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Burning down the house II- not-so-bad ideas

Posted by , on 18 November 2015

This Sticky Wicket article first featured in Journal of Cell Science. Read other articles and cartoons of Mole & Friends here.       “No visible means of support, and you ...

Post-translational regulation of epidermal morphogenesis

Posted by , on 17 November 2015

My laboratory is looking for PhD students to study the roles of SUMO proteases in embryogenesis. Our goal is to reveal the main targets of these enzymes during epidermal morphogenesis in C. ...

Developing a new look

Posted by , on 17 November 2015

This editorial first appeared in Development, and it was authored by Olivier Pourquié, Katherine Brown and Claire Moulton.   As you might have noticed, Development has been looking a little ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 22)

Posted by , on 17 November 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Nodal: sustaining Shh expression Underlying the developing vertebrate forebrain is the prechordal mesoderm, which secretes sonic hedgehog (Shh) at ...

PhD and postdoc positions at IST Austria

Posted by , on 16 November 2015

PhD and postdoc positions are currently available in the lab of Anna Kicheva at IST Austria, working on vertebrate neural tube development. Candidates with background in developmental, cell or molecular ...

Post-doctoral Research Associate, UCL, in London

Posted by , on 13 November 2015

We are seeking to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Associate to undertake research on the molecular mechanisms of eye induction/development and in vitro eye construction from mammalian stem cells with Prof. ...

4 Yr PhD Programme in Developmental Mechanisms

Posted by , on 13 November 2015

Applications are open for the Wellcome Trust funded four year PhD programme in Developmental Mechanisms at Cambridge. We are looking for talented, motivated graduates or final year undergraduates, and are ...

New SDB Grants Initiatives

Posted by , on 10 November 2015

The Society for Developmental Biology has established several new small grant programs for the developmental biology community. SDB Innovation Grant – to develop innovative tools and methods with the potential ...

Post-doctoral researcher in heart development, Paris, France

Posted by , on 10 November 2015

In the Institut Imagine and Institut Pasteur, Paris France, the laboratory of Sigolène Meilhac is interested in the mechanism of heart morphogenesis. We focus on the regulation of cell behaviour ...

A new look at the (microscopic) world- 350 years since Hooke’s landmark book

Posted by , on 9 November 2015

  ‘These pores, or cells, were not very deep, but consisted of a great many little Boxes … [they] were indeed the first microscopical pores I ever saw, and perhaps, ...

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