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Nobel Laureates Warn Against Going over the Fiscal Cliff

Posted by , on 11 December 2012

Although I’m not a fan of simply reposting press releases, this press release from The Coalition for the Life Sciences, about a letter-campaign by Nobel Laureates to emphasize the importance ...

Book review: Everything you always wanted to know about auxin but were afraid to ask

Posted by , on 6 December 2012

This book review originally appeared in Development. Sabrina Sabatini reviews “Auxin Signaling: From Synthesis to Systems Biology ” (Edited by Mark Estelle, Dolf Weijers, Karin Ljung and Ottoline Leyser). Book ...

In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 1)

Posted by , on 4 December 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Gut feeling about Wnt doses The intestinal epithelium continuously renews throughout life. Canonical Wnt signalling – a major player ...

December 3

Posted by , on 3 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Bimodal control of Hoxd gene transcription in the spinal cord defines two regulatory subclusters Patrick Tschopp, Alix J. Christen and Denis Duboule (2012) Development 139 (5), ...

This month on the Node - November 2012

Posted by , on 30 November 2012

Site upgrade We now have a “featured topics” bar across the top of the page, which has the same function as these highlight posts: to let you know what happened ...

The BSCB Science Writing Competition- time to start writing!

Posted by , on 27 November 2012

Have you got a great science story in you? This autumn, the BSCB is again running its Science Writing Competition! The judges are looking for interesting, enthusiastic articles covering topics ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 24)

Posted by , on 21 November 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Translating Apc1 loss into intestinal proliferation Most colorectal cancers carry inactivating mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), a negative ...

SpotOn London

Posted by , on 20 November 2012

Last week I attended SpotOn London – a conference focused entirely on the role of the Internet on research, science outreach, science policy, tools, and related topics. There were talks ...

PhD position available: The role of microRNAs in neural crest development

Posted by , on 20 November 2012

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   PhD POSITION AVAILABLE   The role of microRNAs in neural crest development   MicroRNAs (miR) are short, non-coding RNAs around 22 ...

Advent and site updates

Posted by , on 19 November 2012

Advent calendar Thanks to everyone who has sent in suggestions for papers for the advent calendar. We’re still looking for a few more to take us to a complete set ...

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