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Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition meeting in Singapore (Oct.10-Oct.13)

Posted by , on 16 June 2011

The fifth international EMT (epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition) meeting will be held this year from Oct 10 to Oct 13 in the beautiful city state of Singapore.  The meeting is co-organized by ...

ISSCR meeting in Toronto - keeping up via Twitter

Posted by , on 15 June 2011

I’m currently in Toronto for the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), and you can expect to find updates about the meeting at various places. ...

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in USA

Posted by , on 14 June 2011

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS are available to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling the development of the lymphatic vasculature and its functional roles in normal and pathological conditions including obesity and ...

Visualizing stem cells at home

Posted by , on 13 June 2011

The Drosophila ovary is stunningly beautiful, and a playground of wonderful biological questions.  Within the germarium alone, developmental biologists can look at asymmetric division, stem cells and their niches, cell ...

Put your party hats on

Posted by , on 13 June 2011

If you take a look at our Facebook and Twitter pages today, you might notice that they look slightly different. Our regular logo is temporarily replaced with a special logo ...

Embryonic development informs adult heart repair

Posted by , on 9 June 2011

After a heart attack, heart muscle is irreparably damaged, but a paper in Nature now reports that adult mouse hearts have a source of progenitor cells that can form new ...

Round-up of alternative careers stories

Posted by , on 8 June 2011

We look back on our collection of alternative career stories, published in 2010 and 2011

In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 13)

Posted by , on 7 June 2011

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Mutant Xist merely muffles X chromosome In XX female mammals, inactivation of one X chromosome during development equalises the levels ...

Select a Development cover - round 3

Posted by , on 6 June 2011

The annual Embryology course at Woods Hole starts again this week. Best of luck to all participants! We thought it was an appropriate time to launch the third voting round ...

My journey from bench scientist to clinical ethicist

Posted by , on 1 June 2011

Four and a half years ago I was introduced to the field of clinical ethics while nearing the end of my Doctorate in Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. ...

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