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NIH launches competition to develop human eye tissue in a dish

Posted by , on 21 June 2017

3-D Retina Organoid Challenge to spur breakthroughs in treating blinding diseases The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has opened the first stage of a ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 12)

Posted by , on 21 June 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Btbd7 branches out across multiple organs Dynamic changes in epithelial cell-cell adhesion and motility are crucial for branching morphogenesis ...

Post-doc in evolutionary and developmental genetics at UPenn

Posted by , on 20 June 2017

Kamberov Laboratory, Department of Genetics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Post-doctoral positions are available in the field of evolutionary and developmental genetics. Our ...

One more day to vote!

Posted by , on 20 June 2017

Our image competition for a future Development cover is still live: voting closes tomorrow at 13.00 GMT! Click here to vote and find out more about the images  

Postdoctoral Position in Signaling Mechanisms during Organogenesis at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California

Posted by , on 20 June 2017

An NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available to investigate the signaling functions of retinoic acid (RA) during mouse embryo development. Our laboratory has reviewed recent advances in this field: Cunningham, T.J. ...

Diversity, Connections and Collaboration during Embryology 2017 at the MBL

Posted by , on 19 June 2017

Things are in full swing at MBL in the 2017 Embryology course, we are already one third of the way through! The first week we learned about echinoderms and C. ...

Why do we need to understand the structure of the Enteric Nervous System?

Posted by , on 16 June 2017

Insight into the organizational structure of a growing tissue is imperative for understanding its development and function. Structure can reveal the systematic steps undertaken towards making specific positional and cell ...

Postdoc in gene regulation to join The Ferretti group at DanStem

Posted by , on 16 June 2017

We are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious candidate to join the research activities within our stem cell and developmental biology projects. About us DanStem comprises of two sections: The ...

Multiple stem cells, population asymmetry and position-dependent heterogeneity emerge as common features of a niche for Drosophila Follicle Stem Cells and mammalian Intestinal Stem Cells

Posted by , on 16 June 2017

A discussion of “Alternative direct stem cell derivatives defined by stem cell location and graded Wnt signalling,” Nat Cell Biol, 2017. 19(5): p. 433-444.   We have recently revised the model ...

Getting to know us - an article about the Node and social media

Posted by , on 15 June 2017

Last year we were approached by Andreas Prokop of The University of Manchester (who is also Communications Officer of the British Society for Developmental Biology), with an offer to write a ...

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