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The people behind the papers: Philippe Foerster & Nathalie Spassky

Posted by , on 8 February 2017

Radial glial cells are multipotent progenitors in the developing vertebrate brain. At their apical interface with the ventricular cavity around which the brain forms, they bear a primary cilium, a signalling ...

D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form – 100 Years On and Still Growing!

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

“For the harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept ...

New data reveals how gene knockouts affect whole embryo gene expression

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

New DMDD data released on Expression Atlas reveals the effect of single gene knockouts on the expression of all other genes in the mouse genome. The gene expression profiles of ...

This month on the Node and beyond

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

January was a productive month on the Node, with a variety of developmental biology content from the lab bench and beyond.   Research We heard from the authors of a ...

PhD Scholarship - The Role of Cell Polarity in Tissue Repair

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

(A/Prof Helena Richardson’s & Prof Patrick Humbert’s laboratories at the Department of Biochemistry & Genetics, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences (LIMS), La Trobe University Melbourne Campus (Bundoora)   We offer ...

PhD Scholarship - Embryo Development and Craniofacial Defects Research

Posted by , on 7 February 2017

A Ph.D. scholarship offered to an exceptional student, to investigate genetic mechanisms which underpin vertebrate birth defects, with a particular focus on craniofacial defects such as cleft palate.   This ...

Postdoctoral Position Developmental and Cancer Biology

Posted by , on 6 February 2017

An NIH-funded postdoctoral researcher position is available immediately in Dr. Nadia Dahmane laboratory at Cornell University-Weill Cornell Medicine in the Department of Neurological Surgery to study the transcriptional regulation of ...

From our sister journals - December & January

Posted by , on 6 February 2017

Here we highlight some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists. JCS kicked off 2017 with a Special Issue relevant to many developmental biologists: 3D cell ...

Research Technician position near Washington DC

Posted by , on 3 February 2017

A position (#122764) is available immediately for a Research Technician/Faculty Specialist to contribute to our studies in neural crest and placodes. The Technician will conduct research, assist in the training ...

January in preprints

Posted by , on 3 February 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. See June’s introductory post for background, and let us know if we missed anything   2017 started where 2016 had ...

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