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open PhD position in Neurobiology

Posted by , on 9 April 2020

There is an open PhD position available in my lab. The project deals with the role of glial cells in post-ingestive nutrient sensing in Drosophila. Please see the advertisement for ...

Genetics Unzipped: Involving patients in genomics research

Posted by , on 9 April 2020

We find out why it’s so important to make sure that both academic and commercial genomic research studies are done with rather than on participants.

An Introduction to Writing Review Articles

Posted by , on 7 April 2020

Last week, I gave a talk (online, of course) about ‘Writing review articles’. It was aimed at graduate students who, as part of their training, had to identify a topic ...

PhD position in leukemic stem cells and metabolism is available at the Inselspital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland

Posted by , on 5 April 2020

PhD position in leukemic stem cells and metabolism A PhD position is available in the laboratory of ‘’Stem Cells and Leukemia’’ at the University Clinic of Hematology & Central Hematology, ...

PhD position in leukemic stem cells and metabolism at the University of Bern, Switzerland

Posted by , on 5 April 2020

PhD position in leukemic stem cells and metabolism A PhD position is available in the laboratory of ‘’Stem Cells and Leukemia’’ at the University Clinic of Hematology & Central Hematology, ...

Early development: the journey from oocyte to embryo

Posted by , on 3 April 2020

Meeting report: 2nd EMBO workshop “Awakening of the genome: the maternal-to-zygotic transition”   Amanda Amodeo1*, Johanna Gassler2* and Ksenia Kuznetsova3*, Philip Zegerman4   *These authors contributed equally Lewis-Sigler Institute for ...

March in preprints

Posted by , on 2 April 2020

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  In lock down you might find yourself with more time to read; reading some science might also be a ...

Junior group leader in Cellular and Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 26 March 2020

The Centre for Integrative Biology of Toulouse (CBI) is looking to strengthen its strong research community in Cellular and Developmental Biology. Existing groups investigate numerous aspects from cell division, morphogenesis ...

Genetics Unzipped: The accidental discovery of genetic fingerprinting

Posted by , on 26 March 2020

We take a look at the story of genetic fingerprinting, and some of the earliest cases solved by this game-changing technique.

Labs in lockdown II

Posted by , on 25 March 2020

A couple of weeks ago we posted a collection of tweets from scientists about COVID-19. A lot has changed since that time – we in the UK are two days ...

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