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BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (12)

Posted by , on 24 October 2017

Established  by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...

Regulation of cell polarity by EGF signaling controls both organ architecture and cell fate

Posted by , on 23 October 2017

Scientists at DanStem discovered that cells’ sense of direction (cell polarity) determines their destiny. By discovering the signals that control cell polarity in the developing organism, scientists can now mimic ...

Life Science Research Professional

Posted by , on 20 October 2017

The O’Brien Lab (http://www.stemdynamics.org) is part of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Our goal is to uncover the ongoing dialog that adult ...

Postdoctoral Position in Tiling Light Sheet Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy

Posted by , on 20 October 2017

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. David Matus at Stony Brook University to investigate symbiotic and developmental processes with Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy. We have recently ...

Glia lead the way for pioneers to build the brain neuropil in C. elegans

Posted by , on 20 October 2017

It’s all about the wires. But what about the glue? Networks make us who we are. I am not talking about social networks but about neural networks that define how ...

Guidelines for morpholino use in zebrafish

Posted by , on 20 October 2017

If you work with zebrafish or Morpholinos, please read this. Guidelines for morpholino use in zebrafish. Stainier DYR, Raz E, Lawson ND, Ekker SC, Burdine RD, Eisen JS, Ingham PW, ...

4 Yr PhD Programme in Developmental Mechanisms (University of Cambridge)

Posted by , on 20 October 2017

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

The right information

Posted by , on 19 October 2017

Oscar H. Ocaña and M. Angela Nieto Comment on “A right-handed signalling pathway drives heart looping in vertebrates”. Nature 549, 86-90 (2017).   A fundamental aspect of vertebrates is their ...

Lab technicians in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Cell Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes

Posted by , on 19 October 2017

The goal of this project is to engineer therapeutically active islet-like aggregates for future cell therapy phase 1 trials in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Job description  The laboratory technicians will ...

The people behind the papers - Sabrina Jan, Tinke Vormer, Sjoerd Repping & Ans MM van Pelt

Posted by , on 18 October 2017

During spermatogenesis, progenitor cells must undergo tightly regulated changes to produce functional gametes. However, the genetic control of this process in humans has eluded researchers. This week we feature a ...

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