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Gills, fins and the evolution of vertebrate paired appendages

Posted by , on 19 April 2016

The origin of paired fins is a major unresolved issue in vertebrate evolutionary biology, and has been a topic of debate among palaeontologists, comparative anatomists and developmental biologists for over ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 8)

Posted by , on 19 April 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   The origins of lung macrophages revealed Tissue-resident macrophages are phagocytic cells that are essential for the response to injury ...

Building genetic tools in Drosophila research: an interview with Gerald Rubin

Posted by , on 18 April 2016

This interview first featured on Disease Models and Mechanisms.   Gerald (Gerry) Rubin, pioneer in Drosophila genetics, is Founding Director of the HHMI-funded Janelia Research Campus. In this interview, Gerry ...

2016 Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Report

Posted by , on 17 April 2016

Surrounded by the breathtaking landscape of the Rocky Mountains, hundreds of graduate students and researchers gathered for the 8th biennial Canadian Developmental Biology Conference at the Banff Centre, minutes outside ...

The SDB-BSDB Interview Chain: Valeria Yartseva interviews Mathew Tata

Posted by , on 15 April 2016

Valeria Yartseva was the winner of last year’s Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) meeting poster competition. Her prize was to attend the spring meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology ...

8th Young Embryologist Network Conference

Posted by , on 14 April 2016

8th Young Embryologist Network Conference 27th May 2016 09:15-18.00 UCL Institute of Child Health Registration and abstract submission are now open! The 8th Young Embryologist Network Conference aims to bring together developmental biologists from across ...

BSCB/BSDB Spring Meeting 2016: BSDB medals & all other awards

Posted by , on 13 April 2016

The joint BSDB/BSCB spring meeting has yet again been a great and most successful event. As every year most of our Awards are announced on this meeting and the BSDB ...

The Node at the BSDB Spring meeting (with new freebies!)

Posted by , on 7 April 2016

The 2016 Spring meeting of the British Society for Development Biology (held jointly with the British Society for Cell Biology) will start this Sunday at the University of Warwick and ...

High-pressure tubes

Posted by , on 6 April 2016

Notes on “Intracellular lumen formation in Drosophila proceeds via a novel subcellular compartment” by Linda S. Nikolova and Mark M. Metzstein. Development 2015 142: 3964-3973; doi: 10.1242/dev.127902 In this post, ...

Forgotten classics- Regulating the size of the mouse embryo

Posted by , on 6 April 2016

  Snow, M. H. L., Tam, P. P. L. (1979) Is compensatory growth a complicating factor in mouse teratology? Nature 279, 555-557 Lewis, N. E., Rossant, J. (1982) Mechanism of ...

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