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Making of the nerve cord: The story of telling neural progenitors when and where not to divide

Posted by , on 5 May 2017

Comment on “Anterior-Posterior Gradient in Neural Stem and Daughter Cell Proliferation Governed by Spatial and Temporal Hox Control”, Current Biology 27, 1161-1172 (2017). Ignacio Monedero, Behzad Yaghmaeian, Stefan Thor. Department ...

New DMM Collection focused on Neurodegenerative Diseases

Posted by , on 3 May 2017

A growing aging population means that age-dependent neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are affecting increasing numbers of people, making research into ...

Color-blind people are your audience too!

Posted by , on 27 April 2017

Or, please stop mixing green/red Color is a key aspect of graphic design, but for many years was not relevant for scientific figures that were largely black and white. Falling ...

Recognition and metrics for peer review activity: reviewercredits.com

Posted by , on 25 April 2017

In this post, I would like to introduce to “The Node” our website, reviewercredits.com, launched last July by myself and my friend Robert Fruscio. We are both physicians (I’m in ...

Jenny Nichols, the winner of the BSDB Cheryll Tickle Medal 2017

Posted by , on 13 April 2017

In 2016, the BSDB introduced the Cheryll Tickle Medal, which is being awarded annually to a mid-career, female scientist for her outstanding achievements in the field of Developmental Biology. The ...

Bill Harris, winner of the BSDB Waddington Medal 2017

Posted by , on 13 April 2017

The Waddington Medal, the only national award in Developmental Biology, is awarded for outstanding research performance as well as services to the subject community. The medal is awarded annually at ...

The people behind the papers: Adam Davis, Nirav Amin and Nanette Nascone-Yoder

Posted by , on 13 April 2017

In spite of our external appearance, our innards are asymmetric. For today’s interview, we feature a paper published recently in Development that provides a cellular and molecular investigation into symmetry breaking in a poorly understood ...

The BSDB Beddington Medal Winner 2017: Erik Clark

Posted by , on 11 April 2017

The Beddington Medal is the BSDB’s major commendation to promising young biologists, awarded for the best PhD thesis in Developmental Biology defended in the year previous to the award. Rosa ...

Medal & Award winners at the 2017 BSCB/BSDB/Gen Soc Spring Meeting

Posted by , on 11 April 2017

As every year, the Spring meeting was the time of awards and medals! This year, we had awardees of three societies who are listed below. For those wanting to have ...

The people behind the papers: Dae Seok Eom & David Parichy

Posted by , on 7 April 2017

Macrophages are usually associated with immunity, but have increasingly appreciated functions in development and homeostasis. This week we meet the authors of a recent Science paper that identified a role ...

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