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Has the academic spring sprung?

Posted by , on 23 April 2012

Two weeks ago the Guardian newspaper, the safe port of call for most left-leaning liberal academics in the UK, devoted its entire front page to the rise of open access ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 10)

Posted by , on 23 April 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: A TOR de force in the haematopoietic niche During development and homeostasis, it is essential to coordinate growth with the ...

Essay contest - Developments in development

Posted by , on 18 April 2012

Have you ever thought about the future of developmental biology? Over the past decades, developmental biology has changed a lot. We have different tools, do different types of experiments, collaborate ...

Hazards of Field Work

Posted by , on 16 April 2012

Let’s start off this list with Pee. In. My. Face. The Chinese collector folks brought a big cage with a *ridiculous* number of 5-toed jerboas this morning. They are apparently ...

The perils of language

Posted by , on 15 April 2012

Anyone who has known me for awhile probably knows that I really really despise carrots. Yes, I know. I am a freak. No one hates carrots. In my whole life ...

Let's do the time warp...

Posted by , on 13 April 2012

I don’t even know where the last 72 hours went. Well, in fact I do. And it wasn’t spent sleeping. Since I now have 2 groups of people collecting for ...

Stem cells at home

Posted by , on 12 April 2012

We depend on our own comfort zones to keep us grounded, and stem cells are no different.  A recent paper in Development describes how the adhesion that keeps a stem ...

BSDB 2012

Posted by , on 12 April 2012

It’s been a crazy few months of travel for me, with conferences so far in Slovenia, Barcelona and Colorado. But while Coventry may not match these destinations for exoticism or ...

Vote for a Development cover - Woods Hole - round 1

Posted by , on 11 April 2012

Last year you selected four covers for Development from images taken by students of the 2010 Woods Hole Embryology Course. These were the four winners: The students of the 2011 ...

Postdoctoral Position in Skeletal Patterning

Posted by , on 10 April 2012

A postdoctoral position studying skeletal development is available in the laboratory of Dr. Amy Merrill at the University of Southern California’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (CCMB).  CCMB offers a ...

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