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An interview with Jayaraj Rajagopal

Posted by , on 5 October 2017

This interview by Aidan Maartens appeared in Development, Vol 144 Issue 19   Jayaraj (Jay) Rajagopal is a Principal Investigator at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and ...

DORA Community Manager

Posted by , on 4 October 2017

    The DORA Community Manager position is an opportunity for a Ph.D. or Master level fellow to gain experience in scholarly publishing and policy in Washington, DC. The DORA ...

The people behind the papers - Simon Lane & Keith Jones

Posted by , on 4 October 2017

Checkpoints ensure that mouse oocytes with DNA damage arrest in meiosis I, preventing non-viable embryo formation, however the mechanisms which activate this checkpoint have so far eluded researchers. This week ...

Postdoctoral Position in Cellular Reprogramming and Hematopoiesis

Posted by , on 4 October 2017

The Reprogramming and Hematopoiesis lab is currently seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow! Reprogramming and Hematopoiesis lab Cellular reprogramming can be achieved experimentally in different ways, including nuclear transfer, cell ...

Worm study reveals role of stem cells in cancer

Posted by , on 3 October 2017

A new study carried out by the University of Oxford has used flat worms to look at the role of migrating stem cells in cancer Researchers from the Aboobaker lab ...

September in preprints

Posted by , on 3 October 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. See last year’s introductory post for background, and let us know if we missed anything.   This month features butterfly eyespots, brain development in ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 19)

Posted by , on 3 October 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Making a move: EMT holds the key to planarian regeneration During development and wound healing, progenitor cells are required ...

Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) Faculty

Posted by , on 2 October 2017

The new Center for Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is launching a major new initiative to recruit outstanding tenure-track or tenured faculty ...

Post-doctoral position in Development & Molecular Biology; GReD Clermont-Ferrand

Posted by , on 2 October 2017

We are inviting applications for a post-doctoral scientist to join the Waltzer team in the “Genetic Development and Reproduction” (GReD) research unit in Clermont-Ferrand (France). Our group investigates how blood ...

The people behind the papers - Dan Dickinson

Posted by , on 29 September 2017

Cell polarisation is crucial for normal development and controlled by complex molecular interactions in the cytoplasm and at the membrane. Today we feature a paper recently published in Developmental Cell that describes  a single-cell biochemistry technique ...

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