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Of Arms and Legs: Shedding light onto developmental gene regulation

Posted by , on 19 November 2018

Written and illustrated by: Bjørt K. Kragesteen, Malte Spielmann, and Guillaume Andrey.   In early development, the forelimb and hindlimb buds of tetrapods are morphologically uniform. However, as limb development ...

Chromatin-based regulation of development: Funded early-career places available

Posted by , on 19 November 2018

In April 2019, The Company of Biologists Workshop ‘Chromatin-based regulation of development‘ will be held in Wiston House, a 16th century Grade I listed building located at the foot of the ...

From stem cells to human development: Meeting report

Posted by , on 15 November 2018

In  September, Development held the third of its highly successful series of meetings focusing on human developmental biology. Here at the Node we ran a competition to find a meeting ...

Wire together, remodel together

Posted by , on 15 November 2018

Newborn babies are a symbol of immense potential, as they can grow up to be become virtually anybody, from an astronaut to the president. It is no secret that throughout ...

Postdoctoral Fellows - Developmental Neurobiology

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

We are recruiting motivated and talented postdoctoral fellows to fill NIH-funded research positions in the Deans laboratory at the University of Utah.  Our lab focuses on the contribution of Planar ...

Tenure-Track Faculty (Multiple Positions)

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY RICHMOND, VIRGINIA   The Department of Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University invites applications for three tenure-track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor ...

Sex combs in motion

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

Using computer simulations and mathematical modeling to study the evolution of morphogenesis   Juan N. Malagon and Ernest Ho tell the story behind their recent paper in PLOS Computational Biology. In ...

Plant Developmental Biologist - Imaging specialist -Tsiantis Lab, Cologne Germany

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

The department of Comparative Development and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) is seeking a   Plant Developmental Biologist – Imaging specialist (50%)   The ...

Plant Developmental Biologist - Tsiantis Lab, Cologne Germany

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

The department of Comparative Development and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) is seeking a   Plant Developmental Biologist   The successful applicant will be ...

Alan Turing’s patterning system can explain the arrangement of shark scales

Posted by , on 7 November 2018

Understanding how complex biological patterns arise is a long standing and fascinating area of scientific research. The patterning, or spatial arrangement, of vertebrate skin appendages (such as feathers, hair and ...

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