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Synthetic Human Embryology: The Rise of A New Era with New Collaborations

Posted by , on 9 January 2018

— A look behind the paper “A pluripotent stem cell-based model for post-implantation human amniotic sac development“   Early stages of human embryo development are vital for successful pregnancy and ...

Spindle asymmetry drives non-Mendelian chromosome segregation

Posted by , on 20 December 2017

I studied molecular mechanisms of faithful chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis during my PhD and wanted to continue studying chromosome segregation but from a different angle. While looking for ...

PhD student

Posted by , on 18 December 2017

  The Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany has an opening for a PhD student (position-code 15-2017)   The position is available in the group of Dr. Ivan Bedzhov ...

Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Cell Biology of Tubulogenesis and its impact on Cell Differentiation

Posted by , on 14 December 2017

Background: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology – DanStem has been established as a result of a series of international recruitments coupled with internationally recognized research groups ...

Postdoc in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted by , on 14 December 2017

Background:    The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology – DanStem has been established as a result of a series of international recruitments coupled with internationally recognized research ...

PHD STUDENTSHIP: NEURO-EVO-DEVO

Posted by , on 11 December 2017

We invite applications for a funded PhD position in the Department of Zoology in Central Cambridge on Downing Street with Dr Stephen Montgomery’s research group. Project title: Developmental basis of ...

It’s in the head: How male and female fruit flies grow apart

Posted by , on 7 December 2017

A discussion of our recent paper: Annick Sawala & Alex P. Gould (2017). The sex of specific neurons controls female body growth in Drosophila. PLoS Biology, October 4 2017.   In ...

Exploring the differences between mice and men during cerebral cortex development

Posted by , on 5 December 2017

Alzu’bi A, Lindsay SJ, Harkin LF, McIntyre J, Lisgo SN, Clowry GJ (2017) The transcription factors COUP-TFI and COUP-TFII have distinct roles in arealisation and GABAergic interneuron specification in the ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (21)

Posted by , on 5 December 2017

Established  by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (20)

Posted by , on 4 December 2017

Established  by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...

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