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Posted by stemcellsjobs on October 31st, 2013
The Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute draws together outstanding researchers from 25 stem cell laboratories in Cambridge to form a world-leading centre for stem cell biology and medicine. The Institute receives core funding from the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council and is also a University Strategic Initiative. This generous support[…]
Posted by Emma Kemp on October 31st, 2013
At EuroStemCell we’ve been watching The Node’s outreach series with interest. It’s really great to see public engagement featured ike this! Meanwhile, we’ve been beavering away on all kinds of activities, which you can find out more about in our October Newsletter, just out last night. There’s lots to celebrate this month – we launched[…]
Posted by Thomas Butts on October 28th, 2013
‘‘None of the scientists would comment on the record, for fear that it would affect their funding or that of their postdocs and graduate students’’ Nature, September 2012 ‘Is science wrong?’ The Economist, frontcover October 2013 A Disclaimer I have been very fortunate to come across senior scientists in my career who do not[…]
Posted by Nana Shimosako on October 28th, 2013
My name is Nana and I’m a third year PhD student at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London. Our lab is in the Division of Molecular Neurobiology—so it comes as no surprise that we work on the brain! All animals need a functional brain to interpret sensory information and to produce behavioural[…]
Posted by Alexandra de Sousa on October 28th, 2013
“Evolution of the Human Neocortex: How Unique Are We?” was the question asked at the Wiston House in West Sussex from 22-25 September 2013. Although we were hardly the first to consider whether the human brain is something special, the ‘unique’ pileup of methodological approaches likely improved the dialogue on this topic. My own presentation sought[…]
Posted by Francesca Mackenzie on October 28th, 2013
This article was first published in the BSDB Summer newsletter The Autumn Meeting of the BSDB on ‘Axon Guidance and Regeneration’, held on the 28th – 30th August, 2013 at the University of Aberdeen in the beautiful surroundings of Old Aberdeen, was an excellent conference of around sixty delegates, full of exciting talks, highly[…]
Posted by Katie Howe on October 25th, 2013
For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, ‘I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here!‘ is an online event that aims to connect school children with real working scientists. In the two weeks over which the event runs, the students get to interact with scientists online and ask them anything they like[…]
Posted by the Node on October 24th, 2013
The next few months will see several interesting meetings, and deadlines are approaching. Here are some dates for your diary: Registrations still available: – The joint meeting of the French Society for Developmental Biology and the French Society for Genetics will take place in Avignon from the 12th to the 15th of November, and[…]
Posted by Christele Gonneau on October 23rd, 2013
Here’s a basic but really important question… how do stem cell scientists actually identify the stem cells they are raving about? We have all heard that we have stem cells in our gut, in our skin, in our eyes or in our brain for example, but scientists are still looking for stem cells in[…]
Posted by Annemiek Beverdam on October 22nd, 2013
Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Laboratory School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales PhD Scholarship The Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Unit is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic postgraduate student for a research project in skin (cancer) biology. Recently, we made the pivotal discovery that Yes-associated protein[…]
