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An interview with Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Posted by , on 11 September 2013

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is an investigator at the Stowers Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and has worked for many years on regeneration in a little flatworm- the planaria. The ...

Woods Hole MBL embryology course turns 120

Posted by , on 11 September 2013

The Node has featured many interesting posts in collaboration with the Woods Hole MBL embryology course in the last few years. Students write every year about their experiences in the ...

The maternal squint puzzle - part 2

Posted by , on 11 September 2013

 The maternal squint puzzle – part 2 Karuna Sampath         Here is the background story for a recent paper from my lab in eLife, “An Essential Role ...

CNIC conference: Cardiovascular Development, Disease and Repair

Posted by , on 10 September 2013

CNIC conference: Cardiovascular Development, Disease and Repair 8-9th November 2013 Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CNIC, Madrid, Spain. Abstract submission deadline: 20th October 2013 For more information and registration please ...

Woods Hole images round 4- choose a movie to be a Development cover!

Posted by , on 5 September 2013

For the last round of Woods Hole images this year we have an exciting development- the last round is a movie round! Below are 4 great movies from last year’s ...

Bioscience Futures - enrich your career!

Posted by , on 31 August 2013

“If you’re looking for some really high quality career workshops specifically designed for doctoral and postdoctoral bioscientists then the Society for Experimental Biology’s new Bioscience Futures series could be just ...

This month on the Node- August 2013

Posted by , on 31 August 2013

August might be the month when most people go on holidays, but the Node was still full of activity! Here are some of the highlights:   Research – Stefano de ...

In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 18)

Posted by , on 27 August 2013

Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development:   FGF10 function in the lung branches off Lung development in mice involves specification of the primary lung field followed ...

An interview with Marianne Bronner

Posted by , on 23 August 2013

Marianne Bronner is a developmental biologist at the California Institute of Technology. At the International Society of Developmental Biology (ISDB) meeting in 2013 she was awarded the prestigious Conklin medal ...

Recipe to make liver from stem cells...

Posted by , on 22 August 2013

  Can you imagine a supermarket where doctors could just go and pick the cells they need to cure their patients? Just like a pharmacy…or a blood bank? Well, this ...

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