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Investigating family trees in the fetal pancreas reveals that some cells contribute more than others

Posted by , on 27 September 2017

Organs develop from a few founding cells that divide to produce descendants. In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, the group of Professor Anne Grapin-Botton at DanStem ...

A new role for Insulin as a Vital Factor in Maintaining Stem Cells

Posted by , on 26 September 2017

New research conducted at the stem cell centre, DanStem, at the University of Copenhagen shows that insulin is a key determinant of embryonic stem cell potency in mammals. When large ...

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Cardiac Developmental Biology, University of Oxford

Posted by , on 22 September 2017

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join Dr Duncan Sparrow’s laboratory in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics to work on a project focused on investigating ...

Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumours

Posted by , on 8 September 2017

Researchers from the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona have identified the cell types and molecular mechanism responsible for the unlimited growth potential of epithelial tumours (carcinomas) and ...

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 ...

Cells are much smarter than we give them credit for

Posted by , on 13 July 2017

In the very earliest stages of life, mammalian cells multiply and form the embryo. New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that this process might be much simpler than ...

Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles

Posted by , on 11 July 2017

21th “Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles”, sept 26-29 2017 Pre-program at: http://aeeb.fr/?page_id=947 Registration & abstract submission is still an option All information at: http://aeeb.fr/?page_id=524

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 ...

The Drosophila fly brings to light the role of morphogens in limb growth

Posted by , on 5 July 2017

• Scientists at IRB Barcelona clarify the function of the genes that drive wing development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. • Published in the journal eLife, this study unveils ...

Postdoc positions in Cancer biology, Angers lab at the University of Toronto.

Posted by , on 24 May 2017

Two Post-Doctoral positions are available immediately in the laboratory of Stephane Angers in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (www.angerslab.org), University of Toronto, to develop strategies to inhibit developmental signalling ...

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