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Uncovering Non-canonical Roles of E-cadherin Beyond Cell Adhesion

Posted by , on 14 February 2017

Broad perspective Successful division was an essential criterion for establishing the cell as the basic unit of life on earth. Later, cell-cell adhesion made possible the evolution of multicellular life ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 4)

Posted by , on 14 February 2017

Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development:   A new mechanism in ESC lineage priming Histone demethylases have recognized roles in the control of gene expression during ...
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Postdoctoral fellowship "Light sheet microscopy and computational image analysis of early animal morphogenesis" at IBDM Marseille

Posted by , on 14 February 2017

We are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral fellow to develop and apply high resolution light sheet microscopy in order to image cytoskeletal networks and adhesion complexes in developing embryos (e.g. ...
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PhD Studentship/Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (Fixed Term)

Posted by , on 13 February 2017

PhD Studentship   Live imaging of mouse peri- and post-implantation morphogenesis     Fixed-term:  The funds for this post are available for three years.   ImageInLife is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie ...
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BBSRC iCase 4 Year PhD Studentship

Posted by , on 10 February 2017

Decoding the network logic for resetting pluripotency – Collaborative Stem Cell Research PhD Studentship with Microsoft Research – re-advertised, revised closing date 31st March 2017 Outline Project Description: Interdisciplinary project at ...
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Meeting review: BSDB/Anne McLaren Memorial Trust 2016 Autumn Meeting

Posted by , on 10 February 2017

The use of chimaeras to study developmental mechanisms: from lineage tracing to disease models   Under the sponsorship of the Anne McLaren Memorial Trust Fund and The Company of Biologists, ...
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Transposons in Embryo Space – TRACER maps in EMAGE

Posted by , on 9 February 2017

A recent publication in Developmental Biology by (Armit et al., 2017) describes how the TRACER dataset can be spatially compared with in situ hybridisation gene expression profiles.   The TRACER ...
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YEN Conference 2017: Registration open now!

Posted by , on 8 February 2017

Young Embryologist Network 9th Annual Conference. 9th May 2017 at the Institute of Child Health, UCL, London. This year, YEN is honoured to have Dr Darren Gilmour from EMBL Heidelberg present the Sammy Lee ...
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The people behind the papers: Philippe Foerster & Nathalie Spassky

Posted by , on 8 February 2017

Radial glial cells are multipotent progenitors in the developing vertebrate brain. At their apical interface with the ventricular cavity around which the brain forms, they bear a primary cilium, a signalling ...
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D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form – 100 Years On and Still Growing!

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

“For the harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept ...
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