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See for yourCelLf

Posted by , on 18 August 2017

See for yourCelLf “Forget the textbook picture” is what I proclaim when I teach master students in a course on Cell biology and Advanced Microscopy. Although the textbook is a ...

In Development this Week (Vol. 144, Issue 16)

Posted by , on 15 August 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   PLCζ ‘waves in’ mammalian oocyte activation At fertilisation, fusion of the sperm with the oocyte activates a slew of downstream processes ...

Baby cichlids working out their jaws

Posted by , on 14 August 2017

I joined Dr. Craig Albertson’s lab as a graduate student in 2009, where I quickly became fascinated by these cute cichlid fishes. They’re colorful, they breed their young in the ...

Discovery Through Collaboration: Brain Lymphatic Endothelial Cells

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Looking back on the journey: Intracellular uptake of macromolecules by brain lymphatic endothelial cells during zebrafish embryonic development eLife van Lessen et al., 2017   Just over two years ago, while ...

Making time matter: how hormone pulses direct chromatin accessibility during development

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Each of our cells has the same genetic information and thus the same potential to become a part of a heart, brain, or a finger. Somehow though, during development our ...

In Development this Week (Vol. 144, Issue 15)

Posted by , on 1 August 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   X-citing insights into dosage compensation The non-coding RNA Xist plays a key role in the process of X chromosome inactivation (XCI) and is ...

January 2018: Summer! Beach! New friends and Top Developmental Biologists in course in Chile

Posted by , on 31 July 2017

New fellowships from SDB for students from USA and Canada to attend the International Course on Developmental Biology on January 9-21, 2018 in Quintay Chile. Fellowship for Latin American students ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 14)

Posted by , on 18 July 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Computing branching pattern complexity Bile – a fluid that aids digestion – is transported from the liver to the ...

A New (and open-access!) Antibody Search Platform: BenchSci

Posted by , on 13 July 2017

Antibodies are one of the most commonly used research reagents. However, due to their innate variability, finding the right antibody can be a challenge. Scientists devote a significant amount of ...

Postdoc in organ development, regeneration and aging

Posted by , on 10 July 2017

Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCSF. An NIH funded postdoctoral fellow position is immediately available in the Knox Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (http://profiles.ucsf.edu/sarah.knox). The Knox Lab aims to ...

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