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postdoctoral position -- neural crest migration

Posted by , on 9 September 2014

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Shuyi Nie at Georgia Institute of Technology. The lab employs multiple approaches including developmental biology, cell biology, imaging, and biochemistry ...

The origin of blood

Posted by , on 4 September 2014

As for the origin of species, the question of the origin of blood during development has unleashed a lot of passion among the scientific community. As a matter of fact, ...

Designing ChIP primers

Posted by , on 4 September 2014

Hello everyone, Recently I got assigned with the task of designing good primers for ChIP. My supervisor advised me to use the Primer BLAST tool from NCBI together with AmplifiX ...

Researchers grow ‘seed’ of spinal cord tissue in a dish

Posted by , on 3 September 2014

Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists have for the first time managed to turn stem cells into the specialised cells that go on to form spinal cord, muscle and bone tissue ...

Ethical development

Posted by , on 2 September 2014

This editorial was first published in Development. We encourage feedback from the community on our policies – please leave any comments below.   A central premise of scientific publishing – that publication ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 18)

Posted by , on 2 September 2014

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Mcc: a new player in gastrulation The mutated in molorectal cancer (Mcc) gene has been described as a tumour ...

This month on the Node- August 2014

Posted by , on 1 September 2014

Here are last month’s highlights! Don’t forget to check our jobs page too.   Research: – Gary wrote about his visit to a particle accelerator to image Xenopus embry0s using X-rays. – ...

Advocating FOR grads and postdocs: the Future of Research symposium

Posted by , on 27 August 2014

You may have noticed a recent trend in the perception of the graduate and postdoctoral experience, be it in the state of our mental health; or perceived career goal of ...

Left-right asymmetry, embryonic development, and more

Posted by , on 26 August 2014

Hello there, first time posting on The Node! Every so often Wiley compiles a small selection of recent research on a particular topic, and the most recent is on the ...

Postdoctoral fellowship in neural stem cell and developmental neurobiology

Posted by , on 24 August 2014

The Division of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience along with Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (#3 children’s hospital in USA) have openings in Dr Tim Vogel’s lab for postdoctoral Research ...

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