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Postdoc position at Georgia Tech (Ciona neural development)

Posted by , on 1 March 2017

We are looking for a postdoc interested in studying neural development in tunicates, the sister group to the vertebrates. The larval nervous system of the tunicate Ciona has only 177 ...

In-house grants consultant: Columbia University

Posted by , on 1 March 2017

Seeking grants consultant with science PhD for new neuroscience institute at Columbia University Location: Columbia University in the City of New York Title:                      Grant Strategist, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind ...

New signal revealed for birth of blood stem cells in vertebrates

Posted by , on 1 March 2017

Jamie R. Genthe and Wilson K. Clements   When blood goes bad, a replacement is often needed. Each year, thousands of patients in the US receive bone marrow transplants to treat ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 5)

Posted by , on 28 February 2017

Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development:   Adding a new layer of complexity to pre-eclampsia Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy complication associated with abnormal formation of ...

Reviews Editor: biomedical and life sciences journals

Posted by , on 28 February 2017

Reviews Editor: biomedical and life sciences journals Based in Cambridge, UK   Applications are sought for the role of Reviews Editor for The Company of Biologists’ journals: Development, Journal of ...

Matching neurons to limbs: an evolutionary perspective on motor system development

Posted by , on 24 February 2017

Comment on “Divergent Hox Coding and Evasion of Retinoid Signaling Specifies Motor Neurons Innervating Digit Muscles” Neuron 93, 1–14, February 22, 2017. Alana I. Mendelsohn, Departments of Neuroscience and Biochemistry ...

Postdoctoral researcher or experienced research technicians interested in spine and cartilage development and disease research

Posted by , on 22 February 2017

Positions are available in the Gray Laboratory within the Dell Pediatrics Research Institute at University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. The primary research focus of these positions will ...

Send your nominations for BSDB committee members by 7 March

Posted by , on 22 February 2017

The BSDB invites nominations for three new committee members, who will commence their 5 year term in October 2017 replacing three members who will retire this year. Committee members are ...

The people behind the papers: Matthias Tisler & Martin Blum

Posted by , on 21 February 2017

Conjoined twins have fascinated biologists for centuries. In twins joined at the thorax, left-right patterning is disrupted, but only in one half of the right hand twins. Today’s paper, from ...

Why are geneticists measuring the webbing between mouse embryo fingers?

Posted by , on 21 February 2017

A new paper published in Journal of Anatomy shows that measuring the amount of inter-digital webbing in mouse embryos between 14 and 15 days gestation is the best way to find ...

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