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Posted by Denise Zannino, on 30 September 2014
Hosted in beautiful Seattle, the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) held its 73rd Annual Meeting on the University of Washington campus in (mostly) sunny July. Here researchers from around the ...Posted by Elizabeth Grove, on 30 September 2014
The University of Chicago’s Department of Neurobiology seeks to recruit tenure-track faculty. Appointments can be made at any rank from Assistant Professor to Professor, and in any area of neurobiology. Candidates ...The Future of Research Symposium:
Metrics: The Folly of Hoping for X whilst Rewarding Y
Posted by Gary McDowell, on 29 September 2014
This is the third of four posts relating to the Future of Research symposium which was announced in a previous blog post. Each of these posts will discuss a topic ...The Future of Research Symposium:
The Structure of the Workforce
Posted by Gary McDowell, on 25 September 2014
This is the second of four posts relating to the Future of Research symposium which was announced in a previous blog post. Each of these posts will discuss a topic ...Posted by biosci1392, on 25 September 2014
We invite applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in Developmental Biology. We welcome colleagues whose research activities will complement our existing focus areas in neurosensory systems, neurodegeneration, cancer and other ...Posted by Aryeh Warmflash, on 24 September 2014
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Systems Stem Cell and Developmental Biology (PI Aryeh Warmflash) at Rice University (Lab website) . We use human embryonic stem cells as a model ...Posted by Aryeh Warmflash, on 24 September 2014
Waddington, whose writings on the epigenetic landscape continue to influence developmental biology to this day, called the developing embryo “the most intriguing object that nature has to offer”(Waddington, 1966). The ...The Future of Research Symposium:
How Scientists are Trained
Posted by Gary McDowell, on 23 September 2014
This is the first of four posts relating to the Future of Research symposium which was announced in a previous blog post. Each of these posts will discuss a topic ...Posted by Sylvain Bessonnard, on 23 September 2014
During mouse preimplantation development, the zygote divides and forms three distinct lineages: one embryonic called the Epiblast (Epi) and two extraembryonic called trophectoderm (TE) and Primitive Endoderm (PrE). The first ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 23 September 2014
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Modelling fate decisions in the early mouse embryo In the early embryo, the first fate decision separates the trophectoderm ...