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Postdoctoral position to study Wnt signaling and cell polarity

Posted by , on 18 August 2015

A postdoctoral position is available in the Sergei Sokol laboratory in the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, to study Wnt signaling and ...

An interview with Caroline Dean

Posted by , on 18 August 2015

This interview first featured in Development.   Caroline Dean is a plant biologist based at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. She helped to establish Arabidopsis as a model plant ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 16)

Posted by , on 18 August 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Probing gene expression dynamics in stem cells The accurate control of gene expression is essential for cell differentiation during ...

On progressing your career and communicating your science- Advice from the SDB meeting

Posted by , on 17 August 2015

Last month I attended the SDB annual meeting in Utah, an excellent conference that featured great scientific talks and additional educative sessions covering outreach, inclusiveness and more. I tweeted extensively from ...

(Developmental) Biology around the internet- August 2015

Posted by , on 14 August 2015

Here is August’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet!   News & Research – Ian Sussex, one of the founding fathers of plant ...

The protein that keeps cells static is found to play a key role in cell movement

Posted by , on 14 August 2015

The protein E-Cadherin (E-Cad) is a kind of adhesive that keeps cells tightly bound together, thus favouring the organisation of tissues and organs. Scientists at the Institute for Research in ...

Postdoctoral position – University of Southern California

Posted by , on 13 August 2015

A postdoctoral position is available to study the mechanisms regulating skeletal development and their relationship to skeletal birth defects using mouse models, molecular biology, and next-generation sequencing. Highly motivated candidates ...

Travel Grants: Epigenetics, Obesity & Metabolism conference

Posted by , on 13 August 2015

Funds, especially for travel have been tightly squeezed in recent times and here at Abcam we know of how difficult it is for scientists, especially those starting out in their ...

Gap junctions: versatile mediators of long-range developmental signals

Posted by , on 13 August 2015

My lab works on developmental bioelectricity, studying how cells communicate via endogenous gradients of plasma membrane resting potential (Vmem) in order to coordinate their activity during pattern regulation (Levin, 2013; ...

16th International Xenopus Conference 28 August - 1 September, 2016

Posted by , on 13 August 2015

  First Announcement The 16th International Xenopus Conference Sunday 28 August – Thursday 1 September, 2016 Venue: Orthodox Academy of Crete, Chania Please join us for the 16th International Xenopus Conference to ...

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