This month on the Node- November 2015
Posted by the Node, on 1 December 2015
Our jobs page was very busy this month! Check out the 13 new positions available. Elsewhere on the Node:
Research:
– Mike Levin explains how his group used artificial intelligence to produce a model that explains the all-or-none phenotypes seen in depolarised Xenopus tadpoles.
– How do you express two genes stably and bicistronically through electroporation in chick? Joana Lima posted about her recent paper in BMC Developmental Biology.
– Julia posted a new stem cell image, and told us a bit about pancreas development!
Discussion:
– The New Year is coming! What is your wish list for your research in the year 2016? Tell us in the latest question of the month!
– Why was Micrographia such an important book? Cat Vicente posted about why scientists should know about Robert Hooke’s work.
Also on the Node:
– Marcela told us about the time she spent in Jeremy Brocke’s lab in UCL and her visit to the lab of Aziz Aboobaker at the University of Oxford, sponsored by a Development Travelling Fellowship.
– An interview with José Silva featured in the Node this month!
– A new Mole cartoon, about grant writing (and proposing to Fundamentally Change the World As We Know It). And two more Sticky Wicket posts on bad and not-so-bad ideas.
– Check out the SDB’s new small grants program!
– And Oliver Davis wrote about his time at Jean-Paul Vincent’s lab sponsored by a BSDB Gurdon Studentship!
Happy reading!