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Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks Course at Woods Hole

Posted by , on 11 May 2015

An advanced short course “Gene Regulatory Networks for Development” will be given at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA, October 11-24, 2015. This will be the 8th edition of this ...

Young Embryologist Network USA: Frog brains and mouse hearts

Posted by , on 8 May 2015

The first Boston Young Embryologist Network talks event will be held in the Warren Alpert Building at Harvard Medical School Thursday May 14th, 6-8pm. Food and drink will be provided ...

The SDB-BSDB Interview Chain: Niteace Whittington interviews Wendy Gu

Posted by , on 8 May 2015

Last year we interviewed Niteace Whittington, who won the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) poster prize at the 2014 meeting in Seattle. Niteace’s prize was attendance at the joint meeting ...

Adventures in Studying Brain Sex Differences

Posted by , on 8 May 2015

by Peg McCarthy and Bridget Nugent The biological phenomenon of hormonally induced sexual differentiation of the brain has been an empirical topic of study for over 50 years1 but much ...

Research Technician

Posted by , on 7 May 2015

Research technician position is available to work in the laboratory of Dr. Guillermo Oliver in projects related to mammalian organogenesis using mouse models and cultured ES cells. Mouse experience and ...

Postdoctoral Positions in Organogenesis

Posted by , on 7 May 2015

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS are available to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling the development of the lymphatic vasculature and the visual system using available mouse models and 3D self-organizing stem ...

Three dimensional human lung tissue in a dish

Posted by , on 6 May 2015

Pioneering efforts by others have made enormous strides in our ability to generate human lung tissue from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs); however, these efforts have largely focused on deriving ...

Meeting Report: Genome Editors and CRISPRs meeting, Edinburgh 23rd April 2015

Posted by , on 5 May 2015

Around 200 scientists from several Edinburgh research institutes gathered in central Edinburgh to discuss the current state and uses of zinc finger nucleases, TALENs (TAL effector nucleases) and CRISPR/Cas9 technology. ...

The BSDB introduces the Cheryll Tickle Award

Posted by , on 2 May 2015

This is a news item which was first posted on the bsdb.org site. Please, note that not all items will be duplicated on The Node. To ensure you stay informed, ...

Neuroblastoma may arise from problems with embryonic nerve development

Posted by , on 1 May 2015

Neuroblastoma is a tumour derived from the peripheral nervous system and is the most common cancer diagnosed within the first year of life. Although is a fairly rare disease, it ...

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