This month on the Node- October 2014
Posted by the Node, on 3 November 2014
Here are some of the highlights for October. Don’t forget to also check our jobs page, were several new positions were advertised this month!
Research:
– Shusei wrote about his recent paper successfully using intracytoplasmic sperm injection to generate live quails, and what this work teaches us about bird development.
– Misato combined atomic force microscopy and immunostainning to examine how the embryonic mouse cerebral cortex changes in stiffness during development.
– Shashank achieved tissue-specific mutagenesis in Ciona using CRISPR/Cas system.
– and Paul reposted a comment on his paper on the role of histone H3.3 in regulating chromatin during spermatogenesis.
Meeting reports:
– Denise went to this year’s Zebrafish Meeting in Maddison.
– Cat reported from the EMBO conference on interdisciplinary plant development.
Also on the Node:
– Last month Development organised a workshop titled ‘From Stem Cells to Human Development‘. Andrea discussed some of the issues raised in the panel discussion on the ethics of stem cell research, that took place at the workshop.
– Our model organisms series continues with ‘A day in the life of a shark lab‘- including a video of a swimming shark embryo inside its egg!
– Do you have a pet name for your favourite lab equipment? We collated your answers!
– And we produced a new set of node postcards– collect them at your next conference!
Happy reading!
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