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This month on the Node- August 2014

Posted by , on 1 September 2014

Here are last month’s highlights! Don’t forget to check our jobs page too.

 

morphometricsResearch:

– Gary wrote about his visit to a particle accelerator to image Xenopus embry0s using X-rays.

– Thomas discussed his  paper in Development on the evolution of the development underlying the complex cerebellum found in amniotes.

– Milos introduced his blog ‘Creative Morphometrics’, where he addresses problems in cell shape analysis and proposes solutions using R and python code.

– and Christele discussed a Cell Stem Cell paper challenging the dogma that haematopoietic stem cells keep their DNA intact to ensure a healthy lifelong function.

 

Discussion:

– We reposted an opinion piece published in Development considering the role of morpholinos in the context of new genome editing techniques. Join the discussion!

– What should the future of research be like? Join other graduate students and postdocs in the discussion by participating in the Future of Research symposium!

 

Also on the Node:

Chile2– The latest post in our outreach series is by Kathleen, who launched the project ‘Ciencia Al Tiro‘, which brings science to underprivileged children in Chile.

– We reposted an obituary on the life and research of Yoshiki Sasai.

– The interview chain continues, with an interview with the winner of the SDB poster prize Niteace Whittington

– And Cat reported from the European Evo-Devo meeting, which took place in Vienna last month.

 

 

Happy reading!

 

 

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