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Applying tandem timers to measure signalling and gene expression dynamics in developing embryos

Posted by , on 11 January 2016

The signalling systems that conduct the orchestra of embryonic development are fantastically complex and dynamic. We owe much of our knowledge of in vivo signalling dynamics to advances in microscopy ...

New updates on Node emails

Posted by , on 11 January 2016

Here on the Node you can sign up for several mailing lists, but since they were implemented at different stages each sign up page was in a different place. To makes things simpler ...

The BSDB Newsletter 2015 is out

Posted by , on 8 January 2016

The BSDB Newletter 2015 is out! As you might have noticed, there was no BSDB summer newsletter this year. The reason for this is that the BSDB committee has taken ...

What do songbirds tell us about ES cells?

Posted by , on 8 January 2016

A running joke amongst avian developmental biologists is that the chicken (Gallus gallus) is the tastiest of the model organisms. A typical response from some of my mouse, frog or ...

Abstract deadline fast approaching: BMP Signalling in Cancer

Posted by , on 8 January 2016

BMP Signalling in Cancer 15—17 March 2016 St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK Join the Biochemical Society in exploring the mechanisms of BMP signal transduction and regulation of signalling, and discussing how ...

Future developments: your thoughts and our plans

Posted by , on 5 January 2016

This editorial by Olivier Pourquié and Katherine Brown first appeared in Development.   As a journal with its community very much at its heart, we here at Development believe it ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 1)

Posted by , on 5 January 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Making and shaping the lung epithelium Gas exchange in the lung occurs across the alveolar epithelium, which consists of ...

Mole- So now you have your own lab! Part VII- Beaten & Bruised

Posted by , on 29 December 2015

This cartoon was first published in the Journal of Cell Science. Read other articles and cartoons of Mole & Friends here.   Part I- ‘The imposter’ Part II- ‘The teaching monster’ Part ...

Migratory neuronal progenitors in Tunicates provide insights into Neural Crest evolution

Posted by , on 24 December 2015

Tunicates are the invertebrates most closely related to us, forming a monophyletic clade with the vertebrates, known as Olfactores. Tunicates, often erroneously referred to as “urochordates” (a junior synonym and ...

Happy holidays from the Node!

Posted by , on 22 December 2015

Happy holidays everyone! It’s almost the New Year! The Node will be a bit quieter than usual for the next few days and we might take longer than usual in ...

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