Growing the right number of vertebrae in the right places is an important job – and scientists have found the molecules that act like ‘theatre directors’ for vertebrae genes in mice: telling them how much or how little to express themselves. The finding may give insight into how the body-shapes of different species of animals…
Posted on behalf of Nadia Rosenthal, Scientific Head, EMBL Australia This month I’m visiting Heidelberg for the 40th anniversary celebrations for EMBL. It’s a time for celebration and excitement about things to come, but it’s also a time for reflecting on the values that have made EMBL a success, and the importance of those values…
Posted on behalf of Nadia Rosenthal, Scientific Head, EMBL Australia There’s exciting news for medical research in the first Abbott budget, but mixed news for science as a whole. I’m looking forward to seeing the details of the new Medical Research Future Fund, and the research destined to come out of it. It’s also great…
Posted on behalf of Nadia Rosenthal, Scientific Head, EMBL Australia It’s been a pretty exciting time for EMBL Australia lately, with international visitors, new group leaders, and even a Nature paper. But the one thing which really stood out for me in the past year was our EMBL Australia PhD Course. At last year’s course…
In this month’s newsletter: Introducing our new South Australian group leaders Systems biology is tackling the big questions in Melbourne – ICSB 2014 In other news: Travel to Europe with an EMBL Australia travel grant How resilient is our Great Barrier Reef to climate change? Got an idea to bring bioinformaticians together? Make it happen…
In this month’s newsletter: Travel to Europe or Canberra – Launching our 2014 Student Programs Measuring wellness – a tipping point for systems biology In other news Learning is as important as discovery Could you be eligible for a science prize in 2014? Science with scenery – Lorne becomes Australia’s science hub in February Upcoming…
In this month’s newsletter: Your first hug: How the early embryo changes shape – published in Nature Cell Biology Competitive advantage for Aussies at the EMBL PhD Symposium in Germany In other news Prime Minister Abbott attends SAHMRI grand opening Where there’s science, there’s maths – BioInfoSummer 2013 review Corals and koalas – sharing uniquely…
Captured on camera, published in Nature Cell Biology When you were an embryo, just 8-cells large, your eight roundish cells did something they had never done before – something that would determine whether you survived or failed. They changed their shape. The cells became elongated and compacted against each other, before returning to their rounded shape…
In this month’s newsletter: Catalysing collaboration with Japan Travel to Europe with an EMBL Aus travel grant – Apply Now In other news A human systems biology centre for Sydney A closer look at coral draws genomic data to Australian shores Terry Speed wins top science prize for a lifetime with numbers Australian PhD Students…
In this month’s newsletter: EMBL Australia’s Japan month – delegates coming to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney Sharing Great Barrier Reef coral genomes with the world How do neurones make decisions? Applications open for PhD travel grants to EMBL in 2014 Hiro Ueda – Using synthetic biology to understand life Events and meetings around the country…