From Knowable Magazine’s Special Report: Building Bodies. For an introduction to the series see Eva Emerson and Rosie Mestel’s Node post. For decades, genetics and biochemistry have formed the bedrock ...

The people behind the papers – Madeleine Linneberg-Agerholm, Yan Fung Wong and Josh Brickman

Posted by , on 20 February 2020

This interview, the 75th in our series, was recently published in Development.  Our understanding of lineage decisions in early human development has been greatly aided by embryonic stem cell lines, which ...

Bent into shape: The rules of tree form

Posted by , on 17 February 2020

From Knowable Magazine’s Special Report: Building Bodies. For an introduction to the series see Eva Emerson and Rosie Mestel’s Node post. How do trees find their sense of direction as ...

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