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Wrap your brain around precursor cells

Posted by , on 10 February 2012

A fully differentiated cell took a fascinating journey to become its present self.  For every cell, a precursor cell existed that gave rise to it.  And for every precursor cell, ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 5)

Posted by , on 8 February 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: ROCKed to the heart Noonan syndrome – a common cause of congenital heart disease – is often associated with missense ...

Stem cells on the Slovenian slopes

Posted by , on 6 February 2012

A couple of weeks ago, around 70 stem cell scientists gathered in the beautiful ski resort of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, for the sixth meeting organised by the European Stem Cell ...

PhD student position at the British Heart Foundation Regenerative Medicine Laboratory

Posted by , on 26 January 2012

  EU Initial Training Network searches for 1 PhD Student CardioNeT – Our Initial Training Network in Cardiovascular Research offers 1 PhD student position at the British Heart Foundation Regenerative ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 4)

Posted by , on 24 January 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Neuronal cell fate: windows of opportunity It is becoming increasingly evident that both vertebrate and invertebrate neural progenitor cells exhibit ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 3)

Posted by , on 12 January 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   CycA takes control of endoreplication Endocycles – repeated rounds of DNA replication without intervening mitoses – are involved in ...

Shaggy hairs and stem cells

Posted by , on 10 January 2012

Our intestinal tissue doesn’t need a New Year’s resolution to keep up its amazing productivity.  Our intestinal epithelium is replenished at breakneck speed in an assembly line that begins with ...

Modeling stem cell population dynamics

Posted by , on 23 December 2011

Many tissues and organs contain self-renewing stem cell populations that are crucial for their maintenance. Synthesizing the relative effects of anatomical constraints, cell proliferation dynamics and cell fate specification on ...

PhD Programme in Human Biology, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Posted by , on 23 December 2011

The University of Tsukuba, Japan is offering fully-funded PhD studentships to do research in Japan. They have close ties with many international universities, including the University of Edinburgh. Joint projects ...

Stem cells, cellules souches, Stammzellen: taking research to Europe's public

Posted by , on 22 December 2011

It’s been a busy year for EuroStemCell: Europe’s stem cell hub – see www.eurostemcell.org for more information on who we are. We’d like to wish The Node community a happy ...

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