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(Developmental) Biology around the internet- December 2013

Posted by , on 16 December 2013

Here is our monthly round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:   News & Research: – Fred Sanger has sadly passed away. A fitting ...

Advantages of exposure

Posted by , on 11 December 2013

I was fortunate go get funding and support to travel to California during my graduate student period. While some similarities between the Norwegian and Californian west coasts made me feel ...

Outreach competition- find your own science metaphor!

Posted by , on 5 December 2013

Development recently published an article by Ben-Zion Shilo on his recent science outreach project. In this project, Benny aimed to explain concepts of developmental biology to the public by identifying ...

A Perfect Lab Leaving List

Posted by , on 4 December 2013

Say goodbye to the lab books. They may let you keep it. But usually, sadly, it must stay. Despite being illegible to anyone but you, and never mind the amusing ...

Setting the record straight- an interview with Daniel St Johnston

Posted by , on 3 December 2013

Professor Daniel St Johnston is a prominent developmental biologist and the current director of the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge (UK). The St Johnston lab recently retracted two papers, in what ...

Developmental and genetic research at Otago: Genetics Otago symposium 28-29th November 2013

Posted by , on 2 December 2013

Meeting report for Genetics Otago symposium 28-29th November 2013. The annual Genetics Otago symposium was held in the newly refurbished HD Skinner Annex of the Otago Museum in sunny (yes, ...

This month on the Node- November 2013

Posted by , on 1 December 2013

This month saw many interesting posts on the Node, in addition to several job and PhD studentship adverts in our jobs page. Here are some of the highlights!   Node series ...

Evolution of the First Nervous Systems II

Posted by , on 29 November 2013

What is the earliest Phylum of metazoans to possess what we would recognize as a nervous system? Did earlier organisms have all the components of a nervous system in the ...

Royal Society Publishing - Molecular and functional evolution of transcriptional enhancers in animals - TB 1632

Posted by , on 29 November 2013

Posted by Felicity Davie, Royal Society Publishing: Molecular and functional evolution of transcriptional enhancers in animals – TB 1632 – Dec 13 Royal Society Publishing has just published Molecular and ...

Blue Skies and Bench Space: Adventures in Cancer Research

Posted by , on 28 November 2013

If you’re interested in how science is done, what it takes to make major discoveries, and how we got to where we are today, you may be interested in a ...

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