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Mimicking infection in pregnant mice provokes persistent changes in juvenile brains
Posted by Alex Eve, on 22 May 2024
A Press Release from Development No parent wants to risk their child having a serious infection, least of all while still in the womb, but did you know that the …Lab meeting with the Kierzkowski Lab
Posted by the Node, on 22 May 2024
Meet the Kierzkowski Lab, located in the Montréal Botanical Garden. The lab studies plant organogenesis using systems such as Arabidopsis and Physcomitrium.Development presents… June webinar on brain development
Posted by the Node, on 21 May 2024
Hear from three early-carrer researchers on brain development, chaired by Steve Wilson.Rediscover 14 years of content on the Node
Posted by Joyce Yu, on 20 May 2024
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Posted by jonny coates, on 17 May 2024
Authors: Sandra Franco-Iborra (ASAPbio Community Lead), Pablo Ranea-Robles (Postdoctoral Fellow, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen), Lonni Besancon (Assistant Professor, Linköping University) & …A workshop to enhance thinking about and communicating research – a planktonic perspective.
Posted by Elizabeth Williams, on 17 May 2024
Elizabeth A. Williams and Gemma Anderson-Tempini, University of Exeter. As biologists we work regularly with images to collect, interpret and communicate our data, findings and ideas. These days, however, images …News from FocalPlane
Posted by Helen Zenner, on 13 May 2024
FocalPlane features… open microscopy and accessible workflow Open microscopy projects are flourishing with researchers contributing new technology and accessible workflows with the hope of democratising access to microscopy. In our …And how would you rate your current pain and fatigue? It’s a Tuesday.
Posted by Sharna Lunn, on 10 May 2024
When I was 25 and having a particularly bad day, crying to my mum about how exhausted and in pain I was during my studies, she recalled a passing comment …Join the SUMMER SCHOOL IN TRANSCRIPTOMICS in DEVELOPMENT and CANCER – Sweden, June 25-28, 2024
Posted by Claudio Cantù, on 10 May 2024
The School is designed for Master’s students, PhD students and Postdocs who work in the field studying the Transcriptional Control of the Genome during Embryonic Development, Cell Differentiation, and Disease, …SciArt profile: Philipp Dexheimer
Posted by the Node, on 9 May 2024
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