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Eastern approach

Posted by , on 2 January 2014

In a vague sense it was a move that was planned all along. After all I did tell my friends and family when I left in 2001 for UPenn to ...

MRC 4-yr PhD Programme in Stem Cell Biology and Medicine - 'Physical Biology of Stem Cells'

Posted by , on 19 December 2013

Organisation: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Studentship starting: 01 October 2014 Application Deadline: 1st April 2014 Interview Date: 29th April 2014 Programme Overview: This studentship is targeted to ...

Advantages of exposure

Posted by , on 11 December 2013

I was fortunate go get funding and support to travel to California during my graduate student period. While some similarities between the Norwegian and Californian west coasts made me feel ...

Why don’t they tell Postdocs this Stuff? - Secrets to a Successful Science Career

Posted by , on 10 December 2013

Some scientists would say that postdoctoral fellows have the most desirable position in the lab. As a postdoc, you have the research experience from your PhD to give you credibility ...

Conflicts of Interest

Posted by , on 28 October 2013

‘‘None of the scientists would comment on the record, for fear that it would affect their funding or that of their postdocs and graduate students’’ Nature, September 2012 ‘Is science ...

Bioscience Futures - enrich your career!

Posted by , on 31 August 2013

“If you’re looking for some really high quality career workshops specifically designed for doctoral and postdoctoral bioscientists then the Society for Experimental Biology’s new Bioscience Futures series could be just ...

Where scientists fear to tread

Posted by , on 22 August 2013

I have recently returned from a spate of international conferences that afforded me the opportunity to experience meetings for the first time as an editor, instead of as an active ...

Novartis China is Seeking for a Developmental Biology Investigator

Posted by , on 22 August 2013

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) is a world leader in pharmaceutical research with a widely recognized culture for nurturing innovation and scientific excellence to address unmet medical needs. China ...

PhD scholarship at UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Posted by , on 2 August 2013

  Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Unit School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia   PhD Scholarship The Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Unit is seeking a highly ...

Distant Developments: In conversation with Professor Stephen Robertson, clinical geneticist and developmental biology researcher

Posted by , on 15 July 2013

“We have the ability to understand human disease and deliver it back to the clinic – allowing families to understand and then move on.”  This week, I caught up with ...

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