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Living up to your cnidarian potential
Read this #BehindthePaper story by Aine Varley from Uri Frank's lab, detailing the trials and tribulations of developing a technique to transplant a single i-cell in #Hydractinia, and the search for pluripotency of these #stemcells:
https://thenode.biologists.com/living-up-to-your-cnidarian-potential/research/
Developing news... stem cells edition
What's been happening in the #stemcell biology field recently? Here is our round-up, including preprints on stem cell-based human embryo models, guidance on stem cell use and a survey to assess inclusivity:
https://thenode.biologists.com/developing-news-stem-cells-edition/
📢New 'Lab meeting' on the Node
Meet the lab of Claudia Gerri, based in the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden. The lab aims to understand how the uterine microenvironment shapes the fetal-placental interface of various animals, using early embryos & placental organoids:
https://thenode.biologists.com/lab-meeting-with-the-gerri-lab/
How to turn scales into feathers (Hint: Shh)
Have you read this new #BehindthePaper story on the Node?
Rory Cooper from the Milinkovitch-Tzika lab tells us about how the project started, and the moment they saw the first feather-footed hatchling chickens:
📢New #SciArt profile on the Node!
Frank Macabenta is a developmental biologist who freelances as a scientific illustrator. Franks shares with us his artistic inspirations and how art influenced his decision to pursue his studies in #devbio:
https://thenode.biologists.com/sciart-profile-frank-macabenta/science-art/
Moving towards heart success –
@DMM_Journal Special Issue
Highlights include:
▪ A Review from Christian Mosimann’s group on lateral plate mesoderm development & syndromic defect
▪ Jeroen Bakkers & Didier Stainier on cardiac regeneration & zebrafish models of heart disease
📢 New post on FocalPlane
In our ‘Community collective’ posts we aim to give a permanent (and searchable) home for those nuggets of advice collected from the community. Our first post focusses on 3D viewers after a request for software recommendations from @engineeringjoy
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2023/06/14/community-collective-viewing-z-stacks-in-3d/
If you have requested (or seen) any microscopy advice that you would like to see be given a home on FocalPlane, comment here or contact us at focalplane@biologists.com
🎉 We are launching our 2024 Special Issue on #RareDisease 🎉
This is driven by a team of expert editors - Monica Justice , Monkol Lek , Karen Liu & Kate Rauen - and will include breakthrough #translational science
Submit your Rare Disease research now!
https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/rare-disease
#OpenAccess
📢New Meeting Report on the Node - 2023 Young Embryologist Network Conference
It's the Young Embryologist Network's 15th birthday!
Ioakeim (Makis) Ampartzidis, Courtney Lancaster, Danielle Liptrot, and Rosie Marshall wrote about the #YEN2023 Conference showcasing the work of #ECRs:
📖https://thenode.biologists.com/meeting-report-2023-young-embryologist-network-conference
Many of you have voted and the results are in for the Node postcard competition!
🎉Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to everyone who submitted their images.
Keep an eye out for the new postcards in future #devbio & #stemcell meetings👀
https://thenode.biologists.com/results-from-the-node-postcard-competition/
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