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High-speed imaging of entire organisms at sub-cellular, isotropic resolution

Posted by , on 14 December 2015

A microscope has long remained a biologist’s favorite tool, and for obvious reasons, as it has been the tool to continually grant us deeper access into the elusive world that ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (7)

Posted by , on 4 December 2015

In 2014, the British Society of Developmental Biology (BSDB) has initiated the Gurdon Summer Studentship program with the intention to provide highly motivated students with exceptional qualities and a strong ...

Fly like a fish?

Posted by , on 26 October 2015

Zebrafish is a common model organism in many fields of science. The study by Sundvik et al. 2015 in Scientific Reports tests the safety of acoustic levitation of an intact ...

"Eppur (non) si muove": why cellular movements may not be essential to the formation of Turing patterns in biology.

Posted by , on 23 September 2015

D. Bullara* and Y. De Decker *domenico.bullara@mail.com   When Catarina Vicente (Community Manager of “The Node”) proposed us to write a post about our recent paper on pattern formation in ...

Meeting Report: Zebrafish Disease Model Conference 8 in Boston

Posted by , on 4 September 2015

I was fortunate to attend the 8th annual Zebrafish Disease Model (ZDM) meeting in Boston (24th Aug-27th Aug) organized by the Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS). The aim of the ...

An interview with Didier Stainier

Posted by , on 1 September 2015

This interview first featured in Development.   Didier Stainier is a Principal Investigator at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Having spent most of ...

Camelid antibodies go fishing

Posted by , on 18 May 2015

Figure 1. “Cytoplasm”, illustration by David S. Goodsell, the Scripps Research Institute.   When contemplating the illustrations by David S. Goodsell (Figure 1), the first thing that stands out is how ...

Research Assistant in Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford

Posted by , on 20 April 2015

An experienced and meticulous Research Assistant is required to the join the Cardiovascular Development, Repair and Regeneration group led by Professor Paul Riley (in collaboration with Professor Tatjana Sauka-Spengler). The post ...

Specifying stem cells, specifically

Posted by , on 5 February 2015

Bone marrow transplants save lives. It’s as simple as that. The reason bone marrow transplants are so effective is because this squishy tissue is home to haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), ...

Fully funded Healing Foundation PhD Studentship available to UK/EU or international students 2

Posted by , on 11 December 2014

Title: The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during tissue repair and regeneration Supervisors: Professors Enrique Amaya and Ralf Paus, University of Manchester Application deadline: January 30, 2015 Description: There ...

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