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Question of the month- PhD internships

Posted by , on 28 September 2015

There is an increased awareness that only a small fraction of PhD students will ultimately secure a tenure-track position in academia. This has led to a discussion on whether graduate ...

From our sister journals- September 2015

Posted by , on 28 September 2015

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.             Auditory hair cell defects in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome ...

PLM10: the Physics of Living Matter is coming of age

Posted by , on 27 September 2015

This week, Cambridge (UK) hosted the 10th Symposium on the Physics of Living Matter (PLM10) (http://www.plm-symposium.org/). For those of us who were at PLM1, it is surprising to see that ...

The Rapstract

Posted by , on 25 September 2015

In a world first, Phil Day presents a complete summary of a peer-reviewed scientific paper in the medium of rap: The Rapstract. Original paper: Dr. Carolina Barcellos-Machado et al., Reconstruction ...

Faculty Positions, University of Maryland, College Park

Posted by , on 24 September 2015

We seek to fill two tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Both positions will have 70% research and 30% either teaching or extension responsibilities, depending on ...

Enabling research with human embryonic and fetal tissue resources

Posted by , on 24 September 2015

This Spotlight article was written by Dianne Gerrelli, Steven Lisgo, Andrew J. Copp and Susan Lindsay, and was first published in Development.   Congenital anomalies are a significant burden on human health. Understanding the developmental origins of ...

"Eppur (non) si muove": why cellular movements may not be essential to the formation of Turing patterns in biology.

Posted by , on 23 September 2015

D. Bullara* and Y. De Decker *domenico.bullara@mail.com   When Catarina Vicente (Community Manager of “The Node”) proposed us to write a post about our recent paper on pattern formation in ...

4-year PhD position at Sars Centre in Bergen/Norway

Posted by , on 23 September 2015

A 4-year PhD position is available in the group ‘ Evolution of nutrient and growth homeostasis in animals’ at the Sars Centre in Bergen/Norway. The successful candidate will study the ...

The Node in Boston

Posted by , on 23 September 2015

This week the Node is in Boston, MA! This Friday (25th of September) our community manager Cat will be giving two talks:   2.30 p.m.- Inside a Career in Scientific Publishing ...

Editorial- Human development: a Special Issue

Posted by , on 22 September 2015

This editorial first appeared in Development.   In September 2014, Development organised a four-day workshop titled ‘From Stem Cells to Human Development’. In planning this meeting, we sought to fill ...

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