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Tissue-specific genome editing in Ciona embryos by CRISPR/Cas9

Posted by , on 31 October 2014

Researchers have always been interested in tissue-specific loss of function to probe the role of specific genes in embryonic development, cell physiology and disease conditions. Migration of lateral plate primordial ...

A day in the life of a shark lab

Posted by , on 31 October 2014

Hi! I am Nuria, a PhD student. I work in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Our group, the BRAINSHARK group, has been ...

A mechanism that allows a differentiated cell to reactivate as a stem cell revealed

Posted by , on 29 October 2014

The study, performed with fruit flies, describes a gene that determines whether a specialized cell conserves the capacity to become a stem cell again. Unveiling the genetic traits that favour ...

Barcelona BioMed Conference: Drosophila as a model in cancer (15 Jun 2015 to 17 Jun 2015)

Posted by , on 29 October 2014

Barcelona BioMed Conference: Drosophila as a model in cancer 15 – 17 Jun 2015 Cancer is a multi-hit process involving mutations in oncogenes and tumour suppressors, as well as interactions between the ...

4 Yr PhD Programme in Developmental Mechanisms

Posted by , on 27 October 2014

Applications are open for the Wellcome Trust funded four year PhD programme in Developmental Mechanisms at Cambridge. We are looking for talented, motivated graduates or final year undergraduates, and are ...

Biology and maths partner to understand life decisions

Posted by , on 26 October 2014

Starting with the one fertilized egg that we all once were, embryonic development is made of cell divisions and most importantly of cell decisions. These first life decisions are the ...

Public Engagement Officer

Posted by , on 24 October 2014

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £28,695-£37,394 Reference: PS03788 Closing date: 16 November 2014 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 30 ...

Post-doc and research assistant positions in Drosophila planar polarity

Posted by , on 22 October 2014

Two Wellcome Trust-funded positions are available for candidates with a background in cell and/or developmental biology to join an interdisciplinary team investigating cell signalling and coordinated cell polarisation using Drosophila ...

Human Stem Cell research: new ethical questions?

Posted by , on 21 October 2014

The Ethics Session at the Company of Biologists “From Stem Cells to Human Development” workshop Last September the Company Of Biologists organized an exciting three-day dive into the biology of ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 21)

Posted by , on 21 October 2014

Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development:   Two top tips for angiogenesis The widely accepted model of angiogenic sprouting proposes that a single cell – the ...

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