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Hope for Huntington's

Posted by , on 14 January 2013

Every time a biologist drives pluripotent cells to differentiate into a specialized cell type, patients of all sorts of diseases, disorders, and injuries allow their hope to grow.  A research ...

Dates for your calendar

Posted by , on 11 January 2013

We haven’t posted one of these in a while, but there are quite a few things coming up. Remember to also keep an eye on the calendar, and add events ...

Epigenetics and Nuclear Signalling position at Abcam - come join us!

Posted by , on 11 January 2013

Abcam is a leading web based business supplying research tools to life scientists worldwide. Our head office is in Cambridge (UK), we also have offices in Bristol (UK), Cambridge, Eugene ...

François Guillemot joins the Development team

Posted by , on 10 January 2013

Here at Development, we’re delighted to welcome François Guillemot to the team of academic editors. François will be replacing Alexandra Joyner, who is soon to step down as our neurodevelopment ...

Postdoc Position

Posted by , on 10 January 2013

A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in my laboratory. The overall goal of our laboratory is to understand the cellular and molecular basis of vertebrate organogenesis. Our primary focus is ...

Overly Honest Methods

Posted by , on 8 January 2013

Why did you incubate that sample for 16 hours? Because you wanted to go home for the day – but that much detail is not in your paper! Last night, ...

In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 3)

Posted by , on 8 January 2013

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development:   Directed differentiation: Nodal steps forward The directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into endodermal derivatives, including insulin-producing pancreatic ...

Postdoc position

Posted by , on 4 January 2013

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Sophie Astrof to study roles of cell-extracellular matrix interactions in cardiovascular development and disease using mouse model system. The research ...

What's the future of peer review?

Posted by , on 3 January 2013

Jordan Raff’s recent Biology Open editorial on the future of publishing, posted on the Node, sparked quite a debate in the comments section. Much of that discussion focussed on perceived ...

Top Node posts of 2012

Posted by , on 3 January 2013

Happy New Year! We’ve looked at our stats for the past year to see which posts were the most popular. At the top of the list were the Woods Hole ...

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