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Anatomy Head of Department, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Posted by , on 3 June 2015

The National University of Singapore (NUS) invites applications for faculty appointment as Head of the Department of Anatomy. The Department’s mission is to enhance the international stature of the School and ...

EuroStemCell newsletter May 2015: partners in focus

Posted by , on 3 June 2015

EuroStemCell is a project funded by the EU that aims to help European citizens make sense of stem cells. It’s now in its third iteration, and has many more partners this time around. ...

Postdoctoral Position in Cardiovascular Development, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Posted by , on 2 June 2015

A postdoctoral position is available at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada to work on mouse models of congenital heart defects in the labs of Drs. Q. Feng ...

This month on the Node- May 2015

Posted by , on 1 June 2015

May was one of the busiest months in the history of the Node, with over 40 new posts! Here are some of the highlights:   Research: – Briana discussed how she ...

When Basic Science Intersects with Disease, and Patients

Posted by , on 29 May 2015

Developmental biologist Gabrielle Kardon, Ph.D., never thought that she would be explaining morphogenesis to patient support groups, but that’s where her science led her. And instead of shying away, she ...

PhD student and Postdoc positions: Tricellular junction formation

Posted by , on 29 May 2015

Positions for a PhD student and a postdoctoral scientist are available in the laboratory of Stefan Luschnig at the University of Münster, Germany. Using mainly Drosophila as a model, we ...

"Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance" Workshop - Funded Early Career Scientist Places Available

Posted by , on 29 May 2015

The next Company of Biologists Workshop is titled “Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance” and we have 10 funded places available for early career scientists! This workshop is being organised by Edith Heard and Ruth Lehman and will ...

Finding Collaborators: from London to Stuttgart

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

I’m Dr Rie Saba, a postdoc at Translational Cardiovascular Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London (UK), studying the role of endocardium in the mammalian heart development. ...

Question of the month- lab size

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

Lab sizes vary considerably, from small groups that include only the lab head and maybe a student or postdoc, to huge enterprises of several dozen people, including senior postdocs that manage smaller sub-groups ...

How The Bird Got Its Beak

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

Nature’s most interesting secrets can sometimes be found in our own backyards. One such secret is related to all birds, those pigeons, thrushes and sparrows that we see everyday. This ...

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