The community site for and by
developmental and stem cell biologists

Can you beat a chicken sexer? Revisiting embryo manipulation of the avian chick.

Posted by , on 4 November 2014

Chicken, quail, zebra finch, emu, duck, crow……a simple glimpse and we immediately realize how the Aves have, as a model system left their traces in various fields of biological research. ...

This month on the Node- October 2014

Posted by , on 3 November 2014

Here are some of the highlights for October. Don’t forget to also check our jobs page, were several new positions were advertised this month!   Research: – Shusei wrote about ...

Group Leader (Senior Research Associate)

Posted by , on 3 November 2014

The Gurdon Institute is a world-renowned centre in the fields of developmental, cell, and cancer biology, located in the heart of the historic city of Cambridge, and part of the ...

4 Yr PhD Programme in Developmental Mechanisms

Posted by , on 27 October 2014

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 ...

Public Engagement Officer

Posted by , on 24 October 2014

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £28,695-£37,394 Reference: PS03788 Closing date: 16 November 2014 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 30 ...

Post-doc and research assistant positions in Drosophila planar polarity

Posted by , on 22 October 2014

Two Wellcome Trust-funded positions are available for candidates with a background in cell and/or developmental biology to join an interdisciplinary team investigating cell signalling and coordinated cell polarisation using Drosophila ...

(Developmental) Biology around the internet- October 2014

Posted by , on 15 October 2014

Here is October’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:   News & Research: – Bananas, Jesus on toast and polar bear disguises- some ...

What do sperm have to do with brain tumors?

Posted by , on 2 October 2014

  This post was originally published in the Knoepfler Lab Stem Cell Blog.      Sometimes in science there are unexpected threads tying seemingly very different things together. Unraveling the ...

This month on the Node- September 2014

Posted by , on 1 October 2014

Here are some of the highlights for September:   Research: – Sylvain discussed his recent Development paper on the tristable regulatory network behind cell fate decisions in the early embryo. – Aryeh wrote about ...

The Future of Research Symposium:

The Funding of Research

Posted by , on 1 October 2014

This is the last of four posts relating to the Future of Research symposium which was announced in a previous blog post. Each of these posts will discuss a topic ...

Navigate the archive

Use our Advanced Search tool to search and filter posts by date, category, tags and authors.