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In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 4)

Posted by , on 29 January 2013

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Pancreatic injury unlocks cell potential Identifying methods by which pancreatic β-cells can be produced is of major therapeutic importance. ...

Stem cells at school, plus new fact sheets on EuroStemCell

Posted by , on 29 January 2013

Happy 2013 everyone! I hope you’re all settling into the year nicely.We sent out our EuroStemCell January newsletter last week and I thought some of you might be interested in ...

Woods Hole course application deadline extended

Posted by , on 28 January 2013

The Woods Hole image voting posts are some of the most popular posts on the Node (and yes, there will be a new one up VERY soon!). These images are ...

Microinjection of preimplantation mouse embryos

Posted by , on 28 January 2013

Hello, my name is Stephanie and I’m a graduate student in Dr. Amy Ralston’s lab at the University of California Santa Cruz.  I just returned from a trip to Dr. ...

PhD opportunity available in Dundee

Posted by , on 17 January 2013

O-GlcNAc signalling during embryonic stem cell differentiation My lab is studying the signalling mechanisms governing the onset of differentiation of pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells. Work from this and other ...

PhD position in the UK for a Developmental Geneticist

Posted by , on 16 January 2013

PhD project title: Non-genetic mechanisms of inheritance influenced by the maternal environment Project description: In the last few decades, it has been becoming increasingly clear that organisms can express phenotypes ...

Early mouse development seen in real time

Posted by , on 15 January 2013

Developmental biologists have long relied on the power of observation to understand how embryos develop. In addition, pharmacologic and genetic manipulation of embryos gives us clues as to the mechanisms ...

Hope for Huntington's

Posted by , on 14 January 2013

Every time a biologist drives pluripotent cells to differentiate into a specialized cell type, patients of all sorts of diseases, disorders, and injuries allow their hope to grow.  A research ...

Dates for your calendar

Posted by , on 11 January 2013

We haven’t posted one of these in a while, but there are quite a few things coming up. Remember to also keep an eye on the calendar, and add events ...

Epigenetics and Nuclear Signalling position at Abcam - come join us!

Posted by , on 11 January 2013

Abcam is a leading web based business supplying research tools to life scientists worldwide. Our head office is in Cambridge (UK), we also have offices in Bristol (UK), Cambridge, Eugene ...

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