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The 2012 UK National Xenopus Conference

Posted by , on 10 April 2012

The UK national Xenopus conference is an annual event held to discuss the exciting and extremely varied work carried out across the UK using the African clawed frog (Xenopus) as ...

Origins of Tissue Stem Cells - June 28-29, 2012 in Edinburgh

Posted by , on 5 April 2012

Upcoming deadlines: oral abstract, poster abstract and early bird registration – 23 April 2012 Meeting chairs: Dr Clare Blackburn and Dr Val Wilson (University of Edinburgh) Topics: •  Gut and ...

I was so hungry...

Posted by , on 5 April 2012

I ate a horse. Seriously. I ate horse meat tonight. I wouldn’t have ordered it, and I don’t feel so good about myself for doing it, but I believe in ...

2012 Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Overview

Posted by , on 4 April 2012

A few weeks ago, over 150 Canadian and international graduate students, post-docs and scientists met for the 6th biennial Canadian Developmental Biology Conference. This year’s conference was held in the ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 9)

Posted by , on 3 April 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Haematopoiesis to knock your SOX7 off During vertebrate development, haematopoietic and endothelial cells emerge from a common mesodermal progenitor, ...

This Month on the Node – March 2012

Posted by , on 30 March 2012

Money appears to have been the main topic of conversation this month. In the past few weeks, we’ve had a glimpse into the status of science funding in countries around ...

Banners

Posted by , on 28 March 2012

If you’ve recently visited our Facebook page, you may have already seen them, but we have some new banners – of both the physical and digital kind. First of all, ...

Nihao from Xinjiang

Posted by , on 28 March 2012

I have sprung up again in China. It’s time for another field collection of jerboa embryos in far northwestern China (Xinjiang), and since this is the reason Eva invited me ...

An interview with José Xavier Neto

Posted by , on 20 March 2012

(This interview originally appeared in Development.) The Latin American Society for Developmental Biology (LASDB) is getting ready for their Sixth International Meeting, which will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from ...

IBMB SYMPOSIUM: FROM CELLS TO ORGANS, 16-17th April

Posted by , on 16 March 2012

Dear Colleagues, IBMB SYMPOSIUMWe are pleased to announce that it is now possible to register for the *Institute of Molecular Biology (IBMB) Barcelona Conference:**From Cells to Organs, 16 – 17 ...

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