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From maps to circuits: Models and Mechanisms for Generating Neural Connections

Posted by , on 11 March 2014

We have an upcoming workshop that I hope will be of interest to members on this node. From Maps to Circuits: Models and Mechanisms for Generating Neural Connections 28/29 July ...
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Growing older gracefully – a review of the 10th edition of Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 9 March 2014

This article was first published in Development, and was written by Timothy T. Weil, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.   In the age of Google and Wikipedia, what is ...
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Best of both - balancing research and outreach

Posted by , on 7 March 2014

I have been trying to pin-point when exactly I became interested in science outreach. The earliest I can think back is when we had to dissect Helix aspersa, the garden ...
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Outreach activity - The Animal Pairs Game

Posted by , on 6 March 2014

Everyone loves a game. So here’s a game that flexes that brain muscle, which can be adapted for all audiences, topics and required level of cuteness. Presenting: the Animal Pairs ...
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Generation of Embryoid Bodies: a great tool to study vascular development

Posted by , on 4 March 2014

Hello, my name is Helena and I am a PhD student within the Vascular Signalling Laboratory led by Mariona Graupera in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) in Barcelona. It ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 6)

Posted by , on 4 March 2014

Here are the highlights of the current issue of Development: Auxin biosynthesis: the root of xylem patterning In the Arabidopsis root, xylem is organised into a central file of metaxylem that is ...
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A day in the life of a C. elegans lab

Posted by , on 3 March 2014

I am Serena Ding, a third year PhD student, and I work at the University of Oxford’s Biochemistry Department in the United Kingdom. I am interested in the control of ...
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PhD Studentship: ‘Physical Biology of Stem Cells’ - MRC 4-yr PhD Programme in Stem Cell Biology and Medicine

Posted by , on 3 March 2014

Organisation: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Studentship starting: 01 October 2014 Application Deadline: 1st April 2014 Interview Date: 29th April 2014 Programme Overview This studentship is targeted to ...
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PhD Studentship: Microsoft Research - 'Computation During Development: Characterising the Molecular Programs that Underlie Pluripotency and Differentiation in Embryonic Stem Cells'

Posted by , on 3 March 2014

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Hendrich, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge Microsoft Research Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Emmott   Application Deadline: 30 March 2014 PhD Start Date: 01 October 2014   Project Summary Embryonic stem ...
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PhD Studentship at MRC-NIMR, UK in Vertebrate Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 2 March 2014

DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNING OF THE VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM NIMR project supervisor: James Briscoe (Developmental Biology) The complex tissues and organs of every multicellular organism develop in a precise and reproducible manner ...
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