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Posted by the Node on March 30th, 2016
The results are out! The winner of this year’s movie round from the 2014 Woods Hole Embryology course is… the Drosophila embryo imaged in 7 channels! Here are the full results: Fly embryo (Dorso-Ventral Split): 29 Fly embryo (Sections): 32 Fly Eye Disk: 10 Fly Embryo (7 channels): 76 Many congratulations to Connie Rich (University[…]
Posted by Kristin Gribble on March 29th, 2016
Marine Biological Laboratory | Woods Hole, MA | Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications A postdoctoral research position is available at the Marine Biological Laboratory, in the laboratory of Dr. Kristin Gribble. The MBL is a premier venue for scientific discovery, attracting the world’s leading scientists and students for more than 125 years (http://www.mbl.edu/mbl-facts/). Qualified[…]
Posted by the Node on March 29th, 2016
This obituary first appeared in Development. Patrick Müller and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard reflect on the life and career of their colleague Hans Meinhardt. Hans Meinhardt, a pioneer in the field of theoretical biology, died on 11 February 2016 in Tübingen. He made numerous important contributions to developmental biology by spearheading the use of mathematical models[…]
Posted by Xenopus2 on March 24th, 2016
Xenbase, the Xenopus model organism database (MOD), is building it’s developer team. We a looking to hire 2 software developers and a database administrator. These positions are based at the University of Calgary, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ideally, we like to find people who have some biology background,[…]
Posted by Andrea Münsterberg on March 23rd, 2016
New Lectureships are available in the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich. We are looking for dynamic individuals who complement and extend the activities in BIO in both research and teaching. BIO’s research portfolio includes: Cell and Developmental Biology, Cell signalling, Musculoskeletal Biology, Cancer, Matrix Biology, RNA Biology and more information can[…]
Posted by han on March 22nd, 2016
Developmental biologists use antibodies extensively to study the gene expression during different stages. However, there is a lack of specific antibodies against many proteins related to development. In addition, some antibodies yield unspecific and/or irreproducible results. To help alleviate this antibody quality and specificity problem, Labome sought to organize antibody applications cited in formal[…]
Posted by MaxPlanck on March 22nd, 2016
Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Biomedizin The Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany has an opening for a Postdoctoral Scientist (position-code 07-2016) The position is available in the DFG Emmy Noether junior group of Dr. Ivan Bedzhov that is focused on understanding the self-organization of the pluripotent lineage in mammalian embryos at the time of[…]
Posted by the Node on March 21st, 2016
Last week, Development announced a special issue on organoids. In vitro organogenesis is a burgeoning new field, with applications in the study of human development, drug testing and ultimately the possibility of producing functional organs in the dish that could be used for transplantation. Every new technological advance brings with it a new set of ethical issues, and[…]
Posted by Liangyu Zhang on March 19th, 2016
By Liangyu Zhang and Abby F. Dernburg The nematode Caenorhabidis elegans is among the most widely used and powerful model organisms for studying mechanisms underlying cellular and developmental processes. Although a variety of approaches for conditional protein expression have been developed in C. elegans, available tools for conditional protein depletion are far more limited,[…]
Posted by the Node on March 18th, 2016
Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists. Drosophila as a model to study human disease The latest issue of Disease Models & Mechanisms highlights the translational impact of Drosophila research. In this issue, Moulton and Letsou review several Drosophila models of human inborn errors of[…]
