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The Doctor of Delayed Publications - the remarkable life of George Streisinger

Posted by , on 21 July 2016

It seemed like an ordinary morning, with the lecture on Drosophila genetics due to start at 8 o’clock. But when the professor walked in something remarkable happened: instead of starting ...

Journey to the East: from San Diego to Singapore

Posted by , on 18 July 2016

Axons in mature nervous systems regenerate poorly after injury, creating a major obstacle for recovery from neuronal injury. We know, however, that their regenerative capabilities are affected by both cell-extrinsic ...

Research without boundaries - I remain an optimist

Posted by , on 16 July 2016

This week I attended a meeting with Paul Nurse, director of the The Francis Crick Institute, who spoke about the potential implications of the pending Brexit on scientific research at the ...

A day in the life of a cricket lab

Posted by , on 14 July 2016

I am Yoshimasa Hamada, a Research Fellow in Okayama University Graduate School in Japan, working with Prof. Kenji Tomioka, Prof. Hideyo Ohuchi, Prof. Sumihare Noji and Dr. Tetsuya Bando. Our ...

The Zika Virus and Systematic Screens of Mouse Mutations

Posted by , on 14 July 2016

  This post was originally published on the DMDD blog.     The Zika virus has raised global awareness of birth defects more than at any time in the last ...

Stem Cell & Higher-Order Chromatin Structure: Official meeting reporter wanted

Posted by , on 13 July 2016

Stem cells have the unique properties of both self renewal and differentiation into various lineages. In the last few years, chromatin architecture and noncoding RNAs are emerging as major players in both gene ...

Deep into the developmental origins of neural tumours with Drosophila

Posted by , on 12 July 2016

Caroline Dillard and Cédric Maurange (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Marseille)   Drosophila neural stem cells as a cancer model Transformation of a cell into a cancer cell is a complex ...

Replicating spinal cord development with microfluidics

Posted by , on 5 July 2016

Unraveling Development Embryonic development is a complex and regulated spatiotemporal ensemble of signaling cues that control cell differentiation. Most of what we now know comes from experimenting directly on embryos. ...

“People in this country have had enough of experts”

Posted by , on 2 July 2016

I woke up this morning to a Facebook reminder of where I was 5 years ago. I was in Lille, France, on a 2 month sabbatical at Université Lille 1 ...

This month on the Node - June 2016

Posted by , on 1 July 2016

This month we welcomed Aidan to the Node, who took over from Cat as Community Manager, and introduced himself here. He’s been enjoying settling in to the Company of Biologists office, and ...

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