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In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 9)

Posted by , on 12 April 2011

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Cranial neural crest development: p53 faces up The tumour suppressor p53 plays multiple roles in the prevention of cancer ...

2011 Gairdner Awards Recipients Announced

Posted by , on 8 April 2011

The recipients of Canada’s most prestigious science awards, the Gairdner Awards, was recently announced.  The Awards recognize researchers for their contributions to the field of medical research.  The 2011 Gairdner ...

Meet other Node readers at BSDB meeting

Posted by , on 5 April 2011

We’re trying to gauge interest for an informal gathering of Node readers (in the form of drinks after dinner) at the upcoming BSDB meeting. We have a lot of readers ...

Marion Silies wins GfE thesis award

Posted by , on 31 March 2011

Every two years, the German society for developmental biology (Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie – GfE) hands out an award for the best PhD thesis of the previous two years. At their ...

GfE/JSDB meeting in Dresden

Posted by , on 24 March 2011

The joint GfE/JSDB meeting is currently underway in Dresden. The organizers have managed to keep the meeting going with a full schedule, despite some delegates from Japan being unable to ...

PhD studentship: the role of chromatin in embryonic development

Posted by , on 21 March 2011

Nicoletta Bobola’s research group Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester The objective of this fully-funded 4-year PhD project is to investigate how the composition of chromatin regulates ...

Image competition finalists

Posted by , on 21 March 2011

In the Node’s recent image competition, we asked for images related to developmental biology and some sort of intersection – playing on the double meaning of the word “node” in ...

YEN Seminar Next Week – March 24

Posted by , on 17 March 2011

We are delighted to announce the first double-seminar session hosted by the Young Embryologist Network (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdb/yen) on March 24th from 4pm – 6pm (& refreshments afterwards) in the A.V. Hill Lecture Theatre, Medical ...

Travel funding

Posted by , on 17 March 2011

If you’re attending a conference later this year and need help funding your travel, you can apply for one of the Company of Biologists’ Direct Travel grants. The maximum amount ...

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted by , on 14 March 2011

We were deeply shocked to hear about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, and would like to express our sympathy with the people of Japan. ...

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