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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 ...

The 2012 UK National Xenopus Conference

Posted by , on 10 April 2012

The UK national Xenopus conference is an annual event held to discuss the exciting and extremely varied work carried out across the UK using the African clawed frog (Xenopus) as ...

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