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A study on cell migration provides insights into the movement of cancer cells

Posted by , on 20 November 2013

Using Drosophila melanogaster, researchers at IRB Barcelona discover that during multiple cell migrations a single cell can act as leader, dragging the others with it. _____________ The migration of groups ...

A day in the life of a Drosophila lab

Posted by , on 28 October 2013

My name is Nana and I’m a third year PhD student at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London. Our lab is in the Division of Molecular Neurobiology—so ...

And in the beginning was histone 1

Posted by , on 30 September 2013

A team at IRB Barcelona identifies an essential protein for embryonic viability during the first cell divisions in the fly Drosophila. This protein, called dBigH1, which is a variant of ...

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 ...

The Node postcards!

Posted by , on 30 August 2013

Here at the Node we are very excited about our new conference giveaway- the Node postcards! We have selected a set of 4 beautiful images that have featured in the ...

Bridging the gap between the sub-cellular and the tissue-organ scale

Posted by , on 22 August 2013

A major challenge when studying the cell biological bases underlying morphogenesis is represented by the gap between the sub-cellular and the tissue-organ scale (Figure 1). Ideally, one would like to ...

silicoCROSS: a help in genetic crosses

Posted by , on 12 August 2013

I’m quite a lazy person, and as such I like to find solutions to boring and repetitive tasks. One of those is the drawing of punnett squares in Drosophila genetics. ...

The Fly Room Project

Posted by , on 24 July 2013

The field of modern genetics owes a lot to the pioneering work of Thomas Hunt Morgan on the little fruit fly. A great part of his work was conducted in ...

Woods Hole Images round 3 – vote for a Development cover

Posted by , on 7 June 2013

It is time for round 3 of last years’ Woods Hole embryology course images! The regenerated planarian won the last round , but who will you vote for this time? ...

Stem cells crossing boundaries

Posted by , on 16 May 2013

For most of us, we don’t all end up settled as adults in the same town where we were born.  The same is true for many cells, including some stem ...

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