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Alberto Monroy Fellowship

Posted by , on 18 December 2016

The Alberto Monroy Fellowship is awarded to an Italian citizen to support their attendance in the Embryology Course next summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The ...

The people behind the papers: Andrew Schiffmacher & Lisa Taneyhill

Posted by , on 16 December 2016

The neural crest is a remarkable multipotent cell population that has become a model system for how epithelial cells become mesenchymal and migrate during development. In today’s post, we feature ...

An interview with Doug Melton

Posted by , on 15 December 2016

This interview by Aidan Maartens first appeared in Development Volume 143, Issue 24.   Doug Melton is Xander University Professor at Harvard University, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ...

The people behind the papers: Fernando Ferreira & Min Zhao

Posted by , on 14 December 2016

Today’s paper comes from the final issue of Development for 2016, and reveals a link between bioelectricity and reactive oxygen species during tail regeneration in Xenopus. We caught up with first author ...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Cambridge

Posted by , on 13 December 2016

A post-doctoral research associate position in the Department of Zoology, located in Central Cambridge on Downing Street, is available from 1 March 2017 for up to thirty-six months. This is ...

LabCIRS - Learning from mistakes

Posted by , on 13 December 2016

Biomedical research is experiencing what has been termed a ‘reproducibility crisis’. There is much talk about how we can improve the rigor and robustness of our research to increase its ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 24)

Posted by , on 13 December 2016

Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development…the last one of the year!   SETting chromatin state through transcription Setd5 is a poorly characterised murine member of the ...

Public Engagement Manager

Posted by , on 8 December 2016

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge Salary: £29,301-£38,183 Reference: PS10876 Closing date: 08 January 2017 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are ...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - USC Craniofacial Biology

Posted by , on 7 December 2016

Postdoctoral Research Associate Craniofacial Biology – University of Southern California Health Science Campus We are seeking a promising postdoctoral research associate, with expertise in molecular biology and bioinformatics. The program’s goal ...

This month on the Node and beyond

Posted by , on 5 December 2016

November turned out to be  a bumper month on the Node with posts on research (current and historical), meetings and new resources, as well as interviews and a meeting report. Plus some ...

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