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Bioimage Analysis 2014 at EMBL, a recap.

Posted by , on 18 June 2014

Last month 39 people from around the world gathered together in the flagship European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany to take part in the Master Course on Bioimage ...

Getting on the short list: academic job applications

Posted by , on 18 June 2014

After serving on some academic selection committees recently, I’m worried about the future of some of our young scientists. Especially concerning are the number of applications where the candidate, pursuing ...

Electrifying news for embryologists

Posted by , on 17 June 2014

Electroporation: an efficient technique for embryologists During embryonic development, the specification of different cell types giving rise to the future organs involves a precise spatiotemporal regulation of cell proliferation, migration, ...

(Developmental) Biology around the internet- June 2014

Posted by , on 17 June 2014

Here is June’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:   News & Research: – Fly developmental geneticist Walter Gehring sadly passed away this ...

Nuclear sponges in embryonic stem cells

Posted by , on 17 June 2014

Once upon a time, physicists got curious about the cytoskeleton. They characterised the cytoskeleton – using tools of soft matter, statistical and polymer physics – as a mesoscale material whose ...

Of mice and zebrafish

Posted by , on 16 June 2014

This story starts with me shaking and nervous and stumbling through my mid-term thesis committee meeting presentation. Not only was I presenting the results from the first half of my ...

5 year Research Assistant position to study macrophage migration available

Posted by , on 13 June 2014

  A 5 year research assistant position to study regulation of macrophage migration in Drosophila is available in the Evans lab (Infection and Immunity/The Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield). The ...

An interview with Phil Ingham

Posted by , on 11 June 2014

This interview first appeared in Development. Philip Ingham is a geneticist and developmental biologist, based at the Imperial College, London – Nanyang Technological University, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore. From ...

Coordination Officer

Posted by , on 10 June 2014

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £28,132-£36,661 Reference: PS03564 Closing date: 22 July 2014 Limited funding: The funds for this post are available until ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 12)

Posted by , on 10 June 2014

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Insights into familial dysautonomia Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a germline autosomal recessive disease that is characterized by impaired peripheral ...

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