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PhD opportunities @Otago, New Zealand.

Posted by , on 8 July 2014

Applications are invited for PhD projects in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago, New Zealand, including  developmental biology based projects and neuroscience. Competitive PhD scholarship funding is ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 14)

Posted by , on 8 July 2014

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Prime time for pluripotency Embryonic stem cell (ESC) cultures display a marked heterogeneity in the expression of Nanog, one ...

The Embryology Course at the MBL

Posted by , on 7 July 2014

Right now I am attending the Embryology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). I am a graduate school student from Osaka University in Japan and I am looking for ...

Announcing DMM’s special issue ‘Spotlight on Zebrafish: Translational Impact’

Posted by , on 6 July 2014

In recent years, the zebrafish has emerged as an increasingly prominent model in biomedical research. Its optical transparency for the first few weeks, high fecundity and ex vivo fertilization have made it ...

Goalward-bound: why biological research is like football

Posted by , on 3 July 2014

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has mesmerised football fans all around the world over the past weeks, but besides just the fancy footwork on display, we’ve also seen some amazing ...

This month on the Node- June 2014

Posted by , on 1 July 2014

  This month the Node celebrated its fourth birthday! Here are some of the other highlights:       Research: – Kevin Chalut wrote about his recent paper  at the crossroads ...

A key component of cell division comes to light

Posted by , on 30 June 2014

Jens Lüders leads the Microtubule Organization laboratory (Photo: Battista/Minocri, IRB Barcelona)  “la Caixa” PhD student Nicolas Lecland is the first author of the study published in Nature Cell Biology (Photo: ...

StemCellTalks sends high school bloggers to the ISSCR pt. 2

Posted by , on 26 June 2014

StemCellTalks is a Canadian high school stem cell outreach initiative that has been running in 7 cities in Canada since 2010. The program has featured over 50 stem cell “experts” during this ...

PhD position on Drosophila intestinal homeostasis in Cardiff

Posted by , on 25 June 2014

the JQ lab is looking for candidates for one 3-year PhD studentship to work on the regulation of intestinal stem cell neutral competition during the homeostasis of the Drosophila adult ...

Obituary: Julian Hart Lewis (1946-2014)

Posted by , on 25 June 2014

This obituary first appeared in Development.   Paul Martin and David Ish-Horowicz look back on the life and work of their long-time friend and colleague Julian Lewis, who passed away on April 30th ...

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