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| CDB 2011 desktop calendar Archive |
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Select the image of choice and save to a location on your hard drive. Follow the guidance provided by your OS Help system to set the image as your desktop background.
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| January |
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This month’s calendar features a neural network design, representing the intricate architecture that enables the exhange of signals within the nervous system. |
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| February |
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This month’s calendar features a design representing DNA and chromosomes. During cell division, the double-stranded chain-like structure of DNA is tightly compacted to form chromosomes. |
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| March |
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This month’s image features a fertilized egg as its motif. Through division and differentiation, these individual cells give rise to all the many cells and cell types in the adult body. |
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| April |
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The chick motif in this month’s calendar reflects the historical importance of the chick embryo in classical embryology experiments, such as chick-quail tissue transplants. |
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| May |
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This month’s calendar image shows a representation of chromatin, the structure consisting of DNA packed in histone proteins. Changes in chromatin configurations can regulate gene expression. |
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| June |
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This month's calendar is based on a Xenopus motif. This African clawed frog develops rapidly, and is widely used in the study of embryology. Its large and plentiful eggs also make it ideal for protein research. |
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| July |
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July's calendar image features asymmetric cell division, in which a dividing cell gives rise to daughter cells of different types, as its motif. |
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| August |
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This month's calendar features the Planarian, a tiny animal with great regenerative ability. Stem cells are thought to play an essential role during its regeneration.
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| September |
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This month's calendar features a theme of histogenesis, in which individual cells of various types communicate and work together to form a functional tissue. |
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| October |
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This month's calendar is modeled on the zebrafish, a vertebrate popular for its transparent early embryos and powerful genetics. |
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| November |
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The November desktop calendar image features a newt, long used as a model in regeneration research for its ability to replace many body parts such as its tail, limbs, and even the lens of its eye. Studying highly regenerative models such as the newt may lead into new insights into this natural healing process. |
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| December |
| This month's calendar shows a stylized animal embryo, which has developed from a fertilized egg cell into its distinctive form. Scientists at the RIKEN CDB seek to develop a better understanding of the remarkable mechanisms that enable such development. |
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